22310

Cereus Selective Agar

NutriSelect^® Basic, suitable for microbiology

• Synonym(s): Bacillus Cereus Agar, Bacillus Cereus Selective Agar, Bacillus cereus Egg yolk Polymyxin Agar Base, Cereus Selective Agar Base acc. to Mossel, MYP Agar, Mannitol-Egg-yolk-polymyxine-Agar, PEMBA, PREP agar, Polymixin Pyruvate Egg yolk Mannitol Bromothymol blue Agar
• UNSPSC Code: 41171606
• NACRES: NA.74

Properties

• sterility: non-sterile
• Quality Level: 100
• form: powder
• shelf life: limited shelf life, expiry date on the label
• composition: agar, 12 g/L ; D(-)-mannitol, 10 g/L ; meat extract, 1 g/L ; meat peptone, 10 g/L ; phenol red, 0.025 g/L ; sodium chloride, 10 g/L
• manufacturer/tradename: NutriSelect^® Basic
• technique(s): microbiological culture: suitable
• final pH: 7.1±0.2 (25 °C)
• application(s): clinical testing; environmental; food and beverages; microbiology
• suitability: selective and differential for Bacillus cereus; selective and differential for Bacillus spp.

Description

Application

For enumeration, identification and isolation of Bacillus cereus in food.

Preparation Note

Dissolve 43 g in 900 ml water. Sterilize by autoclaving at 121°C for 15 minutes and let cool to 45-50°C. Add 100 ml egg-yolk suspension (Cat. No. 17148) and 10 mg polymyxin B (Cat. No. 81334) or 2 vial/l Polymyxin B Selective Supplement (Cat. No. P9602) to the autoclaved solution.

Footnote

We offer two media types: the superior granulated GranuCult^® and the cost-efficient powdered NutriSelect^® culture media, depending on your needs.
The designations basic, plus, or prime are added to indicate the quality control level, from basic quality control to standard QC plus to prime for full regulatory compliance.

Legal Information

GRANUCULT is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

NutriSelect is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• wgk_germany: WGK 2
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable