53605

Violet Red Bile Glucose Agar without Lactose, Vegitone

suitable for microbiology

• Synonym(s): VRBG Agar without Lactose, Vegitone, Vegitone Violet Red Bile Glucose Agar without Lactose, Violet Red Bile Dextrose Agar without Lactose, Vegitone
• UNSPSC Code: 41171606
• NACRES: NA.85

Properties

• shelf life: limited shelf life, expiry date on the label
• Quality Level: 100
• composition: agar, 12.0 g/L ; crystal violet, 0.002 g/L ; glucose, 10.0 g/L ; neutral red, 0.03 g/L ; peptone (vegetable), 7.0 g/L ; sodium chloride, 5.0 g/L ; synthetic detergent (bile salt replacement), 1.5 g/L ; yeast extract, 3.0 g/L
• final pH: 7.4±0.2 (25 °C)
• application(s): agriculture; environmental; food and beverages; microbiology
• suitability: selective and differential for Escherichia coli; selective and differential for Salmonella spp.; selective and differential for Shigella spp.; selective and differential for Yersinia spp.; selective and differential for coliforms; selective and differential for enterobacteriaceae

Description

Application

Vegitone Violet Red Bile Glucose Agar without Lactose is used for detection and enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae in food products. It is also recommended by ISO Committee under the specifications ISO 7402:1993. Media from the Vegitone-line contains plant peptones instead of animal derived peptones and bile salts are replaced by a synthetic detergent.

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• wgk_germany: WGK 3
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• ppe: Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)