Brewer Agar

form

solid

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

composition

agar, 12.6 g/L , casein peptone, 10 g/L , L-cystine, 0.4 g/L , D(+)-glucose, 10 g/L , methylene blue, 0.002 g/L , sodium chloride, 5 g/L , sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, 1 g/L , sodium thioglycolate, 2 g/L , soy peptone, 5 g/L , yeast extract, 5 g/L

final pH

7.2±0.2 (25 °C)

application(s)

environmental
food and beverages, microbiology

suitability

anaerobic bacteria, nonselective for Bacteroides spp., nonselective for Clostridium spp., nonselective for Escherichia coli, nonselective for Staphylococcus spp., nonselective for coliforms