BIS mandates to use of uniform quality ingredients to manufacture culture mediums. Any commercially available media can be used as long as their composition fits the Indian Standards.
Dehydrated microbiological culture media are crucial within the day-to-day operations of most microbiology laboratories. The media’s quality has a direct impact on the observations and conclusions drawn from microbial cultural characteristics.
Convenient to use, no wastage, longer shelf life, economical are some of the benefits offered by dehydrated culture media.
According to BIS, different variables of media can be evaluated to establish their quality, including growth-promoting features, physical characteristics, gel strength, and batch contamination.
| S.No | Product Name | TM CODE No. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDRADE PEPTONE WATER (as per BIS) | TM 936 | See MORE | |
| BAIRD PARKER AGAR BASE (as per BIS) | TM 635 | See MORE | |
| BILE SALT AGAR (as per BIS) | TM 674 | See MORE | |
| BRILLIANT GREEN AGAR BASE W/ PHOSPHATES (as per BIS) | TM 952 | See MORE | |
| BRILLIANT GREEN BILE BROTH 2% (as per BIS) | TM 678 | See MORE | |
| BUFFERED GLUCOSE BROTH (MR-VP MEDIUM) (as per BIS) | TM 685 | See MORE | |
| BUFFERED PEPTONE WATER (as per BIS) | TM 686 | See MORE | |
| CHLORAMPHENICOL YEAST GLUCOSE AGAR (as per BIS) | TM 498 | See MORE | |
| COOKED MEAT MEDIUM (R.C. MEDIUM) (as per BIS) | TM 703 | See MORE | |
| DECARBOXYLASE TEST MEDIUM BASE (FALKOW) (as per BIS) | TM 086 | See MORE | |
| DEOXYCHOLATE CITRATE AGAR MEDIUM (as per BIS) | TM 1870 | See MORE | |
| EMB AGAR, LEVINE (as per BIS) | TM 1171 | See MORE | |
| ETHYL VIOLET AZIDE BROTH (E.V.A. BROTH) (as per BIS) | TM 1179 | See MORE | |
| GLUCOSE SALT TEEPOL BROTH (DOUBLE PACK) (as per BIS) (PART – I) | TM 119 | See MORE | |
| HUGH LEIFSON MEDIUM (as per BIS) | TM 742 | See MORE | |
| KAUFFMAN MULLER’S TETRATHIONATE BROTH BASE (IS:5887(Part I)-1999) | TM 2143 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR (as per BIS) | TM 1036 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY BROTH PURPLE (IS: 5401-1:2012) | TM 2230 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY BROTH W/ NEUTRAL RED (as per BIS) | TM 1238 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY BROTH W/ NEUTRAL RED (DOUBLE STRENGTH) (as per BIS) | TM 1239 | See MORE | |
| MILK AGAR W/CETRIMIDE (as per BIS) (DOUBLE PACK) (PART – I) | TM 787 | See MORE | |
| MOTILITY TEST MEDIUM (EDWARDS AND EWING) | TM 228 | See MORE | |
| MYP AGAR BASE (PHENOL RED EGG YOLK POLYMYXIN AGAR BASE) | TM 197 | See MORE | |
| NITRATE BROTH (as per BIS) | TM 797 | See MORE | |
| NUTRIENT AGAR NO. 2 (as per BIS) | TM 798 | See MORE | |
| NUTRIENT BROTH (W/ 1% PEPTONE) (as per BIS) | TM 1270 | See MORE | |
| NUTRIENT GELATIN (as per BIS) | TM 1059 | See MORE | |
| PEPTONE WATER (as per BIS) | TM 805 | See MORE | |
| PLATE COUNT AGAR (as per BIS) | TM 828 | See MORE | |
| SELENITE BROTH (SELENITE F BROTH) (DOUBLE PACK) (PART – I) | TM 389 | See MORE | |
| SIMMONS CITRATE AGAR (as per BIS) | TM 1291 | See MORE | |
| TCBS AGAR (as per BIS) | TM 1299 | See MORE | |
| TERGITOL – 7 AGAR BASE (as per BIS) | TM 440 | See MORE | |
| TRIPLE SUGAR IRON AGAR (as per BIS) | TM 1874 | See MORE | |
| TRYPTONE WATER W/O NaCl (as per BIS) | TM 891 | See MORE | |
| UREA AGAR BASE (CHRISTENSEN) (IS:5887 (Part-I)-1976) | TM 2410 | See MORE | |
| VIOLET-RED BILE AGAR (as per BIS) | TM 1314 | See MORE | |
| WILLIS AND HOBB’S MEDIUM BASE (IS : 5887 (Part 4) : 1999) | TM 1319 | See MORE |