A culture media is a compound material that has nutrients that are essential for the growth and multiplication of microorganisms. Microorganisms will proliferate on its culture medium till they grow and become a visible colony.
The media is categorized into two types, solid and liquid culture.
Culture media is used to grow a range of organisms either in a particular group or to maintain organisms in the culture collection.
Enriched Media – Enrichment media refers to the liquid media that inhibits the growth of unwanted bacteria. Enriched media allow the growth of a wide variety of microorganisms. Substances like blood, a serum is added to grow fastidious bacteria. E.g., blood agar, chocolate agar
Selective Media – Selective media are used to select for the growth of a particular “selected” microorganism. A hindering substance like antibiotics, dyes, chemicals, alteration to pH, is added to allow the growth of a particular microorganism.
Differential Media – These are designed in a way that helps in distinguishing different types of microorganisms based on their colony colour. Some of the substances used in this include MacConkey agar, CLED agar, TCBS agar, XLD agar.
Transport Media – This media is used for transporting delicate organisms, which may not survive in the time taken for transporting their specimen. Example -Stuart medium, Buffered glycerol saline.
Anaerobic Media – These media are used to grow anaerobic microorganisms like Thioglycolate broth medium, Robertson’s cooked meat medium
| S.No | Product Name | TM CODE No. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGAR MEDIUM M (TRIPLE SUGAR, IRON AGAR) (as per BP/EP) | TM 1955 | See MORE | |
| ANDRADE PEPTONE WATER | TM 012 | See MORE | |
| ANDRADE PEPTONE WATER (IS : 5887 (Part I and IV ) 1976, reaffirmed 2005) | TM 936 | See MORE | |
| ANDRADE PEPTONE WATER W/ MEAT EXTRACT | TM 652 | See MORE | |
| ANDRADE PEPTONE WATER, MODIFIED | TM 1963 | See MORE | |
| ARGININE DIHYDROLASE BROTH | TM 1140 | See MORE | |
| B.D.G – BROTH HAJNA | TM 1987 | See MORE | |
| BACILLUS CEREUS AGAR BASE | TM 1120 | See MORE | |
| BRILLIANT GREEN AGAR BASE W/ PHOSPHATES | TM 046 | See MORE | |
| BRILLIANT GREEN AGAR BASE W/ PHOSPHATES (IS : 5887 (Part III) 1999, reaffirmed 2005) | TM 952 | See MORE | |
| BRILLIANT GREEN AGAR W/ PHOSPHATES (ISO 6785:2001, ISO 6579:1981, ISO 3565:1975) | TM 1512 | See MORE | |
| BROMO CRESOL PURPLE AGAR W/LACTOSE | TM 2016 | See MORE | |
| BROMO CRESOL PURPLE AGAR W/O CARBOHYDRATE (LACTOSE) | TM 1463 | See MORE | |
| C.L.E.D. AGAR (W/ BROMO THYMOL BLUE) (BROLACIN AGAR) | TM 405 | See MORE | |
| C.L.E.D. AGAR (W/ BROMO THYMOL BLUE) (BROLACIN AGAR) (VEG.) | TMV 405 | See MORE | |
| C.L.E.D. AGAR BASE W/O INDICATOR | TM 2025 | See MORE | |
| C.L.E.D. AGAR W/BROMO THYMOL BLUE | TM 2026 | See MORE | |
| CALCIUM CASEINATE AGAR | TM 560 | See MORE | |
| CHINA BLUE LACTOSE AGAR | TM 604 | See MORE | |
| CHROMOGENIC SALMONELLA AGAR * | TM 1426 | See MORE | |
| D.C.L.S. AGAR | TM 082 | See MORE | |
| DECARBOXYLASE AGAR BASE | TM 084 | See MORE | |
| DECARBOXYLASE BROTH BASE, MOELLER (MOELLER DECARBOXYLASE BROTH BASE) | TM 085 | See MORE | |
| DECARBOXYLASE BROTH BASE, MOELLER (MOELLER DECARBOXYLASE BROTH BASE) (VEG.) | TMV 085 | See MORE | |
| DECARBOXYLASE TEST MEDIUM BASE (FALKOW) (IS : 5887 (Part V) 1976, reaffirmed 2005) | TM 086 | See MORE | |
| DEV GELATIN AGAR (GELATIN DEV AGAR) | TM 1546 | See MORE | |
| DEV NUTRIENT AGAR | TM 2050 | See MORE | |
| DIAGNOSTIC STUART?S UREA BROTH BASE (UREA BROTH BASE) | TM 477 | See MORE | |
| DOUBLE SUGAR AGAR, RUSSELL | TM 986 | See MORE | |
| ENDO AGAR | TM 372 | See MORE | |
| ENDO AGAR BASE | TM 373 | See MORE | |
| ENDO AGAR BASE (VEG.) | TMV 373 | See MORE | |
| ENDO AGAR MODIFIED | TM 2065 | See MORE | |
| ENDO AGAR W/ NACL | TM 2064 | See MORE | |
| ENDO DEV AGAR | TM 1533 | See MORE | |
| GILLIES AGAR NO. 2 (SUCROSE SALICIN AGAR) | TM 736 | See MORE | |
| KAUFFMAN MULLER’S TETRATHIONATE BROTH BASE (IS:5887(Part I)-1999) | TM 2143 | See MORE | |
| KLIGLER IRON AGAR | TM 141 | See MORE | |
| KLIGLER IRON AGAR (ISO 13720-1995, ISO 10273:2003) | TM 1553 | See MORE | |
| KLIGLER IRON AGAR (VEG.) | TMV 141 | See MORE | |
| KLIGLER IRON AGAR, MODIFIED | TM 142 | See MORE | |
| KOHN TWO TUBE MEDIUM NO. 1 | TM 1554 | See MORE | |
| KOHN TWO TUBE MEDIUM NO. 2 | TM 1364 | See MORE | |
| L-ARGININE DIHYDROLASE MEDIUM, MODIFIED (ISO 22964:2006) | TM 1505 | See MORE | |
| LACTOSE PEPTONE WATER | TM 1372 | See MORE | |
| LACTOSE TTC AGAR (WITH SODIUM HEPTADECYL SULPHATE) (ISO 9308-1:2000) | TM 1251 | See MORE | |
| LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE BROTH | TM 169 | See MORE | |
| LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE BROTH W/O PEPTONE (ISO 6579:2002, ISO 22964:2006) | TM 1830 | See MORE | |
| LYSINE INDOLE MOTILITY MEDIUM, MODIFIED | TM 2174 | See MORE | |
| LYSINE LACTOSE BROTH | TM 1010 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR | TM 1898 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR (as per USP/EP/BP/JP) | TMH 110 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR (IS : 5887 (Part I and II) 1976, reaffirmed 2005) | TM 1036 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR (W/ 0.075 NR, 0.5% BILE SALTS & 1.2% AGAR W/O CV & NaCl) | TM 232 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR (W/ 0.075 NR, 0.5% BILE SALTS & 1.2% AGAR W/O CV & NaCl) (VEG.) | TMV 232 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR (W/ 0.15% BILE SALTS, CV & NaCl) | TM 379 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR (W/ 0.15% BILE SALTS, CV & NaCl)(VEG.) | TMV 379 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR (W/ CV, NaCl, 0.15% BILE SALTS & 1% LACTOSE) | TM 337 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR (W/ CV, NaCl, 0.15% BILE SALTS & 1% LACTOSE) (VEG.) | TMV 337 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR (W/ SODIUM TAUROCHOLATE W/O CV & NaCl.) | TM 378 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR (W/ SODIUM TAUROCHOLATE W/O CV & NaCl.) (VEG.) | TMV 378 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR (W/O CV, W/ 0.075 NR & BILE SALTS, NaCl) (MacCONKEY AGAR NO.1) | TM 527 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR (W/O CV, W/ 0.15% BILE SALTS & NaCI) | TM 349 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR (W/O CV, W/ 0.15% BILE SALTS & NaCI) (VEG.) | TMV 349 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR (W/O CV, W/ 1.2% AGAR) | TM 528 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR BASE W/O CARBOHYDRATE | TM 199 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR II W/O CV | TM 2225 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR MEDIUM | TM 2224 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR W/ BROMO THYMOL BLUE | TM 198 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR W/ CV W/O NaCl | TM 2222 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR W/O CV, W/0.5% SODIUM TAUROCHOLATE | TM 2223 | See MORE | |
| MacCONKEY AGAR, RS | TM 2227 | See MORE | |
| MANNITOL AGAR W/ PRILION | TM 2239 | See MORE | |
| MANNITOL MOTILITY NITRATE MEDIUM | TM 531 | See MORE | |
| MANNITOL MOTILITY TEST MEDIUM | TM 530 | See MORE | |
| MANNITOL MOTILITY TEST MEDIUM (VEG.) | TMV 530 | See MORE | |
| MIU MEDIUM BASE | TM 781 | See MORE | |
| MOELLER DECARBOXYLASE BROTH W/ ARGININE HCI | TM 789 | See MORE | |
| MOELLER DECARBOXYLASE BROTH W/ ARGININE HCl (VEG.) | TMV 789 | See MORE | |
| MOELLER DECARBOXYLASE BROTH W/ LYSINE HCl | TM 790 | See MORE | |
| MOELLER DECARBOXYLASE BROTH W/ LYSINE HCl(VEG.) | TMV 790 | See MORE | |
| MOELLER DECARBOXYLASE BROTH W/ ORNITHINE HCl | TM 791 | See MORE | |
| MOELLER DECARBOXYLASE BROTH W/ ORNITHINE HCl (VEG.) | TMV 791 | See MORE | |
| MOTILITY-INDOLE-LYSINE MEDIUM (MIL MEDIUM) | TM 225 | See MORE | |
| MOTILITY-INDOLE-LYSINE MEDIUM (MIL MEDIUM) (VEG.) | TMV 225 | See MORE | |
| NUTRIENT GELATIN | TM 241 | See MORE | |
| NUTRIENT GELATIN (IS : 5887 (Part VII) 1999, reaffirmed 2005) | TM 1059 | See MORE | |
| ONPG BROTH | TM 1918 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL LACTOSE BROTH (ISO 9308-1-2014) | TM 1921 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED ADONITOL BROTH | TM 815 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED AGAR BASE | TM 252 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED ARABINOSE BROTH | TM 816 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED BROTH BASE | TM 255 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED BROTH BASE W/ MEAT EXTRACT | TM 814 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED DEXTROSE AGAR | TM 256 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED DEXTROSE BROTH | TM 537 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED DULCITOL BROTH | TM 817 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED GALACTOSE BROTH | TM 818 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED INOSITOL BROTH | TM 538 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED LACTOSE AGAR | TM 253 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED LACTOSE BROTH | TM 257 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED MALTOSE AGAR | TM 811 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED MALTOSE BROTH | TM 539 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED MANNITOL AGAR | TM 254 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED MANNITOL BROTH | TM 258 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED RAFFINOSE BROTH | TM 819 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED RHAMNOSE BROTH | TM 820 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED SALICIN BROTH | TM 821 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED SORBITOL BROTH | TM 540 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED STARCH BROTH | TM 822 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED SUCROSE AGAR | TM 812 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED SUCROSE BROTH | TM 259 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED TARTRATE AGAR | TM 813 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED TREHALOSE BROTH | TM 823 | See MORE | |
| PHENOL RED XYLOSE BROTH | TM 541 | See MORE | |
| PHENYLALANINE AGAR | TM 260 | See MORE | |
| POLYMYXIN PYRUVATE EGG YOLK MANNITOL BROMOTHYMOL BLUE AGAR BASE (PEMBA)) | TM 1587 | See MORE | |
| RS MEDIUM BASE | TM 2301 | See MORE | |
| SACCHAROSE BROTH | TM 850 | See MORE | |
| SAKAZAKII DHL AGAR | TM 1605 | See MORE | |
| SKIM MILK | TM 574 | See MORE | |
| SORBITOL IRON AGAR | TM 859 | See MORE | |
| TERGITOL – H – 7 BROTH | TM 441 | See MORE | |
| TERGITOL-7 AGAR BASE, MODIFIED | TM 2363 | See MORE | |
| TRIPLE SUGAR IRON AGAR | TM 424 | See MORE | |
| TRIPLE SUGAR IRON AGAR | TM 1625 | See MORE | |
| TRIPLE SUGAR IRON AGAR (as per EP) | TM 886 | See MORE | |
| TRIPLE SUGAR IRON AGAR (as per USP) | TM 887 | See MORE | |
| TRIPLE SUGAR IRON AGAR (IS : 5887 (Part I, III and V) 1976, reaffirmed 2005) | TM 1874 | See MORE | |
| TRIPLE SUGAR IRON AGAR (ISO 6785:2001/ISO 6579:2017) | TM 1819 | See MORE | |
| TS SALINE AGAR (TRIPLE SUGAR SALINE IRON AGAR) | TM 2359 | See MORE | |
| UNIVERSAL BEER AGAR (UB AGAR) (VEG.) | TMV 1628 | See MORE | |
| UNIVERSAL BEER AGAR, MODIFIED | TM 2407 | See MORE | |
| UNIVERSAL LIQUID MEDIUM * | TM 1629 | See MORE | |
| UREA AGAR BASE (CHRISTENSEN) | TM 1113 | See MORE | |
| UREA AGAR BASE (CHRISTENSEN) (AUTOCLAVABLE) | TM 394 | See MORE | |
| UREA AGAR BASE (CHRISTENSEN) (AUTOCLAVABLE) (VEG.) | TMV 394 | See MORE | |
| UREA AGAR BASE (CHRISTENSEN) (IS:5887 (Part-I)-1976) | TM 2410 | See MORE | |
| UREA AGAR BASE W/O AGAR (FILTER STERILIZABLE) | TM 629 | See MORE | |
| UREA BROTH (FILTER STERILIZABLE) | TM 906 | See MORE | |
| UREA BROTH (UREA BROTH MEDIUM) (as per IP 2007) | TM 425 | See MORE | |
| UREA INDOLE MEDIUM | TM 1850 | See MORE | |
| WURTZ MEDIUM | TM 1315 | See MORE | |
| XLD AGAR | TM 492 | See MORE | |
| XLD AGAR (VEG.) | TMV 492 | See MORE | |
| XLD AGAR (XYLOSE LYSINE DEOXYCHOLATE AGAR MEDIUM) (as per IP) | TM 1448 | See MORE | |
| XYLOSE LYSINE AGAR BASE | TM 491 | See MORE |