BAIRD PARKER AGAR BASE (RPF) (as per ISO)

Baird parker agar Base is recommended by the ISO Committee for the Isolation of coagulase positive Staphylococci from food and other materials. The ISO 6888-1 standard recommends adding Egg Yolk Tellurite Emulsion Supplement to Baird Parker Agar Base to make the complete medium Baird Parker Agar, used for the general count of coagulase-positive staphylococci in products intended for human or animal feed. In ISO 6888-2 standards, it is recommended to add Rabbit Plasma Fibrinogen (RPF) Supplement to Baird-Parker Agar Base, to make Rabbit Plasma Fibrinogen (RPF) Agar used for food that may be contaminated with Staphylococcus forming non-characteristic colonies in Baird-Parker Agar. In this RPF supplemented Baird Parker medium Staphylococcus colonies appear as small, black or gray, even white, surrounded by a halo of precipitation indicating the coagulase activity

for isolation & enumeration of coagulase positive Staphylococci from foods & pharma products