HEAMOGLOBIN POWDER

Hemoglobin Powder for use in preparing culture media supplements. It is dried bovine blood. Hemoglobin Powder is used with GC Agar in the preparation of Chocolate Agar, Supplemented with Hemoglobin Powder and growth enrichment, these enriched media are used for the isolation and cultivation of fastidious microorganisms, especially Neisseria spp. and Haemophilus spp. Hemoglobin Powder provides hemin (X factor) required for growth of Haemophilus and for enhanced growth of Neisseria spp. In the preparation of Chocolate Agar, Hemoglobin powder is used in a 2% solution.

Haemoglobin Powder provides hemin, which is required for the growth of many fastidious microorganisms, such as Haemophilus species and Neisseria species.