POTATO DEXTROSE AGAR PLATE

Product Code TMPH 008

  • Description

    Potato Dextrose Agar is a simple general-purpose medium that is nutritionally rich, encourages mold sporulation and pigment production. It is recommended by the American Public Health Association (APHA) & FDA for the enumeration and testing of foods and dairy products. This medium is suitable for the detection and enumeration of heat resistant molds in thermally processed fruits and fruit products. Potato Dextrose Agar is also recommended for microbial limit tests in pharmaceutical testing. It is also used for stimulating sporulation, for maintaining stock cultures of certain dermatophytes and for differentiation of typical varieties of dermatophytes on the basis of pigment production.

  • Principle

    For the subculture of fungi in accordance with harmonized method of USP/EP/BP/JP.

  • Microorganism

    • #Aspergillus brasiliensis
    • Candida albicans
    • Penicillium commune
    • Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    • Trichoderma viride
  • Industry

    • Clinical Diagnostics
    • Pharmaceutical
  • Regulation

    • NA
  • Pack Size

    • 50 Plts
  • Categories

    • Ready-To-Use Culture Media
    • Ready-To-Use Media Plates
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