TRANSPORT SWABS W/ TRANSPORT MEDIUM AMIES W/ CHARCOAL

Product Code THTS 009

  • Description

    TRANSPORT MEDIUM AMIES W/ CHARCOAL is used for transportation and preservation of bacteriological samples. Amies introduced his modification of Stuart?s Transport Medium to overcome a number of problems. Stuart?s Transport Medium suffered from overgrowth by coliforms that were capable of utilizing sodium glycerophosphate. Scientist ?Amies? replaced this problem of component with an inorganic phosphate buffer system. In the formulation of Amies Transport medium, Charcoal neutralizes fatty acids that are toxic to microorganisms. The addition of charcoal to the medium also extended the survival time of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from 24 to 72 hours.

  • Principle

    for transportation and preservation of microbiological samples

  • Microorganism

    • Escherichia coli
    • Klebsiella pneumoniae
    • Neisseria meningitidis
    • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    • Salmonella typhi
    • Shigella flexneri
    • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Industry

    • Clinical Diagnostics
  • Regulation

    • NA
  • Pack Size

    • 10 No.
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