U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition

Bacteriological Analytical Manual Online
January 2001

M6
Agar Medium P

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Beef extract 3 g NaCl 0.5 g
Peptone 5 g K2HPO4 0.25 g
Tryptone 1.7 g Polysorbate 80 1 g
Soytone 0.3 g Bromcresol purple 0.06 g
Dextrose 5.25 g Agar 15 g
Distilled water l liter

 

Heat with agitation to dissolve agar. Autoclave 15 min at 121°C. Final pH, 7.8 ± 0.2.

 



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