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

Bacteriological Analytical Manual Online
January 2001

M83
Liver-Veal Agar

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Liver, infusion from 50 g Starch, soluble 10 g
Veal, infusion from 500 g Casein, isoelectric 2 g
Proteose peptone 20 g NaCl 5 g
Neopeptone 1.3 g Sodium nitrate 2 g
Tryptone 1.3 g Gelatin 20 g
Dextrose 5 g Agar 15 g
Distilled water 1 liter

 

 

Heat with agitation to dissolve. Autoclave 15 min at 121°C. Final pH, 7.3 ± 0.2.

 



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