OGA Medium (Oxytetracycline Glucose Agar Base) (OGYE)

OGA Medium (Oxytetracycline Glucose Agar Base) (OGYE)

Product Description

For the enumeration and isolation of yeasts and molds in food samples

Applications

• Cultivation / Enumeration
• YEAST & MOLDS

Packaging

Suspend 15 grams of the medium in 500ml of distilled water. Mix well and dissolve by heating with frequent agitation. Boil for one minute until complete dissolution. Sterilize in autoclave at 121 for 10 minutes. Cool to 45-50 and aseptically add one vial of selective OGA Supplement (Cat. 6018), previously reconstituted in 5 ml of sterile distilled water. Homogenize gently and dispense into Petri dishes.

OGA Supplement (Cat. 6018)

Oxytetracycline .............................. 50 mg

Alternatively, 0.05 g of Gentamicin may be used as the antibiotic (*).

Formula

• Glucose 10
• Yeast Extract 5
• Bacteriological Agar 15