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Hardy Diagnostics Blood Agar products are recommended for use as general purpose growth media for the
isolation, cultivation, and differentiation of a wide variety of microorganisms.
Hardy Diagnostics Campy Cefex Agar, Modified plates are recommended for the selective isolation of cephalothinresistant Campylobacter species such as C. jejuni , C. coli , and C. lari from human, animal, or food samples.
Hardy Diagnostics Blood Agar products are recommended for use as general purpose growth media for the
isolation, cultivation, and differentiation of a wide variety of microorganisms.
Hardy Diagnostics Brain Heart Infusion (BHI) Agar is a general purpose nutrient medium recommended for the cultivation and isolation of a variety of microorganisms, including bacteria, yeasts, and molds. The addition of defibrinated sheep blood and antimicrobics produces a selective medium used for the isolation of pathogenic fungi from specimens heavily contaminated with bacteria and saprophytic fungi.
Hardy Diagnostics Selective Strep Agar is a selective medium recommended for use in the primary isolation of all Streptococcus species, including streptococcal groups A (S. pyogenes), B (S. agalactiae), C, D, F, G, and S. pneumoniae, especially from repiratory specimens.
Hardy Diagnostics Anaerobic PEA Agar is recommended for use as an enriched medium for the cultivation and selective isolation of Gram-positive and negative obligate anaerobic bacteria.
Hardy Diagnostics GBS Detect™ is recommended for the isolation and differentiation by enhanced hemolysis of detection of gamma-hemolytic (non-hemolytic) Group B Streptococcus from GBS enrichment broth procedures.
Hardy Diagnostics GBS Detect™ is recommended for the isolation and differentiation by enhanced hemolysis of detection of gamma-hemolytic (non-hemolytic) Group B Streptococcus from GBS enrichment broth procedures.
Hardy Diagnostics AnaeroGRO™ Chopped Meat Media is recommended for the cultivation of microaerophilic, facultative and obligate anaerobic microorganisms, especially Clostridium species.
Hardy Diagnostics AnaeroGRO™ Chopped Meat Media is recommended for the cultivation of microaerophilic,
facultative and obligate anaerobic microorganisms, especially Clostridium species.
Chopped Meat Broth, 16x125mm Tube with Hungate Septum Cap, 9ml
20 tubes/box
Hardy Diagnostics AnaeroGRO™ Chopped Meat Media is recommended for the cultivation of microaerophilic,
facultative and obligate anaerobic microorganisms, especially Clostridium species.
Hardy Diagnostics AnaeroGRO™ Peptone Yeast Extract Glucose Broth (PYG) is an enriched, non-selective medium recommended for the cultivation and biochemical identification of obligately anaerobic microorganisms.(6,7) This medium is also suitable for the growth of anaerobic bacteria to be identified by gas liquid chromatography (GLC) analysis as outlined by the CDC.
Hardy Diagnostics AnaeroGRO™ Bacteroides Bile Esculin Agar is an enriched, selective, and differential medium recommended for the isolation and presumptive identification of obligately anaerobic gram-negative bacilli of the Bacteroides fragilis group and Bilophila spp.
Hardy Diagnostics AnaeroGRO™ Campylobacter Selective Agar is recommended for the selective isolation of
Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni from stool specimens. Growth of normal fecal flora is inhibited on this medium.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Agar, Bacteriological Grade is used as a solidifying agent in the preparation of solid and semi-solid culture media.
This is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Azide Dextrose Broth is used to detect the presence of streptococci in water, shellfish, sewage, and milk.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Azide Dextrose Broth is used to detect the presence of streptococci in water, shellfish, sewage, and milk.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Brain Heart Infusion Agar is a general purpose nutrient medium recommended
for the cultivation and isolation of a variety of fastidious and nonfastidious microorganisms, including bacteria, yeasts, and mold.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Brain Heart Infusion Broth is a general purpose nutrient medium recommended
for the cultivation and isolation of a variety of fastidious and nonfastidious microorganisms, including bacteria, yeasts, and mold.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Bile Esculin Agar (BEA) is recommended for use as a differential medium in the isolation and presumptive identification of enterococci/group D streptococci.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Brucella Agar is used for the cultivation of Brucella species, and other fastidious organisms.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Buffered Peptone Water is intended to aid in the recovery of injured Salmonella species from foods and other samples prior to selective enrichment and isolation.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ CLED Agar is recommended for the isolation and enumeration of
microorganisms from urine.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Columbia Agar Base is used for cultivating fastidious and non-fastidious
microorganisms with or without the addition of blood. It is an enriched agar medium.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ DNase Test Agar with Toluidine Blue is recommended for the detection of
DNase in gram-negative bacteria, especially Serratia spp.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ GC Agar Base is used in the preparation of media for the cultivation and selective isolation of fastidious organisms such as Neisseria and Haemophilus species.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Lactose (Milk Sugar) is chemically pure D-lactose monohydrate. It is added to culture media as a source of energy for bacteria and for the determination of fermentation reactions.
This is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ MacConkey Agar with Sorbitol is to be used as a selective and differential
medium for the detection of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coliO157:H7.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Malt Extract Agar is recommended for the isolation, cultivation and maintenance of yeasts and molds.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Mannitol Salt Agar (MSA) is recommended for use as a selective medium for the isolation of coagulase-positive mannitol-positive Staphylococcus aureus strains.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ MIO (Motility, Indole, Ornithine) Medium is recommended for use in testing
motility, indole production, and ornithine decarboxylase activity of enteric bacilli.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Mueller Hinton Agar is recommended for use in the cultivation of a wide variety of microorganisms. Mueller Hinton Agar is recommended for disk diffusion sensitivity testing of non-fastidious organisms.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Nutrient Agar is a general purpose growth media recommended for use in the
isolation and cultivation of nonfastidious microorganisms.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Peptone Water is used for the cultivation of nonfastidious organisms, for
performing the indole test, and for studying fermentation patterns.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Phenylethanol Agar (PEA) is recommended for use in the cultivation and selective isolation of gram-positive bacteria.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Proteose Peptone is used as a nitrogen source for use in media for culturing nutritionally fastidious bacteria.
This is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Pseudomonas Isolation Agar Base is recommended for the selective isolation and differentiation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa .
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Sabouraud Dextrose Agar is recommended for the isolation, cultivation, and
maintenance of non-pathogenic and pathogenic species of fungi and yeasts.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Salmonella Shigella (SS) Agar is a highly selective agar used for the isolation of Salmonella and some Shigella.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Simmons Citrate Agar is recommended for use in the differentiation of gramnegative enteric bacilli based on citrate utilization.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Standard Methods Agar is recommended for use in determining the microbial
content in dairy products, food, water samples, and other material of sanitary importance.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Staph Selective Agar is a selective medium used for the isolation and
differentiation of pathogenic staphylococci.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Todd Hewitt Broth is recommended for the production of antigenic streptococcal hemolysin and the cultivation of streptococci prior to serological grouping. It is also recommended for the cultivation of beta-hemolytic streptococci, pneumococci and other fastidious organisms.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Triple Sugar Iron (TSI) Agar is recommended for use in the differentiation of Enterobacteriaceae by their ability to ferment glucose, lactose, and sucrose, and produce hydrogen sulfide.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Tryptic Soy Broth is recommended for use as a general purpose medium for the isolation and cultivation of a wide variety of microorganisms.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Urea Agar Base Concentrate is recommended for use in the detection of urea
hydrolysis in gram-negative organisms.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ XLD Agar is recommended for use as a selective and differential medium for the isolation of gram-negative enteric bacilli such as Salmonella and Shigella.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Ampicillin Dextrin Agar Base is recommended for the selective isolation,
differentiation, and quantitative enumeration of Aeromonas species from water, food and environmental samples by the membrane filter method.
This dehydrated culture medium is a raw material intended to be used in the making of prepared media products, which will require further processing, additional ingredients, or supplements.
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CRITERION™ Neutralizing Buffered Peptone Water (nBPW)
500gm
Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Neutralizing Buffered Peptone Water (nBPW) is recommended for use in the
recovery of sub-lethally injured Salmonella species from industrial samples prior to selective enrichment and isolation.
Dehydrated culture media is a raw material not intended for use in the diagnosis of human disease. For implementation, this product requires additional processing and supplementation of ingredients before use.
CryoSaver™, Brucella Broth with Glycerol, 2ml Cryogenic Vial, 1.5ml Fill, Blue Cap
81 vials/box
Hardy Diagnostics CryoSaver™, Brucella Broth with Glycerol is recommended for the preservation of
microorganisms by freezing.
This product is not intended to be used for the diagnosis of human disease.
TSB (Tryptic Soy Broth) with 15% Glycerol, 15x45mm Tube, 2ml
10 tubes/box
Hardy Diagnostics Brucella, BHI, and TSB Broth with 15% Glycerol are recommended for the preservation of
organisms by freezing.
This product is not intended to be used for the diagnosis of human disease.
Hardy Diagnostics Chocolate Agar is recommended for use in the isolation and cultivation of fastidious
microorganisms, particularly Haemophilus and Neisseria species.
Hardy Diagnostics Chocolate Agar with Bacitracin is recommended for use in the isolation and cultivation of Haemophilus species from respiratory specimens containing mixed flora.
Hardy Diagnostics MacConkey Agar, USP is recommended for use as a selective and differential medium for the isolation of gram-negative bacilli on the basis of lactose fermentation.
The U.S. Pharmacopeia National Formulary <61> describes the use of MacConkey Agar for growth promotion of specified microorganisms in the microbiological examination of nonsterile products.
MacConkey Agar with Sorbitol, 15x100mm Plate, 18ml
10 plates/bag
Hardy Diagnostics MacConkey Agar with Sorbitol is to be used as a selective and differential medium for the detection of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7.
Hardy Diagnostics Wilkins-Chalgren Agar is recommended for the cultivation and isolation of anaerobic
microorganisms and for the preparation of agar dilution tests.
Hardy Diagnostics CGB Agar is recommended for the differentiation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii (formerly C. neoformans var. gattii).
Hardy Diagnostics Tryptic Soy Agar is recommended for use as a general growth medium for the isolation and cultivation of microorganisms. This medium is also recommended for use in the cultivation, storage, maintenance and transportation of pure cultures of microorganisms.
MacConkey Agar with Ciprofloxacin, 10μg/ml, 15x100mm Plate, 19ml
10 plates/bag
Hardy Diagnostics BHI Broth with Ciprofloxacin, 10μg/ml is a selective pre-enrichment broth for gram-negative microorganisms with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin. Pre-enrichment with the broth is performed with a mixed population of microorganisms from a lab sample. Hardy Diagnostics MacConkey Agar with Ciprofloxacin, 10μg/ml is a companion product meant to act as a screening subculture medium for the selective isolation of non-susceptible Ciprofloxacin, gram-negative microorganisms. Concomitant cultures are necessary to recover microorganisms for identification, susceptibility testing, and epidemiological typing. A negative result does not preclude fluoroquinolone non-susceptible, gram-negative colonization. Culture results obtained from these products are not intended to guide therapy.
