B1066 

HUGH LEIFSON MEDIUM

Formula

Ingredients 

gms/lit.

Peptic digest animal tissue 

Sodium chloride

Dipotassium phosphate

Glucose

Bromo thymol blue

Agar 

2.00

5.00

0.30

10.00

0.05

2.00

Final pH (at 25°C) : 6.8 + 0.2

Directions 

Suspend 19.4 gms. in 1000 ml. distilled water. Boil to dissolve the medium completely. Dispense in tubes in duplicate for aerobic and anaerobic fermentations. Sterilize by autoclaving at 15 lbs pressure (121°C) for 15 minutes. Cool the tubed medium in an upright position

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