B244

MacConkey Broth

Formula

Ingredients

gm/lit

Peptic digest of animal tissue

Lactose

Bile salts

Sodium chloride

Neutral red

20.00

10.00

5.00

5.00

0.075

Final pH (at 25°C): 7.4 + 0.2

Directions

Suspend 40.0 gm, in 1000 ml. distilled water. Heat to dissolve the medium completely. Distribute into tubes with inverted Durham tubes and sterilize by autoclaving at 15lbs pressure (121°C) for 15 minutes. Cool the tubes before inoculation.

Incubate the inoculated media aerobically at 35-37°C. After 18-24 hours, examine  tubes for growth, acid and gas production.

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