Microbiology

Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid XLT-4 Selective Supplement is a selective supplement for use with XLT-4 Agar.

XLT-4 Selective Supplement, Oxoid Composition

XLT-4 Agar, Oxoid Preparation:
Suspend 59g of XLT-4 Agar Base in 1 litre of distilled water, add 4.6ml of XLT-4 Selective Supplement and bring the medium to the boil.
Do not overheat, do not autoclave.
Cool to approximately 50°C and pour into sterile Petri dishes. It is not advised to hold the medium at 50°C for longer than 1 hour as this may cause the medium to precipitate.

Storage conditions and Shelf life
The dehydrated medium should be stored at 10-30°C and used before the expiry date on the label.
Prepared medium may be stored for up to 2 weeks at 2-8°C.

Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid T.T.C. Solution is a solution for the addition to KF Streptococcus Agar for the enumeration of entercocci.

T.T.C. Solution, Oxoid Composition

Medium Preparation:
Aseptically add the contents to 500ml of KF Streptococcus Agar CM0701 cooled to approximatly 50°C. Mix gently and pour into sterile Petri dishes.

This product has been discontinued, please refer to SR0257E

Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid OCLA (ISO) Selective Supplement is a selective supplement for use with Chromogenic Listeria Agar (ISO).

OCLA (ISO) Selective Supplement, Oxoid Composition

Modified ISO Preparation:
Suspend 34.5g of Chromogenic Listeria Agar (ISO) in 480ml of distilled water. Mix well and sterilize by autoclaving at 121°C for 15 minutes. Cool the medium to 46°C and add one vial of Chromogenic Listeria Selective Supplement (ISO), reconstituted as directed and one vial of Brilliance Listeria Differential Supplement. Mix well and pour into sterile Petri dishes.

ISO Preparation:
Suspend 34.5g of Chromogenic Listeria Agar (ISO) Base in 480ml of distilled water. Mix well and sterilise by autoclaving at 121ºC for 15 minutes. Cool the medium to around 50ºC, and add one vial of Chromogenic Listeria Selective Supplement (ISO), re-suspended as directed, and one vial of OCLA (ISO) Differential Supplement. Mix well and pour into sterile Petri dishes.

Storage conditions and Shelf life
The dehydrated medium should be stored at 10-30°C and used before the expiry date on the label.
Prepared medium may be stored for up to 2 weeks at 2-8°C.

Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid Listeria Primary Enrichment Supplement (UVMI) is a primary selective enrichment supplement for the isolation of listeria when used with Listeria Enrichment Broth Base (UVM Formulation) CM0863.

Oxoid Listeria Primary Enrichment Supplement (UVMI), Oxoid Composition

Listeria Primary Selective Enrichment Medium, Oxoid Preparation:
Suspend 27.2g in 500ml of distilled water. Sterilise by autoclaving at 121°C for 15 minutes. Cool to 50°C.
Aseptically add the contents of 1 vial of Listeria Primary Selective Enrichment Supplement (UVM I) SR0142 reconsituted as directed. Mix well and distribute into sterile containers.

Storage conditions and Shelf life
Store the dehydrated medium at 10-30°C and use before the expiry date on the label.
Store the prepared medium at 2-8°C.

Precautions
Note the precautions stated under Listeria Selective Medium (Oxford) CM0856 and SR0140.
Broth cultures are more dangerous than colonies on agar plates.
Store prepared medium away from light. Acriflavine can photo-oxidise to form inhibitory compounds against listeriae.

A Bacillus cereus 569/H9 lactamase (E.C.5.2.6) presented as a freeze-dried powder containing buffer salts. Each vial contains a 3,300lU of activity (1 unit of enzyme activity will hydrolyse 1.0μmol of benzylpenicilloic acid per minute pH7.0 and at 25°C).

Used for the inactivation of susceptible beta-lacram antibiotics in preparations, blood or tissue samples.

Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid Legionella BMPA-α Selective Supplement is a selective supplement for the isolation of legionellae when used with Legionella BCYE Growth Supplement (SR0010) and Legionella CYE Agar Base (CM0655).

Legionella BMPA-α Selective Supplement, Oxoid Composition

Legionella BMPA-α Selective Medium Preparation:
Reconstitute one vial SR0111E per 100ml medium as directed. Aseptically add the vial contents to BCYE-a Medium prepared from Legionella CYE Agar Base (CM0655) and Legionella BCYE Supplement (SR0110) and cooled to 50°C. Mix well and pour into sterile Petri dishes.

Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid Defibrinated Horse Blood is a blood product.

**This product is not available at the moment.

Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid Defibrinated Horse Blood is a blood product.

**This product is not available at the moment.

Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid Potassium Lactate is a solution for addition to culture media, Lysine Medium CM0191 for example.

Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid Lactic Acid is a solution for addition to culture media, primarily to lower the pH.

Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid Lactic Acid is a solution for addition to culture media, primarily to lower the pH.

Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid Soy Peptone is obtained by the hydrolysis of soya flour and complies with the USP specification.

Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid MOPS-BLEB Broth Base is a medium for using with BAX Listeria species.

Pre-enrich food samples prior to the isolation of Salmonella species using Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid™ Buffered Peptone Water (ISO) (Dehydrated). Buffered Peptone Water is a non-selective pre-enrichment medium and is tested in accordance with ISO 6579 and ISO 11133:2014. It also provides conditions for resuscitation of cells that have been injured by processes of food preservation.

Buffered Peptone Water (ISO), Oxoid Composition

Buffered Peptone Water (ISO), Oxoid Preparation:
Add 20.0g of Buffered Peptone Water (ISO) to 1 litre of distilled water. Mix well and distribute into final containers. Sterilise by autoclaving at 121°C for 15 minutes.

Method of use
The sample is added to Buffered Peptone Water (ISO) at a ratio of 1:10, and incubated at 36°C ± 2°C for 16-20 hours before transfer to selective enrichment media.

Storage conditions and Shelf life
Store the dehydrated medium at 10-30°C and use before the expiry date on the label.

Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid Brilliance Bacillus Cereus Agar is a chromogenic medium for the isolation and differentiation of Bacillus cereus from food samples.

Brilliance Bacillus Cereus Agar Base, Oxoid Composition

Brilliance Bacillus Cereus Agar, Oxoid Preparation:
Suspend 20.5g in 500ml of distilled water. Mix well and bring to the boil to dissolve completely. Sterilize by autoclaving at 121°C for 15 minutes. Cool the medium to 50°C and aseptically add 1 vial of Brilliance Bacillus cereus Selective Supplement. Mix well and pour into sterile Petri dishes.

Storage conditions and Shelf life
Store the dehydrated medium at 10-30°C and use before the expiry date on the label.
Brilliance Bacillus cereus Selective Supplement must be stored at 2-8°C.
Store the prepared medium for up to 2 weeks at 2-8°C.

Precautions
X-glucopyranoside negative B. cereus strains may present white colonies on this medium due to poor or no utilisation of the chromogen.

Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid Brilliance™ UTI Agar (formerly Chomogenic UTI Agar ) is a chromogenic medium for the presumptive identification and differentiation of all the main micro-organisms that cause urinary tract infections (UTIs).

Brilliance UTI Agar, Oxoid Composition

Brilliance UTI Agar, Oxoid Preparation:
Suspend 56.3g of Brilliance UTI Agar in 1 litre of distilled water, mix well and sterilise by autoclaving at 121°C for 15 minutes. Cool to 50°C and mix well before pouring plates.

Storage conditions and Shelf life
Dehydrated Brilliance UTI Agar must be stored tightly capped in the original container at 10-30ºC.
Oxoid Brilliance UTI Agar plates should be stored in the original packaging, at the temperature stated on the pack or product specification, and protected from direct light.

When stored as directed, the unopened product will remain stable until the expiry date on the label. Locally prepared media can be stored for up to 2 weeks when made from CM0949 according to the manufacturer’s instructions and stored at 2-8ºC, in the dark. A longer shelf life may be attainable, but should be validated under the relevant, local manufacturing and storage conditions.

This product has been discontinued. The alternative to this product is Sensitest Agar, 500g.

A medium specially designed to give large, clear zones with all antibiotics, without the addition of lysed or whole blood.

Sensitest Agar, Oxoid Composition

Sensitest Agar, Oxoid Preparation:
Suspend 32g in 1 litre of distilled water and bring to the boil to dissolve the agar. Sterilise by autoclaving at 121°C for 15 minutes.

Storage conditions and Shelf life
Store the dehydrated medium at 10-30°C and use before the expiry date on the label.
Store the prepared plates of agar at 2-8°C.

Precautions
As with other susceptibility testing media, Sensitest Agar should be used for rapidly growing aerobic organisms only. It should not be modified by the addition of carbohydrates or incubated in a CO2 enriched atmosphere.
If the medium is used for Bell’s CDS method then the specified discs and technique must be used. Refer to the monograph cited in the References.

Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid Mannitol Selenite Broth Base is a modification of Selenite F Broth for the selective enrichment of salmonellae.

Mannitol Selenite Broth Base, Oxoid Composition

Mannitol Selenite Broth, Oxoid Preparation:
Add 19g to 1 litre of distilled water to which 4g of sodium biselenite LP0121 has been added.
Warm to dissolve, mix well and fill out into containers. Sterilise in a boiling water bath, or in free flowing steam, for 10 minutes.
DO NOT AUTOCLAVE.

To minimise any possible risk of teratogenicity to laboratory workers, the sodium biselenite must be added to this medium separately.

Storage conditions and Shelf life
Store the dehydrated medium at 10-30°C and use before the expiry date on the label.
Store the prepared medium at 2-8°C away from light.

Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid Thioglycollate Medium is tested according to EP/USP.

Thioglycollate Medium, Oxoid Composition

Thioglycollate Medium, Oxoid Preparation:
Suspend Thioglycollate medium (29.75 grams/ 1itre) in de-ionised water. Heat to dissolve. Cool and dispense 100ml into final containers, 100ml DIN bottles. Sterilise at 121°C for 15 minutes. When cooled label each bottle and pack in units of 10 into labelled boxes.

Storage conditions and Shelf life
Store away from light between 2-25ºC. Product shelf life from date of production is 1 year.