Brucella Agar | Enriched Medium for Brucella Species Isolation | AS‑1155

$45.00 AUD

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Brucella Agar

Enriched base medium for fastidious organisms, anaerobes, and Brucella-related culture workflows

Highly nutritious solid medium designed for the cultivation of fastidious bacteria, particularly Brucella spp., as well as a broad range of anaerobic and microaerophilic organisms. Brucella Agar provides a rich peptone-based platform that can be used alone or supplemented with blood, vitamin K, hemin, or selective additives for clinical, food, veterinary, and research microbiology applications.

Cat. No: AS-1155 Enriched Agar Base ✓ Australian Stock 🧫 Fastidious Organisms

🚀 Fast Dispatch: Australian supply 🧪 Microbiological Grade: High-nutrient performance 📋 Documentation: COA + SDS available

🏆 Rich Medium for Demanding Isolates

🧫 Highly Nutritive - supports fastidious growth

🩸 Blood Supplement Compatible - ready for enriched workflows

🌫️ Anaerobe Suitable - useful in reduced-oxygen systems

🔬 Flexible Base - can be adapted with supplements

📞 Technical Support - media and workflow guidance

Anaerobic Culture Ready

Frequently used as a base for enriched anaerobic and Brucella media systems

🔬 Product Overview

Brucella Agar is a rich, non-selective culture medium developed for the cultivation of Brucella species and many other fastidious, anaerobic, and microaerophilic microorganisms. It contains digest-based nutrient sources and supportive growth factors that promote reliable recovery of delicate or nutritionally demanding bacteria.

The medium is widely used as a base agar for supplementation with blood and other growth factors, making it valuable in diagnostic microbiology, veterinary bacteriology, anaerobe culture, and research laboratories requiring robust recovery of demanding isolates.

⚗️ Principle of the Medium

Peptones + digests + dextrose + yeast extract
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High nutrient availability
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Supports recovery of fastidious and anaerobic bacteria
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Can be enriched further with blood, hemin, vitamin K, or selective supplements

Brucella Agar provides a highly supportive nutrient environment for organisms with demanding growth requirements. When used with suitable supplements, it becomes an excellent platform for the isolation and cultivation of many anaerobes, Brucella spp., Campylobacter-related workflows, and other fastidious organisms depending on the laboratory method applied.

🧬 Key Applications

🦠 Brucella Culture Workflows

Designed as a classic nutritive base for cultivation and recovery of Brucella species under appropriate laboratory conditions.

🌫️ Anaerobic Microbiology

Widely used as a base medium for isolation and subculture of anaerobic bacteria when combined with appropriate supplements and incubation systems.

🏥 Clinical & Veterinary Use

Useful in laboratories working with fastidious pathogens from animal, clinical, or environmental specimens.

🧪 Enriched Media Preparation

Ideal as a flexible base for preparing blood-enriched and supplement-enhanced agar formulations tailored to specific test methods.

✨ Key Features

Rich nutrient formulation for demanding organisms
Suitable for blood supplementation and enriched workflows
Useful in anaerobic and microaerophilic culture systems

Supports Brucella-related laboratory methods
Flexible base for customized selective/enriched formulations
Available with COA and SDS support

🧪 Typical Composition (g/L)

Component	Approx. Role	Function
Peptones / pancreatic digests	Primary nutrient base	Provide amino acids and nitrogen sources
Yeast extract	Growth factor source	Supplies vitamins and supportive nutrients
Dextrose	Energy source	Supports growth and metabolic activity
Sodium chloride	Osmotic balance	Maintains suitable medium conditions
Agar	Solidifying agent	Forms stable growth surface

Exact formulation may vary slightly according to manufacturing standard and validated performance requirements.

📊 Related Enriched Media Comparison

Medium	Type	Main Use	Typical Role
Brucella Agar	Enriched agar base	Fastidious, anaerobic, and Brucella-related culture	Primary nutritive base
Blood Agar Base	General enriched base	Routine enriched bacterial culture	Broad-spectrum use
Chocolate Agar Base	Enriched medium base	More demanding fastidious respiratory organisms	Clinical fastidious recovery
CDC Anaerobe Blood Agar	Supplemented enriched anaerobe agar	Isolation of clinically significant anaerobes	Specialized anaerobic workflow

💡 Preparation & Use Guidance

Use Case:
For cultivation of fastidious bacteria and enriched anaerobic workflows

Supplementation:
May be used with blood, hemin, vitamin K, or selective additives as required

Incubation:
Apply appropriate atmospheric conditions for the target organism

Storage:
Store dehydrated medium tightly closed in a cool, dry place

📋 Technical Specifications

Product Name	Brucella Agar
Catalog Number	AS-1155
Format	Dehydrated powder
Medium Type	Enriched agar base
Primary Function	Cultivation of fastidious and anaerobic organisms
Typical Supplementation	Blood, hemin, vitamin K, selective additives
Appearance	Light beige to pale tan powder
Prepared Medium	Amber to light brown agar
Storage	Keep tightly closed in a dry place, protected from moisture and light

🎯 Typical Organism Scope

✓ Brucella spp.
✓ Anaerobic bacteria
✓ Microaerophilic organisms
✓ Other fastidious isolates

✅ Quality & Documentation

✓ Microbiological grade raw materials
✓ Batch QC documentation
✓ COA available
✓ SDS support

📄 Available Documents

Certificate of Analysis (COA)

Safety Data Sheet (SDS)

Technical Data Sheet (TDS)

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