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Glucose Agar | Basic Carbohydrate Medium for Microbial Cultivation | AS‑1239
$45.00 AUD
AuSaMicS Life Science • Enteric Differentiation Media
Glucose Agar
Solid Medium for Glucose Fermentation-Based Differentiation of Enterobacteriaceae
Glucose Agar is a differential solid medium used for the presumptive identification and confirmation of Enterobacteriaceae based on their ability to ferment glucose. Published product literature specifically describes it as useful for differentiation of Enterobacteriaceae in urine, water, and food, and as a solid confirmation medium in ISO-linked workflows. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}
AS-1239 Differential Medium ✓ Australian Stock 🧫 Enterobacteriaceae 🍬 Glucose Fermentation
Use: presumptive ID / confirmation Applications: water, food, urine Documents: COA + SDS + TDS
Why Labs Use Glucose Agar
Glucose fermentation readout
Enterobacteriaceae-focused differentiation
Useful for presumptive ID in routine workflows
ISO-linked confirmation positioning
Simple classical medium with clear purpose
Core Readout
Inoculate isolate
Incubate
Observe glucose fermentation response
Support presumptive differentiation
Incubate
Observe glucose fermentation response
Support presumptive differentiation
⚠️ Important: This is a Differentiation / Confirmation Medium, Not a Highly Selective Isolation Plate
What Glucose Agar does well
Published descriptions position Glucose Agar for differentiation of Enterobacteriaceae on the basis of glucose fermentation and as a confirmation medium in routine workflows. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}
Published descriptions position Glucose Agar for differentiation of Enterobacteriaceae on the basis of glucose fermentation and as a confirmation medium in routine workflows. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}
What it does not replace
It should be used as part of a wider workflow that may include upstream enrichment, selective plating, and confirmatory biochemical or other identification tests.
It should be used as part of a wider workflow that may include upstream enrichment, selective plating, and confirmatory biochemical or other identification tests.
🔬 Technical Overview & Principle
Product literature describes Glucose Agar as a medium used for the differentiation of Enterobacteriaceae in urine, water and food, based on their glucose fermentation pattern. One published source also states that this medium is recommended by ISO as a solid confirmation medium for Enterobacteriaceae. :contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}
In practical microbiology workflows, media of this type are valued because glucose is a broadly relevant fermentable carbohydrate within the Enterobacteriaceae family. The medium therefore helps laboratories obtain a rapid, structured first-pass readout that can be combined with colony morphology, source matrix, and downstream confirmatory methods.
Why this medium performs well:
A nutritionally supportive agar base allows good colony development, while the glucose fermentation system provides the differential signal needed for presumptive interpretation. This makes the medium useful as a practical confirmation step rather than just a general-purpose agar.
A nutritionally supportive agar base allows good colony development, while the glucose fermentation system provides the differential signal needed for presumptive interpretation. This makes the medium useful as a practical confirmation step rather than just a general-purpose agar.
Enterobacteriaceae isolate / suspect colony
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Inoculate Glucose Agar
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Incubate under validated conditions
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Observe glucose fermentation response
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Support presumptive differentiation / confirmation
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Inoculate Glucose Agar
↓
Incubate under validated conditions
↓
Observe glucose fermentation response
↓
Support presumptive differentiation / confirmation
Workflow value: best positioned as a medium that helps clarify the behaviour of enteric isolates during confirmation, especially in water, food, and related routine microbiology programs. :contentReference[oaicite:4]{index=4}
🧪 Functional Composition
🧫 Typical Laboratory Workflow
1
Prepare the medium
Prepare according to your validated laboratory method and internal manufacturing specification.
Prepare according to your validated laboratory method and internal manufacturing specification.
2
Inoculate suspect isolate or workflow sample
Use the medium as part of an Enterobacteriaceae differentiation or confirmation workflow relevant to urine, water, food, or related matrices. :contentReference[oaicite:7]{index=7}
Use the medium as part of an Enterobacteriaceae differentiation or confirmation workflow relevant to urine, water, food, or related matrices. :contentReference[oaicite:7]{index=7}
3
Interpret glucose fermentation behaviour
Assess the organism’s response in the medium as part of presumptive differentiation. Published descriptions emphasise glucose fermentation as the key principle. :contentReference[oaicite:8]{index=8}
Assess the organism’s response in the medium as part of presumptive differentiation. Published descriptions emphasise glucose fermentation as the key principle. :contentReference[oaicite:8]{index=8}
4
Follow with confirmation if required
Use the result together with colony characteristics and any required downstream biochemical or other confirmation methods.
Use the result together with colony characteristics and any required downstream biochemical or other confirmation methods.
📊 Comparative Enteric Workflow Media
📌 Quick Specifications
Product: Glucose Agar
Cat. No.: AS-1239
Format: Dehydrated culture medium
Type: Differential solid medium
Main application: Enterobacteriaceae differentiation
Principle: Glucose fermentation
Common matrices: food, water, urine
Storage: 10–25°C, dry, tightly closed, protected from moisture and light
⭐ Key Advantages
✓Useful for presumptive glucose-fermentation differentiation
✓Relevant to Enterobacteriaceae confirmation workflows
✓Applicable across food, water, and urine microbiology contexts
✓Simple classical medium with clear interpretive value
✓Fits well within broader enteric ID workflows
⚙️ Preparation Notes
Prepare according to your validated internal formula and laboratory method.
Because naming conventions for “Glucose Agar” vary by supplier, this page is positioned to the Enterobacteriaceae differentiation use described in the published sources cited here. :contentReference[oaicite:11]{index=11}
For highest accuracy, you can align the final composition table and preparation section to your exact AS-1239 manufacturing specification.
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Practical Glucose-Fermentation Differentiation for Enteric Workflows
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