Brain Heart Infusion Agar (Powder)

Brain Heart Infusion Agar is used for cultivating a wide variety of fastidious and non-fastidious microorganisms, including bacteria, yeasts and fungi, Description: Brain Heart Infusion (BHI) Agar has proved to be effective in the cultivation of a wide variety of microorganisms, including many types of pathogens. BHI Agar is currently recommended as a general medium for aerobic bacteria and for the primary recovery of fungi from clinical specimens. BHI Agar, with 10% Sheep Blood can be used to isolate systemic fungi that may grow poorly on nonenriched media. A high recovery rate for Histoplasma capsulatum can be obtained with the addition of horse blood to the medium. Storage and Stability: Store powdered media at RT. Opened bottles should be capped tightly and kept in a dark, low humidity environment. Prepared media should be kept at 4°C and used within a short period of time. Appearance: Beige homogeneous, free flowing powder, Solubility: Trace to slight haze, light to medium amber, pH (5.2%, 25°C): 7.4±0.2, Microbiological Analysis: Aspergillus brasiliensis ATCC 16404: Growth, Candida albicans ATCC 10231: Growth, Escherichia coli ATCC 25922: Growth, Neisseria meningitides ATCC 13090: Growth, Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATCC 9763: Growth, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923: Growth, Streptococcus pneumoniae ATCC 6305: Growth, Streptococcus pyogenes ATCC19615: Growth, Important Note: This product as supplied is intended for research use only, not for use in human, therapeutic or diagnostic applications without the expressed written authorization of United States Biological.