Mikrobiologie

Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Violet Red Bile Agar is recommended for the detection of coliforms in food or dairy products.

Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ XLD Agar is recommended for use as a selective and differential medium for the isolation of gram-negative enteric bacilli such as Salmonella and Shigella.

Hardy Diagnostics OxiStrips™ Oxidase Strips and OxiSticks™ Oxidase Swabs are used for the detection of cytochrome oxidase activity in bacteria.

Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Ampicillin Dextrin Agar Base is recommended for the selective isolation, differentiation, and quantitative enumeration of Aeromonas species from water, food and environmental samples by the membrane filter method.

Hardy Diagnostics Flagella Stain is recommended for use in detecting the presence and arrangement of flagella on the bacterial cell.

Hardy Diagnostics Mineral Oil is used as a sealant to create an anaerobic environment for biochemical tests such as decarboxylase and oxidation and fermentation reactions.

Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Charcoal Agar is recommended for the cultivation and isolation of Bordetella pertussis.

Hardy Diagnostics CRITERION™ Neutralizing Buffered Peptone Water (nBPW) is recommended for use in the recovery of sub-lethally injured Salmonella species from industrial samples prior to selective enrichment and isolation.

Hardy Diagnostics AFB Smear Fix is designed to assist in acid-fast staining of positive mycobacteria cultures from the 12B culture vials used in Becton Dickinson's BACTEC™ Automated Culture System.

Hardy Diagnostics CryoSaver™, Brucella Broth with Glycerol is recommended for the preservation of microorganisms by freezing. This product is not intended to be used for the diagnosis of human disease.