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Nutrient Agar

Nutrient Agar is a general purpose medium for the cultivation and maintenance of nonfastidious organisms. It can be used for the cultivation and enumeration of organisms in water, sewage, feces and other materials. Nutrient agars prepared with Oxoid Nutrient Broth No. 2, specified by Maron & Ames, Mutat. Res. 113: 173, 1983, are used for general growth and CFU determinations of Ames S. typhimurium and E. coli WP2 strains.

Part ID Description Features Size-Conc Format Packaging Storage
21-40S76 Nutrient Agar --- 20 ml 100 mm 10 plates/sleeve Room Temperature
51-40S031 Nutrient Agar --- 20 ml 100 mm 10 plates/sleeve Refrigerate
22-122.012 Nutrient Agar ½ Strength w/ 1% Bacto - Slant 12 ml Glass tube 10 tubes/box Room Temperature
22-132.007H Nutrient Agar Slant 7 ml Glass tube 10 tubes/box Refrigerate