Easygel® Media (Micrology Laboratories)
Easygel Instant
Microbiological Media - Reduce time spent preparing samples
Easygel (previously available as Redigel from 3M) replaces agar in microbiological media. This ingenious culture media uses pectin (the agent that puts the gel in jelly and jams) and not seaweed derived agar as a gelling agent. It comes as a sterile 2-part test unit consisting of a bottle of liquid medium and a petri dish that is pretreated with a special formulation.
Heres how it works: When the bottle of liquid medium is poured into the pretreated petri dish, ions diffuse from the pretreatment layer into the liquid causing it to gel. Complete gelling takes around 40 minutes. The result is an instant, hassle-free petri dish: where you want it and when you want it. Adding inoculum is done by a variety of simple methods (pour plate, streak plate or membrane filter). If desired, the individual bottles can be lined up and samples can be added directly, swirled and poured for rapid large scale testing.
With Easygel, you spend less time preparing and more time performing.
Easygel Standard Plate Count and Violet Red Bile are Official AOAC methods and are APHA approved for food, dairy and beverage testing. In addition, both were issued approval at the most recent NCIMS meeting (Proposals 227 and 229), pending further review by the Laboratory Committee, for inclusion in the FDA Milk Laboratory Evaluation Form 2400.
Storage Upon Receipt is as follows:
Freeze- 3093-40, 50, 65
Refrigerate- 3093-25
Ambient- 3093-30, 35, 55, 60, 95, 96
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A Quick Guide to Easygel™ Media
Description/Item No. | Appearance | Details | Mfr. Item No. | Unit of Measure | Your Cost/Qty | Purchase |
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MRS Media (Micrology Laboratories)
3093-25
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Colorless | MRS Media | 42001F | Pack of 50 |
$92.66/PK
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Orange Serum Media (Micrology Laboratories)
3093-30
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Yeast Are Shiny White, Bacteria Can Be White, Mold Can Be Various | Orange Serum Media | 44001F | Pack of 50 |
$82.35/PK
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Potato Dextrose pH Balanced Media (Micrology Laboratories)
3093-35
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Yeasts are Shiny White, Molds Have Fuzzy Surface in Various Colors | Potato Dextrose pH Balanced (acidified) Media | 31001F | Pack of 50 |
$83.75/PK
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Potato Dextrose w/Antibiotic, pH balanced (acidified) Media (Micrology Laboratories)
3093-40
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Yeast are Shiny White, Molds Have Fuzzy Surface in Various Colors | Potato Dextrose w/ Antibiotic, pH balanced (acidified) Media | 32001F | Pack of 50 |
$77.21/PK
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Coliform Media (Micrology Laboratories)
3093-50
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Blue-Green | Coliform Media; contains a defined substrate indicator | 28001F | Pack of 50 |
$72.10/PK
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Total Count Media (Micrology Laboratories)
3093-55
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Colorless or White | Total Count Media; Standard Plate Count | 11001F | Pack of 50 |
$79.52/PK
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Total Count T-Salt Media (Micrology Laboratories)
3093-60
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Pink or Red | Total Count T-Salt Media; Standard Plate Count | 12001F | Pack of 50 |
$70.00/CS
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VRB Media (Micrology Laboratories)
3093-65
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Pink to Brick-Red | VRB Media (Violet Red Bile) | 21001F | Pack of 50 |
$72.10/PK
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Extra Petri Dishes (Micrology Laboratories)
3093-95
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Extra petri dishes | Pack of 20 |
$15.86/PK
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Extra petri dishes treated with T-Salt (Micrology Laboratories)
3093-96
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Extra petri dishes treated with T-Salt | Pack of 20 |
$14.04/EA
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