Use : For the isolation, cultivation and differentiation of G negative enteric bacteria based on lactose fermentation. Bacteria that ferment lactose, especially the coliform bacterium Escherichia coli, Appear as colonies with green metallic sheen or blue–black to brown color. Bacteria that do not ferment lactose appear as colorless or transparent light purple colonies

Control organisms
Escherichia coli :
Good growth, green metallic sheen

Klebsiella pneumoniae : Good growth, purple colonies, no sheen

-Shigella flexneri : Good growth, transparent colonies -lactose negative

Incubate : Aerobic 35° C, 24 hrs
Shelf life : 4 weeks
Price (Baht) : 12 (return plate) , 15 disposable plate

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