Description

used as a basal medium for preparing blood agar by supplementation with blood. It can also be used as general-purpose media without the addition of blood.The low pH of Hiveg Blood Agar Base w/ low pH (pH 6.8) stabilizes the red blood corpuscles and favors the formation of clear zone of haemolysis. Also it is advantageous for cultivation of Streptococci and Pneumococci Blood Agar Base media can be used with added phenolphthalein phosphate for the detection of phosphate producing staphylococci, to determine salinity range of marine Flavobacteria. It can also be used for preparation of Salmonella Typhi antigens