Description

CAE (Citrate Azide Enterococcus) HiVeg™ Agar Base is recommended for identification of Enterococci in meat, meat products, dairy products and other food stuffs. Hiveg medium is was initially formulated by Burkwall and Hartmann and later modified by Reuter and is used for the identification of enterococci in food products. Enterococci reduce the colourless 2, 3, 5 Triphenyl Tetrazolium Chloride (FD057) to form a red coloured complex, formazan, thereby imparting a red colour to the enterococcal colonies. This medium is prepared by replacing animal peptones with vegetable defined peptones to avoid BSE/TSE/GMO risk.