Description

PE-2 HiVeg™ Medium is recommended for detection and cultivation of mesophilic anaerobic spore formers in specimens collected from food processing plants. Peptone and yeast extract provide nitrogenous compounds, vitamin B complex and trace ingredients required for the growth of clostridia. Addition of untreated alaska seed peas creates anaerobic conditions in the medium. Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium sporogenes and Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum grows luxuriantlly on this media. This medium is prepared by replacing animal peptones with vegetable defined peptones to avoid BSE/TSE/GMO risk.