Desoxycholate Citrate Agar (Dehydrated) (Thermo Scientific™)

Isolate and recover intestinal pathogens using Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid™ Desoxycholate Citrate Agar (Dehydrated).

The medium is pale pink and clear. Lactose fermenting organisms produce pink colonies and may be surrounded by a zone of precipitated desoxycholic acid. The colonies of non-lactose fermenters are colorless, and due to their alkaline reaction, they are surrounded by a clear orange-yellow zone of medium.

Key Features

Desoxycholate Citrate Agar is a modification of Leifson medium¹, for the isolation and maximum recovery of intestinal pathogens. It is less selective and inhibiting than Desoxycholate Citrate Agar (Hynes) CM0227.

Easy-to-read: provides an opaque background to easily discern the clearing produced by alkali-producing pathogens.
Preferable when shigellae are being sought as well as salmonellae².

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Order Codes

Code	Description
CM0035B	Catalog Number: CM0035B Unit Size: Each Quantity: 500 g