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Nitrocefin disks

suitable for microbiology

• UNSPSC Code: 41171621
• NACRES: NA.85

Properties

• product line: BioChemika
• Quality Level: 100
• shelf life: limited shelf life, expiry date on the label
• technique(s): microbe id | specific enzyme detection: suitable
• application(s): clinical testing; environmental; food and beverages; microbiology
• storage temp.: −20°C
• suitability: Moraxella spp.; Haemophilus spp. (species); Neisseria spp.; Staphylococcus spp.; anaerobic bacteria

Description

General description

Nitrocefin is a chromogenic cephalosporin, it has a characteristic beta-lactam ring which on oxidation by beta-lactamase, renders nitrocefin from yellow to red in color. It is light-sensitive in nature and is quite expensive. It is used for the rapid detection of beta-lactamase enzymes in isolated colonies of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staphylococcus spp., Haemophilus influenzae and anaerobic bacteria.

Application

For the rapid detection of beta-lactamase enzymes in isolated colonies of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staphylococcus spp., Haemophilus influenzae and anaerobic bacteria.

Components

50 disks in a light resistant plastic vial (6 mm diameter filter paper disks impregnated with Nitrocefin)

Safety Information

• Storage Class Code: 11 - Combustible Solids
• WGK: WGK 3
• Flash Point(F): Not applicable
• Flash Point(C): Not applicable
• Personal Protective Equipment: dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves