90035

DCLS Agar No. 2

suitable for microbiology

• Synonym(s): Desoxycholate Citrate Lactose Sucrose Agar No. 2
• UNSPSC Code: 41171606

Properties

• form: powder
• Quality Level: 100
• composition: agar, 12.0 g/L ; beef extract, 3.0 g/L ; lactose, 5.0 g/L ; neutral red, 0.03 g/L ; proteose peptone, 7.0 g/L ; saccharose, 5.0 g/L ; sodium citrate, 10.0 g/L ; sodium deoxycholate, 2.5 g/L ; sodium thiosulphate, 5.0 g/L
• final pH: 7.2±0.2 (25 °C)
• application(s): clinical testing; environmental; food and beverages; microbiology
• suitability: selective and differential for Enterobacter spp.; selective and differential for Proteus spp.; selective and differential for Salmonella spp.; selective and differential for Serratia spp.; selective and differential for Shigella spp.; selective and differential for Vibrio spp.; selective and differential for Yersinia spp.

Description

Application

D.C.L.S. Agar is used as a selective medium for the isolation of Shigella and Salmonella. Also useful for isolation of Vibrio cholera. The addition of fermentable carbohydrate increases the usefulness of the medium because non-pathogenic sucrose-fermenting organisms may be recognised by their red colonies, e.g. some Proteus, Serratia, Enterobacter species.

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• wgk_germany: WGK 3
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• ppe: Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)