40893

Peptone Water, phosphate-buffered, Vegitone

suitable for microbiology, NutriSelect^® Plus

• Synonym(s): BPW Vegitone, Buffered Peptone Water Vegitone, Vegitone Peptone Water, phosphate-buffered
• UNSPSC Code: 41171607
• NACRES: NA.85

Properties

• form: powder
• Quality Level: 100
• shelf life: limited shelf life, expiry date on the label
• composition: disodium phosphate, 3.5 g/L ; monopotassium phosphate, 1.5 g/L ; proteose pepetone (vegetable), 10.0 g/L ; sodium chloride, 5.0 g/L
• manufacturer/tradename: NutriSelect^® Plus
• technique(s): microbiological culture: suitable
• final pH: 7.2±0.2 (25 °C)
• application(s): agriculture; environmental; food and beverages; sample preparation; microbiology
• suitability: Providencia spp.; nonselective for Citrobacter spp.; nonselective for Escherichia coli; nonselective for Klebsiella spp.; nonselective for Proteus spp.; nonselective for Pseudomonas spp.; nonselective for Salmonella spp.; nonselective for Shigella spp.; nonselective for Staphylococcus spp.; nonselective for Streptococcus spp.; nonselective for Yersinia spp.; nonselective for bacteria (General Media); nonselective for coliforms; nonselective for enterobacteriaceae

Description

Application

In this medium the original animal derived peptone is replaced by a plant peptone. It is a pre-enrichment medium used for increasing the recovery of injured Salmonella species from foods prior to selective enrichment and isolation. It is also recommended by ISO Committee under the specifications ISO 6579 : 1993.

Legal Information

NutriSelect is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 13 - Non Combustible Solids
• wgk_germany: WGK 3