Potato Dextrose Agar Plates
Catalog.No: DCP-PDAP
Features:
pH: 5.6 ± 0.2
Uses: Detection of fungi or bacteria in food, dairy, cosmetic, and environmental samples
Size: 100 mm
Storage: Keep away from light at 2–8°C
Shipping Condition: Blue ice
Appearance: yellow clear to slightly opalescent
Sterile
Shelf life: 4 weeks
*All agar plates are manufactured with ultrapure water, deionized and demineralized to minimize ionic and organic contaminants. The premium ISO certified agar solution is sterilized by a full cycle of autoclaving. Each 100mm plate has 20mL of agar medium in premium plastic dish
Description:
Potato Dextrose agar is a nutrient-rich microbiological medium with a mildly acidic pH. Fungal growth is favored and is designed to support the growth of yeasts and molds such as saprophytic filamentous molds, aspergillus,alternaria.. Often used in clinical, environmental,food,plant, and research samples, potato dextrose agar encourages mycelial growth, sporulation and enhances pigment expression that helps in morphological identification of many fungi. With the addition of antibiotics, such as streptomycin, and penicillin g, potato dextrose agar bacteria can be suprressed and allow fungal growth. Potato dextrose agar is used to study colony morphology, measure biomass production, and maintain stock cultures.
How it Works:
Potato dextrose agar provides rich, mildly acidic, carbohydrate-heavy surface that favors fungal growth and with antibioitcs supress bacteria. The potato infusion offers complex nutrients, vitamins, and nitrogen that helps mycelial growth, sporulation and pigment formation. Dextrose provides an easily metaboized carbon energy sourch, that helps stimulate the rapid growth of yeasts and molds. The mildly acid is less favorable for bacterial growth, but suitbable for plant-associated fungi. When inoculated and incubated, yeast form creamy to pasty colonies, and molds form filamentous colonies with species specific colors, textures, and sporulation patterns that can be used for identification.
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* This product is manufactured under ISO 13485-certified and CE-approved facilities (Suppliers of DiagnoCine Precision). All final packaging, quality assurance, and testing are done at the DiagnoCine R&D and Quality Testing Center. All specific customization requests and assembly were accomplished at DiagnoCine Precision in Totowa, New Jersey, USA
