Catalog No. M-1000
PRODUCTS
R & F® Yersinia pestis Chromogenic Plating Medium A Selective/Differential Plating Medium For Identifying Yersinia pestis Presumptively positive colonies of Yersinia pestis appear as blue-black raised colonies 0.5 to 2.0 mm in diameter with or without colorless halos after 48-72 hours at 26-30°C
Yersinia pestis Citrobacter freundii (Pure Culture)
Morganella morganii Selective and Differential Properties of R &F ® Yersinia pestis Chromogenic Plating Medium Incubated at 26-30°C for 48 hours
Organism Colonial Morphology Yersinia pestis (20 isolates) Blue-black raised; 0.5 to 2.0 mm in diameter with or without a clear ring Aeromonas hydrophila Yellow to green raised; 1.0 to 2.0 mm in diameter Aeromonas veronii and Aeromonas sobria Green raised; 1.0 to 2.0 mm in diameter with no precipitate Citrobacter freundii, Edwardsiella tarda and Yersinia Yellow raised; 1.0 to 1.5 mm in diameter with no precipitate enterocolitica (8 strains) Klebsiella pneumoniae, Lactobacillus, Morganella morganii White raised; 1.0 to 2.5 mm in diameter with no precipitate and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Providencia rettgeri and Yersinia aldovae Blue-green raised; 1.0 to 2.0 mm in diameter with no precipitate Yersinia enterocolitica 1A and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Green to yellow raised; 1.0 to 2.0 mm in diameter with no precipitate (6 strains) Yersinia fredricksenii, Yersinia intermedia and Yersinia Green raised; 1.0 to 2.0 mm in diameter with no precipitate pseudotuberculosis (7 strains) Yersinia kristensenii Yellow to green raised; 1.0 to 2.0 mm in diameter with no precipitate Enterobacter aerogenes, Enterobacter cloacae, Generic Escherichia coli, Hafnia alvei, (2 strains), Proteus mirabilis, Salmonella sp. (4 strains), Shigella boydii, Shigella flexneri, No Growth Shigella sonnei, Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, and Vibrio vulnificus Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria seeligeri No Growth
Advantages of R & F® Yersinia pestis Chromogenic Plating Medium • A chromogenic plating medium that isolates Yersinia pestis, whereas similar bacteria are either differentiated or inhibited • Easily prepared from powder with prepared plates stable for at least 14 days in the dark at 2-8°C • Collaboratively developed and evaluated by FDA • Able to easily differentiateYersinia pestis from Yersinia enterocolitica, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Yersinia kristensenii, Yersinia intermedia and most other enteric bacteria
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M-1000 R & F® Yersinia pestis R & F Products, Inc. Chromogenic Plating Medium 2725 Curtiss St. Downers Grove, IL 60515 M-1010 R & F® Yersinia pestis Supplement for Plating Medium Phone: 630.969.5300 Fax: 630.969.5303 M-1050 R & F® Yersinia pestis E-mail: [email protected] Chromogenic Detection System Web Site: www.rf-products.net