Brilliant Green Bile Broth (BGBB) is used for the confirmation of coliforms and thermotolerant coliforms in food products, water used for watering food products and for effluent / run-off water testing. It can also be used as an enumeration media for coliforms in frozen dairy and ice cream products.
TYPICAL COMPOSITION
The composition can be adjusted to obtain optimal performance.
For 1 liter of media :
- Tryptone ................................................................................................................... 10,0 g
- Bacteriological ox bile .............................................................................................. 20,0 g
- Lactose...................................................................................................................... 10,0 g
- Brilliant green ......................................................................................................... 13,3 mg
pH of the ready-to-use media at 25 °C : 7,2 ± 0,2.
PACKAGING
Ready-to-use medium :
BM01108 - 50 tubes of 10 mL (simple concentration with Durham tubes)
Dehydrated medium :
BK002HA - 500 g bottle
CONFIRMATION OF COLIFORMS