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Blood Heart Infusion (BHI) Agar with Sheep Blood, Chloramphenicol

Catalog number: R01140
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Thermo Scientific™

Blood Heart Infusion (BHI) Agar with Sheep Blood, Chloramphenicol

Catalog number: R01140
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Cultivate a wide variety of microorganisms including bacteria, yeasts, and molds with the nutritious base medium Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Blood Heart Infusion (BHI) Agar with Sheep Blood, Chloramphenicol1. Isolate fastidious fungi and grow Actinomyces2 using BHI Agar with 5-10% sheep blood. Pathogenic fungi and Nocardia asteroides can be isolated using optimal concentrations of chloramphenicol3.

 
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DescriptionBHI Agar w/Sheep Blood, Chloramphenicol
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Use BHI Agar with Sheep Blood, Chloramphenicol1 for the cultivation of a wide variety of microorganisms, including pathogenic fungi.

  • Highly Nutritious: medium recommended for the enrichment of fastidious organisms.
  • Ready-to-use: the convenience of prepared media.
  • Selective: antibiotics allows the selective growth of organisms (Chloramphenicol is a broad spectrum antibiotic which inhibits broad range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms).
  • Conforms to CLSI standards4.

BHI Agar w/Sheep Blood contains brain heart infusion, peptone, and dextrose, which provide nitrogen, carbon, sulfur, vitamins and a carbohydrate source. Sheep blood provides essential growth factors for fastidious fungi. Yeast extracts are incorporated in the medium to serve as a growth stimulant.

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1. Murray, P.R., Baron, E.J., Jorgensen, J.H., Landry, M.L. and Pfaller, M.A. 2007. Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 9th ed. ASM Press, Washington D.C.
2. Rosebury, T., Epps., L.J. and Clark, A.R. 1944. Infect. Dis. 74:131-149.
3. Dolan, C.T. 1971.Appl. Microbiol.21:195-197.
4. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). 2004. Quality Control for Commercially Prepared Microbiological Culture Media: Approved Standard, 3rd ed. M22-A3. CLSI, Wayne, PA.

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