Pre-Weigh Plate Count Agar (PCA)

Description

Speed up your workflow when preparing microbial culture medium for enumerating total viable counts (TVC) in food, milk and dairy products with Thermo Scientific™ Pre-weigh Plate Count Agar. The pre-weighed sachets of Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid™ dehydrated culture media are designed for single use when preparing 1 L or 8 L volumes of your medium. Save valuable time and start testing quickly by removing the requirement to weigh powder—just rip, tip and pour.

Pre-Weigh Plate Count Agar is equivalent to the medium recommended by the APHA¹and the PHLS² for the plate count of microorganisms in food, milk and other dairy products. It is part of a range of our most frequently used and well-characterized dehydrated culture media which is now available in handy pre-weighed foil packages.

Simply tear open the selected media sachet, add to the required volume of water, mix and autoclave as usual.

• Efficient: choose from a full range of pre-weighed media formats for reduced hands-on prep time and maximum productivity
• Convenient: rip and tip sachets enable faster media production and simplified workflows
• Compliant: proven and validated media formats deliver confidence and reliable performance
• Productive: reduce routine dehydrated culture media handling and weighing to spend more time on value-added tasks.

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Remel™ and Oxoid™ products are now part of the Thermo Scientific brand.