TCBS Agar

201200010100 / 201200010500

TCBS Agar is a selective medium used for isolating and cultivating Vibrios causing cholera and food poisoning from clinical and non-clinical specimens.

Composition*

Ingredients
g/L
Sucrose
20.0
Proteose Peptone
10.0
Sodium Citrate
10.0
Sodium Thiosulphate
10.0
Sodium Chloride
10.0
Oxgall
8.0
Yeast Extract
5.0
Ferric Citrate
1.0
Thymol Blue
0.04
Bromothymol Blue
0.04
Agar
15.0

*Adjusted to suit performance parameters.
  Final pH (at 25°C): 8.6 ± 0.2

g/L: Suspend 89.08 g of the powder in 1000 mL purified / distilled water.

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