Soyabean Casein Digest Agar (Tryptone Soya Agar) is a general-purpose medium for isolation and cultivation of a wide variety of fastidious and non-fastidious microorganisms.
Soyabean Casein Digest Agar (SCDA) is used for total aerobic microbial count and antimicrobial preservative effective test. It is also used for testing bacterial contaminants in cosmetics and for a multitude of purpose including maintenance of stock cultures, plate counts, phage typing, colicin typing and as a base for media containing blood. Since this medium does not contain the X and V growth factors, it can be used for determining the requirements of these growth factors by isolates of Haemophilus.
Composition*
| Ingredients | g/L |
| Pancreatic Digest of Casein | 15.0 |
| Papaic Digest of Soyabean | 5.0 |
| Sodium Chloride | 5.0 |
| Agar | 15.0 |
*Adjusted to suit performance parameters.
Final pH (at 25°C): 7.3 ± 0.2
