BD Difco™ Dehydrated Culture Media: Hektoen Enteric Agar

AOAC, BAM, BS12, CCAM, CMPH2, COMPF, MCM9, SMD

Dehydrated

Agar

Isolation and cultivation of gram negative enteric microorganisms, especially Shigella, from a variety of clinical and nonclinical specimens

<30°C

HE Agar

Proteose Peptone 12g/L, Yeast extract 3g/L, Bile Salts No. 3 9g/L, Lactose 12g/L, Saccharose 12g/L, Salicin 2g/L, Sodium Chloride 5g/L, Sodium Thiosulfate 5g/L, Ferric Ammonium Citrate 1.5g/L, Agar 14g/L, Bromthymol blue 65mg/L, Acid Fuchsin 0.1g/L