Thermo Scientific™ Mycobiotic Agar (Mycocel Agar) with Chloramphenicol and Cycloheximide

Description

• Isolate and cultivate pathogenic fungi, especially from clinical specimens which may be contaminated with bacteria and saprophytic fungi with Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Mycobiotic Agar (Mycocel Agar) with Chloramphenicol and Cycloheximide
• Leach, Ford and Whiffen described the use of cycloheximide as a selective agent for the inhibition of saprophytic fungi 1
• Researchers later found that the addition of both cycloheximide and chloramphenicol achieved more complete selectivity against growth of saprophytic fungi and bacteria 2
• The Mycobiotic Agar (Mycocel Agar) with Chloramphenicol and Cycloheximide is recommended for recovery of dimorphic fungi and dermatophytes potentially contaminated with bacteria and saprophytic fungi 3,4
• Selective: chloramphenicol and cycloheximide in the medium act as selective agents
• Cycloheximide inhibits rapidly growing saprophytic fungi that may overgrow slower growing pathogens
• Chloramphenicol is a broad-spectrum antibiotic which inhibits Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria as well as Nacardia
• Ready prepared : convenience of prepared media
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• Remel™ and Oxoid™ products are now part of the Thermo Scientific brand
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