Not available outside of the UK & Ireland.

Analysis Note

QC organismsC. albicans (ATCC 10231)S. cerevisiae (ATCC 7754)E. coli (ATCC 8739) and L. casei (ATCC 393) as negative control

Target Microorganisms: Yeast and Mold

Yeast produce white, creamy colonies. Mold are rough textured and/or filamentous

Application

Milliflex^® Cassette prefilled with Sabouraud Dextrose Agar is used in Bioburden testing and general microbiological analysis of water especially high purity water (electronics, RO, distilled or purified). It is widely used in pharmaceutical, cosmetic and brewing industry.

Culture Medium

Sabouraud Dextrose w/Chloramphenicol

General description

Milliflex^® Cassette are ready to use agar-based media to be used with Milliflex^® or Milliflex Oasis^® system for convenient, rapid and reliable bioburden testing. The prefilled agar cassette helps to streamline the microbial contamination testing workflow with quality assurance and avoiding risks of exogenous contamination. Each plate is a 3-piece assembly containing approximately 10ml of the media. Sabouraud Dextrose Agar is a complex medium for cultivation and isolation of a wide range of yeasts and molds. Dextrose supports the growth of fungi. The low pH favour′s fungal growth and inhibits contaminating bacteria from samples. The medium is also supplemented with chloramphenicol to inhibit the growth of accompanying bacterial flora.

Legal Information

MILLIFLEX OASIS is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

MILLIFLEX is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Packaging

48×10 mL in tests

Specifications

United-States Pharmacopeia XXII Microbial Limits Tests