Prepared Media HardyCHROM™ Chromogenic Agar Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) Petri Plate Format

Features

• Development of various colors
• due to chromogenic substances in the media
• allows for the differentiation of microorganisms from the primary set-up of a urine specimen Chromogenic substrates (chromogens) incorporated into HardyCHROM™ UTI produce different colored compounds when they are degraded by specific microbial enzymes; thus
• HardyCHROM™ UTI can be used for the cultivation and differentiation of various groups of organisms with only a minimum number of confirmatory tests E. coli produces large magenta colonies (confirmatory
• no further testing required) Enterococcus faecalis/faecium produces small
• turquoise-colored colonies Pseudomonas spp. produce light yellow/green
• translucent colonies Klebsiella
• Enterobacter
• and Serratia spp. produce large
• deep blue colonies Staphylococcus saprophyticus produces opaque
• pink colonies Candida spp. produces small
• white
• moist colonies Proteus
• Morganella
• and Providencia spp. produce clear to light yellow colonies with a diffuse golden-orange halo in the medium Staphylococcus aureus produces opaque
• white-colored colonies Citrobacter spp. produce dark blue colonies often with a rose halo in the surrounding media This media is to be stored and incubated in the dark