NUTRIENT AGAR 1.5% (VEG.)

Nutrient Agar 1.5% is the modification of Nutrient Agar recommended by APHA for cultivation and maintenance of non-fastidious microorganisms. This medium is used as a general-purpose medium. This medium is prepared by completely replacing animal based peptones with vegetable peptones to avoid BSE/TSE risks associated with animal peptones. Recently ISO Committee has also recommended it with slight modification for sub cultivation of E.coli and coliforms from water samples.

for cultivation of bacteria requiring less nutrition, can be enriched with blood