Brain-Heart Agar

Brain Heart agar is suitable for the culture of a large variety of microorganisms including yeasts & molds. After addition of sheep’s blood, the media is used for the culture of fastidious bacteria in a veterinary domain. After addition of gentamycin and chloramphenicol, a selective media is obtained that is suitable for the culture of pathogenic fungi in heavily contaminated bacterial samples and saprophytic molds. In light of its glucose content, the media is not suitable for the characterization of hemolysis. 

Dehydrated medium :
BK029HA – 500 g bottle