BacterChrom™ Candida Plus Agar Plates

Ready to use 90mm chromogenic medium for detecting and differentiating the main clinical Candidaspecies, including C.auris.
Code: 01005
Packaging: 10 plates/box or as per customer requirements.
Storage Conditions: 2–8°C.
Transportation: Ambient temperature.
Shelf Life: 03 months from the date of manufacture.

INTENDED USE

BacterChrom™ Candida Plus Agar is a selective chromogenic culture medium intended for use in the qualitative direct detection, differentiation and presumptive identification of Candida species including C. auris.
The packaging with semi-permeable Cellophane film helps balance the humidity of the environment during storage.

PRINCIPLES

BacterChrom™ Candida Plus Agar is designed to distinguish microorganisms based on specific enzymatic activities that generate unique colony colors. This differentiation allows for easy visual identification and classification of various species. The medium selectively inhibits unwanted growth while promoting the development of target microorganisms, ensuring high specificity and reducing background interference.

Allow to warm to room temperature before inoculation, dry the plates in an incubator with the covers partially removed.
Direct streaking sample onto the plate
Incubate in aerobic conditions at 35 – 37°C for 24 – 48 hour

RESULTS

Microorganism	Typical colony apprearance
C. albicans	green-blue
C. auris	light blue with blue halo, blue from the back side of the plate
C. tropicalis	metallic blue with pink halo
C. krusei	pink and fuzzy
C. glabrata	mauve
Bacteria	mostly inhibited

BacterLab ensures the quality of each product batch by testing with ATCC reference strains.

Reference strains	Incubation conditions	Expected results
C. albicans ATCC 60193	Incubate for 24 – 48 hours at 35 – 37 °C	Blue colonies
C. auris ATCC MYA-5001		Light blue colonies with a blue halo
C. tropicalis ATCC 1369		Metallic blue colonies with a pink halo.
C. krusei ATCC 14243		Colonies with a light pink center
C. glabrata ATCC 2001		Light purple colonies
E. coli ATCC 25922		Inhibited

For 1 liter of medium

Agar	15,0 g
Peptone	11,0 g
Chromogenic and selective mix	24,9 g

pH of the ready-to-use medium at 25°C: 6,1 ± 0,2

*Note: This ingredient is for reference only our company will formulate the ingredient according to requests or tender specifications.

Product Name	Code	Packaging
BacterChrom™ Candida Plus Agar	01005	10 plates/box or as per customer request.