BacterChrom™ Y.enterocolitica Plates

Ready-to-use chromogenic medium on 90mm plates for the detection and differentiation of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica strains
Code: 01038
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™ Y.enterocolitica is a selective chromogenic culture medium designed for the direct qualitative detection, differentiation, and presumptive identification of pathogenic biotypes of Yersinia enterocolitica.
The medium can also be applied in food and environmental analyses for the detection of Y. enterocolitica in products such as recreational water, livestock, and raw or processed foods.
The packaging with semi-permeable Cellophane film helps balance the humidity of the environment during storage.

PRINCIPLES

BacterChrom™ Y.enterocolitica utilizes chromogenic substrates that interact with specific enzymatic activities of target bacteria, producing distinct colony colors for differentiation. The medium incorporates selective agents to inhibit the growth of non-target organisms, ensuring high specificity. This approach enhances the accuracy of detection and simplifies the presumptive identification process.

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 30± 2°C for 36 – 48h.

RESULTS

Microorganism	Typical colony apprearance
Pathogenic Y. enterocolitica	mauve
Yersinia spp	metallic blue or inhibited
Other Enterobacteriacae	metallic blue or inhibited
Gram (+) bacteria	inhibited

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