Mueller-Hinton agar

The Mueller -Hinton agar is a microbiological growth medium, which is normally used to test antibiotic resistance and to be breed to Neisseria or Moraxellen.

Composition ::

  • 30 % beef infusion
  • 1.75% hydrolyzed casein
  • 0.15 % starch
  • 1.7 % agar
  • PH adjusted to neutral at 25 ° C.

5% sheep blood is also added if you want to test streptococci, Campylobacter, Neisseria, or other demanding germs. According to the new European standard EUCAST more sheep blood is not used, but horse blood and as a further additive nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide ( NAD). The addition of NAD to grow Haemophilus spp. on this agar.

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