B977 

CHARCOAL BLOOD AGAR BASE

Formula 

B977 

Ingredients 

gms/lit. 

Peptic digest of animal tissue 

Beef extract 

Yeast extract 

Sodium chloride 

Starch, soluble 

Charcoal 

Agar 

10.00 

10.00 

3.50 

5.00 

10.00

4.00 

12.00

Final pH (at 25°C) :  

7.5 + 0.2 

Directions

Suspend 54.5 gms. of B977 in 1000 ml. distilled water. Boil to dissolve the medium with frequent stirring. Sterilize by autoclaving at 15lbs pressure (121°C) for 15 minutes. Cool to 45-50°C. Add 10 ml of sterile defibrinated horse blood, 0.3 ml of sterile 100 ug/ml Penicillin solution and 0.3 ml of 0.1% solution of 4:4 diamidodiphenylamine hydrochloride per 100 ml of Charcoal Blood Agar Base (B977).

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