Microbial Culture

Culture media formats to suit every laboratory

Whether you prefer to make your own media, buy prepared plates, or take advantage of easy-to-prepare convenience formats, our culture medium expertise and rigorous quality standards have made us a preferred supplier and trusted source of prepared media to laboratories all around the world.

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Chromogenic media

Chromogenic media samples available

To experience the superior quality of our chromogenic media you are invited to trial a sample pack today. Choose from our chromogenic media that detect a range of important pathogens from water, food and clinical samples.

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Prepared media selection guide

Download the prepared media guide and discover our wide range of prepared media we have on offer. With thousands of quality assured formulations and formats available, you're sure to find what you're looking for whether it's routine, specialty, or a custom blend somewhere in between.

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Prepared media selection guide

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Increasing Laboratory Efficiency with Thermo Scientific Bi-plates

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Microbiology Quality Control

Bring efficiency through best practice to microbiology quality control testing

Safeguarding the purity and identity of quality control organisms through proper maintenance is critical to achieving accurate control results for culture media and reagents. Our guide highlights industry guidelines and best practices to ensure compliance to standards, as well as approaches to reduce the time spent maintaining frozen stock cultures.

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Change the way you control quality

Change the way you control quality

Enable quick and safe preparation of ATCC* and NCTC cultures for routine quality control testing with Thermo Scientific™ Culti-Loops™ direct-streak inoculating loops. Gel-preserved for enhanced viability and convenience.

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ATCC Licensed Derivative
*The ATCC Licensed Derivative® Emblem, the ATCC Licensed Derivative® word mark and the ATCC catalog marks are trademarks of ATCC. Remel Inc. is licensed to use these trademarks and to sell products derived from ATCC® cultures. The identity, purity, and authenticity of the Licensed Products are exclusively the responsibility of Remel Inc., and not ATCC.