Tips for Successful Culture Media Preparation

Quality is the foundation of culture media. This extends not only to peptones, but also to best practices for preparation. As culture media form an integral part of nearly every microbial detection and enumeration method carried out in the microbiology laboratory, ensuring your culture media is fit-for-purpose is critical for accurate and easily interpreted results. 

 This free guide contains top tips in five key areas of media preparation from culture media experts allowing you to: 

• Prepare the best quality media every time 

• Avoid failed media batches 

• Avoid atypical colonial morphology or reduced shelf-life 

• Maintain efficiency in your test processing