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Brain Heart Infusion Agar is used for cultivating a wide variety of fastidious and non-fastidious microorganisms, including bacteria, yeasts and fungi
Catalog #	B2701-05
Description	Brain Heart Infusion (BHI) Agar has proved to be effective in the cultivation of a wide variety of microorganisms, including many types of pathogens. BHI Agar is currently recommended as a general medium for aerobic bacteria and for the primary recovery of fungi from clinical specimens. BHI Agar, with 10% Sheep Blood can be used to isolate systemic fungi that may grow poorly on nonenriched media. A high recovery rate for Histoplasma capsulatum can be obtained with the addition of horse blood to the medium.
Storage	Store the sealed bottle containing the dehydrated medium at 2 to 30.0°C. Once opened and recapped, place the container in a low humidity environment at the same storage temperature. Protect it from moisture and light. The dehydrated medium should be discarded if it is not free flowing or if the color has changed from the original light beige color.
Appearance
Beige homogeneous, free flowing powder.
Solubility
Clear, yellow-beige, complete
pH (5.2%, 25°C)
7.4±0.2
Microbiological Analysis
Candida albicans ATCC 10231	Growth
Neisseria meningitides ATCC 13090	Growth
Streptococcus pneumoniae ATCC 6305	Growth
Streptococcus pyogenes ATCC19615	Growth
Important Note	This product as supplied is intended for research use only, not for use in human, therapeutic or diagnostic applications without the expressed written authorization of United States Biological.