MC-Media Pad E. coli & Coliform

The MC MEDIA PAD^® serves as a convenient method for the rapid routine testing of microbial contamination of raw and in-process food and beverage materials, and finished products. The MC MEDIA PAD^® is a pre-sterilized, ready-to-use dry culture device, simplifying testing and minimizing the quantity of waste. MC MEDIA PAD^® is composed of a unique adhesive sheet, a test pad coated with medium and water absorption polymer, and a transparent cover film, to automatically re-constitute the media. The MC MEDIA PAD^® is coated with selective medium and chromogenic substrate for specific detection. Once the liquid sample is inoculated onto the test pad, the sample diffuses to the whole pad through capillary action.

To determine the microbial count in food and beverage products. MC MEDIA PAD^® E. coli & Coliform is intended to simultaneously detect and enumerate coliforms and E. coli through special medium composition and specific chromogenic substrates for both Β-galactosidase and β-glucuronidase.

If target organisms are present, coliform grow as blue-green/blue and E. coli as red-purple/navy colored colonies on the test pad.

MC MEDIA PAD is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany