acumedia* Tryptic Soy Agar

• Intended Use: Tryptic Soy Agar is used for the cultivation of a wide variety of microorganisms. Tryptic Soy Agar conforms
to Harmonized USP/EP/JP Requirements.
• Product Summary and Explanation: Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA) ,a general purpose medium, is commonly referred to as Soybean-
Casein Digest Agar USP 23. TSA is a nutritious base, and a variety of supplements can be added to enhance this medium. The
addition of 5% sterile, defibrinated sheep, horse, or rabbit blood provides an excellent nonselective medium, used to determine
hemolytic reactions of bacteria. TSA supplemented with lecithin and Tween 80 is widely used in environmental monitoring.
TSA is recommended in multiple water & wastewater applications, and numerous standard methods for food testing. Clinically,
TSA is used in the differentiation of Haemophilus species (the X and V factors are omitted from this medium), and widely used
for blood cultures.

TSA is commonly used as a maintenance medium for culture collections, and testing bacterial contaminants
in cosmetics.
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Size: 5 kg

Size: 10 kg

Size: 500 g