Plate Count Agar (PCA) (RTU)

Plate Count Agar containing glucose and yeast extract is used in food bacteriology to enumerate aerobic bacteria in milk, meats, meat-based products, other food products, as well as for the analysis of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and their associated raw materials.

It is also used for the enumeration psychrotrophic microorganisms. The typical composition corresponds to that defined in the standards NF EN ISO 4833-1 & 2, NF ISO 17410, XP V08- 034; T90-425 and ISO 14461-1.

Available as:

Ready-to-use medium : 20 or 120 Petri plates Ø 90 mm

or Ready-to-melt medium:
10 vials of 100 ml
10 vials of 200 ml

Also available as dehydrated medium of 500g or 5Kg container (BK144HA or BK144GC)