Selective agar for the detection and isolation of pathogenic intestinal bacteria including shigellae, from various sources such as food, stool.

Grade: for microbiology  

Shelf life: ± limited shelf life, expiry date on the label  
Composition:
  acid fuchsin, 0.1 g/L  
  agar, 15.0 g/L  
  ammonium ferric citrate, 1.5 g/L  
  bile salts, 9 g/L  
  bromothymol blue, 0.065 g/L  
  lactose, 12 g/L  
  mixed peptone, 12 g/L  
  salicin, 2 g/L  
  sodium chloride, 5 g/L  
  sodium thiosulfate, 5 g/L  
  sucrose, 12 g/L  
  yeast extract, 3 g/L  
Final pH: 7.5 ± 0.2 (25°C)  
Suitability:
 selective and differential for Bacteria (General Media)  
 selective and differential for Salmonella  
 selective and differential for Shigella