E&O Laboratories Ltd have successfully grown their Culture Media business over the last 30 years to become a leading manufacturer
servicing Microbiology Laboratories , Location in Scotland. Their comprehensive media range is continually expanding into specialised industry sectors as well as aiding the rapid diagnosis of the newest antibiotic resistant bacteria strains.
INDUSTRY SECTORS:
• Clinical, Veterinary & Aquaculture
• Food, Water & Environmental
• Pharmaceutical, Industrial & Cosmetics
• Academia & Research
PRODUCT CATEGORIES:
• Ready-to-use Culture Media – Bottled, Bagged and Plated
• Dehydrated Culture Media & Raw Materials
• Antibiotic Supplements & Reagents
• Fresh Donor Horse & Sheep Blood – Frozen Sterile Filtered Serum
Dehydrated Culture Media products are formulated to supply the required nutrients to allow for the growth of microorganisms. Used in combination with a variety of selective agents and incubation conditions a wide range of specific organisms can be isolated. With careful raw material selection of the various media components E&O can ensure a consistent level of quality and performance. For each formulation the necessary ingredients are accurately weighed, combined and blended together to produce a homogenous powdered product.
Rogosa Agar is a selective medium used for the enumeration of lactobacilli in meat, food products and biological samples of animal origin.
Given its high concentration in salts, the media is not adapted to the isolation of certain dairy lactobacilli such as Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis or Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus.
MRS Agar is used for the growth and enumeration of cultures of Lactobacillus in dairy and other food products as well as in products destined for animal feed.
The medium can be used to culture slowly-growing lactobacilli such as Lactobacillus brevis and Lactobacillus fermentum. Acidified to low pH, it can be used to enumerate Lactobacillus bulgaricus in yogurts.
According to the bacteria sought, the media can be adjusted in pH to obtain optimal growth.
M17 Agar is used for the enumeration of lactococci (especially Lactococcus lactis) in dairy products. It is also used to study the sensitivity of these species to bacteriophages. It is well adapted to the enumeration of Streptococcus thermophiles in natural or flavored yogurts, textured or not, and in yogurts containing morsels of fruit.
