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m-FC Broth without Rosolic Acid

pkg of 2 mL, Ampoule used for testing fecal coliforms in waste and effluent water

Synonym(s):

m-FC Broth

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About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
41106225
eCl@ss:
32160801
NACRES:
NA.74

Quality Level

form

liquid

shelf life

12 mo.

feature

ready-to-use

packaging

pkg of 2 mL
pack of 50 tests

color

slightly opalescent blue

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pH

7.4±0.2 (25.0 °C)

application(s)

environmental
industrial qc
microbiology
water monitoring

compatibility

for use with MF-method
for use with Microfil®
for use with MicropreSure®
for use with Milliflex®

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

2-8°C

suitability

fecal coliforms

General description

m-FC Broth without Rosolic Acid is recommended for the detection and enumeration of faecal coliforms using the membrane filter technique.{21} Eliminating rosolic acid from M-FC medium improves the MFC procedure by allowing higher fecal coliform colony recoveries with greater ease. Eliminating rosolic acid from M-FC medium, fecal coliform colonies form an intense royal blue colony on membrane filters. The vivid blue color of the colonies makes counting of fecal coliform colonies easier than when rosolic acid was used because of the sharper contrast between fecal and non fecal colonies. Fecal coliforms appear blue, other colonies appear gray to cream coloured

Application

m-FC Broth without rosolic acid is used to grow faecal coliforms in water and effluent samples thus aiding in Environmental monitoring.{22}

Packaging

2 mL plastic ampoules

Specifications

Incubation Temperature: 44.5 °C ± 0.2
Incubation Time: 24 hrs ± 2
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater

Culture Medium

m-FC w/o Rosolic Acid

Analysis Note

Fecal coliforms appear blue, other colonies appear gray to cream colored
QC organisms
E. coli (ATCC 25922)

Mixed culture (E. coli, P. aeruginosa and P. vulgaris)
Target Microorganisms: Fecal coliforms

Legal Information

MICROFIL is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
MICROPRESURE is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
MILLIFLEX is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Storage Class Code

12 - Non Combustible Liquids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Fecal-coliform-organism medium for the membrane filter technique
Geldreich EE et al.
J. Amer. Water Works Assoc., 57(2), 208-214 (1965)
American Public Health Association
Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater, 2(2), 208-214 (2005)

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