Struggling to isolate strict anaerobes from mixed cultures overrun by facultative bacteria? The StrictAna Blood Agar Plate is your solution. Designed to cultivate fastidious, strict anaerobes, this plate prevents interference from facultative organisms, ensuring clear and accurate results for clinical and research applications.
Composition and Mechanism
Built on the trusted OxyPRAS Plus Brucella Blood Agar foundation, the StrictAna plate is enhanced with gentamicin, a bactericidal aminoglycoside. Gentamicin selectively inhibits common facultative organisms, such as Staphylococcus spp., E. coli, and Proteus spp., through an oxygen-dependent active transport mechanism. This ensures strict anaerobes thrive unaffected, as gentamicin’s action requires oxygen, which anaerobes do not utilize.
Enhanced recovery of fastidious and ‘injured’ cells, leading to higher diagnostic accuracy.
Contributes to lower cumulative healthcare costs – ask for our white paper.
Prolonged stability resisting inhibitory oxidation of the media for up to 2 hours when exposed to ambient oxygen.
Best choice for integration with automated streaking platforms.
Faster, more luxuriant growth when compared to competitors.
Storage and Handling
Storage: Plates should be stored at 2-8°C and expire 4 months from the date of manufacture.
Instructions for use: Allow plates to warm to room temperature before use. After inoculation, invert plates and incubate in an anaerobic bag, jar, or chamber. An appropriate indicator should be used to confirm anaerobiosis.
