HiMedia™ M146-100G Corn Meal Agar is a 100 g packet of ready-made powder that you mix with water and sterilise to create a special culture medium. It’s a simple mix of corn meal infusion and agar. This medium encourages fungi—especially Candida species—to grow in a way that helps lab workers spot a specific type of spore (chlamydospores) under the microscope. It’s widely used in microbiology labs for testing fungi from clinical, food, or environmental samples.
Benefits
Promotes Chlamydospore Production – Supports the development of distinctive spores in Candida albicans and related species, aiding identification.
Classic and Reliable Formula – Uses corn meal infusion and agar for proven, reproducible fungal growth.
Optional Enhancement – You can add Polysorbate 80 (Tween 80) to increase spore formation rates, particularly for Candida.
Multi-Purpose Use – Suitable for maintaining fungal cultures and general cultivation alongside diagnostic tests.
Applications
Culture Maintenance – Ideal for long-term storage and stock-keeping of fungal strains.
Food, Dairy & Environmental Testing – Detects and studies fungi in samples from food, dairy, water, or built environments.
Mycology and Diagnostics – Used for culturing and identifying Candida by spore morphology, via microscopy under a coverslip.
HiMedia™ M146-100G Corn Meal Agar is a 100 g packet of ready-made powder that you mix with water and sterilise to create a special culture medium. It’s a simple mix of corn meal infusion and agar. This medium encourages fungi—especially Candida species—to grow in a way that helps lab workers spot a specific type of spore (chlamydospores) under the microscope. It’s widely used in microbiology labs for testing fungi from clinical, food, or environmental samples.
Benefits
Promotes Chlamydospore Production – Supports the development of distinctive spores in Candida albicans and related species, aiding identification.
Classic and Reliable Formula – Uses corn meal infusion and agar for proven, reproducible fungal growth.
Optional Enhancement – You can add Polysorbate 80 (Tween 80) to increase spore formation rates, particularly for Candida.
Multi-Purpose Use – Suitable for maintaining fungal cultures and general cultivation alongside diagnostic tests.
Applications
Culture Maintenance – Ideal for long-term storage and stock-keeping of fungal strains.
Food, Dairy & Environmental Testing – Detects and studies fungi in samples from food, dairy, water, or built environments.
Mycology and Diagnostics – Used for culturing and identifying Candida by spore morphology, via microscopy under a coverslip.
