Compact Dry™ is a simple and safe procedure to determine and quantify microorganisms in food and beverage, raw materials, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries and internal environmental monitoring. The ready-to-use Compact Dry™ chromogenic plates are suitable for both in-process and final product controls.
- Ready-to-use
- Self-diffusing media - no need for a spreader
- Room temperature storage vs competitive products with storage at temperatures less than or equal to 8ºC
- Rigid transparent plates with removable lid - no leakage
- Innovative stacking design
- Easy to label
- Ability to subculture without damage to colonies
- Widest available parameters and broadest application
- Convenient, fast and accurate results
Coliforms are characterized as non-sporeforming Gram-negative bacilli, defined by their ability to ferment lactose, and to produce acid and/or carbon dioxide gas. The Compact Dry™ CF plate is used for rapid counting of coliforms, utilizing the X-Gal chromogenic substrate, which is synthesized forming blue/blue-green colonies. The growth of other types of bacteria is inhibited.