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Cooked Meat Medium, 8 mL
Cat. # Desc. Qty. Unit
221508 Cooked Meat Medium, 8 mL 100 SP
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Intended Use:

Cooked Meat Medium is used in the cultivation of anaerobes, especially pathogenic clostridia.

Catalog # Description Quantity Unit
221508 Cooked Meat Medium, 8 mL 100 SP

BBL™ Cooked Meat Medium
Revision: 10    Revision Date: 07/01/2006   
Intended Use: «

Cooked Meat Medium is used in the cultivation of anaerobes, especially pathogenic clostridia.

Intended Use: » Intended Use:

Cooked Meat Medium is used in the cultivation of anaerobes, especially pathogenic clostridia.

Product Summary: «

In 1916, Robertson developed a cooked meat medium for use in the cultivation of certain anaerobes isolated from wounds.1 The present formulation for Cooked Meat Medium is a modification of Robertson's original formula.

Cooked Meat Medium is used for the cultivation and maintenance of clostridia and for determining proteolytic activity of anaerobes. It supports the growth of most sporeforming and nonsporeforming obligate anaerobes and may be used for a variety of purposes including the maintenance of stock cultures. This medium is also useful as an enrichment broth as backup to plated media2 or for cultivating anaerobes that may be present in small numbers in a population and as a subculture medium for determination of proteolysis (meat digestion) and spore formation by Clostridium species.

Product Summary: » Product Summary:

In 1916, Robertson developed a cooked meat medium for use in the cultivation of certain anaerobes isolated from wounds.1 The present formulation for Cooked Meat Medium is a modification of Robertson's original formula.

Cooked Meat Medium is used for the cultivation and maintenance of clostridia and for determining proteolytic activity of anaerobes. It supports the growth of most sporeforming and nonsporeforming obligate anaerobes and may be used for a variety of purposes including the maintenance of stock cultures. This medium is also useful as an enrichment broth as backup to plated media2 or for cultivating anaerobes that may be present in small numbers in a population and as a subculture medium for determination of proteolysis (meat digestion) and spore formation by Clostridium species.

User Quality Control: « User Quality Control:

See "Quality Control Procedures."

Quality Control requirements must be performed in accordance with applicable local, state and/or federal regulations or accreditation requirements and your laboratory's standard Quality Control procedures. It is recommended that the user refer to pertinent CLSI (formerly NCCLS) guidance and CLIA regulations for appropriate Quality Control practices.


Reagents: « Reagents:
Cooked Meat Medium
  Approximate Formula* Per Liter Purified Water
  Heart Tissue Granules  98.0   g
  Peptic Digest of Animal Tissue  20.0   g
  Dextrose  2.0   g
  Sodium Chloride  5.0   g
  *Adjusted and/or supplemented as required to meet performance criteria.

Warnings and Precautions: « Warnings and Precautions:

For in vitro Diagnostic Use.

Tubes with tight caps should be opened carefully to avoid injury due to breakage of glass.

Observe aseptic techniques and established precautions against microbiological hazards throughout all procedures. After use, prepared tubes, specimen containers and other contaminated materials must be sterilized by autoclaving before discarding.



Information shown on this page is a short summary extracted from the QC/PI Manual, available as a PDF under the Related Documents section of this page.