Lowenstein Jensen Medium Base

201120270100 / 201120270500

Lowenstein Jensen Medium Base is a medium supplemented with eggs, used for cultivation and isolation of Mycobacterium species, especially M. tuberculosis.

Composition*

Ingredients 
g/L
Potato Starch, Soluble 
30.0
L-Aspargine 
3.6
Monopotassium Phosphate 
2.4
Magnesium Citrate 
0.6
Malachite Green 
0.4
Magnesium Sulphate 
0.24

*Adjusted to suit performance parameters.

g/L: Suspend 37.24 g of the powder in 600 mL purified / distilled water containing 12 mL glycerol.

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