Description
The Neogen™ Petrifilm® Staph Express (STX) System consists of a Neogen™ Petrifilm® Staph Express Count (STX) Plate and a Neogen™ Petrifilm® Staph Express (STX) Disk, which are packaged separately.
The Neogen™ Petrifilm STX Plate is a sample ready culture medium system which contains a coldwater soluble gelling agent.
The chromogenic, modified Baird Parker medium in the plate is selective and differential for Staphylococcus aureus but may also indicate Staphylococcus hyicus (S. hyicus) or Staphylococcus intermedius (S. intermedius).
Three Steps Offer Fast and Easy to Interpret Results:
- Inoculate
- Incubate
- Interpret: Review the interpretation guide
Key Features
- Results in 24 Hours.
- Plates are sample-ready, eliminating the time-consuming, cumbersome step of preparing media/agar dishes.
- Unique system to facilitate the enumeration of S. aureus
- Neogen™ Petrifilm® Plates use 75% less energy, use 79% less water, produce 75% less greenhouse gases and result in 66% less waste (by weight and volume) compared to competitive agar methods.
Additional Information
Restricted: |
False |
Bacteria/Pathogen: |
Staph Express |
Pack Size: |
50 |