Use RAPID'Sakazakii Agar Plates for the detection and enumeration of Cronobacter spp. (formerly classified as Enterobacter sakazakii). RAPID'Sakazakii Medium is based on the chromogenic detection of α-gluconidase, using the substrate 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl α-D-glucopyranoside (X-Glc).
Features and Benefits
Test dried products for infant feeding, their raw materials, as well as the production environment
Validated short 24 hr protocol — can be used with infant milk powders due to their very low interfering contaminating flora — provides results after 18 hr non-selective enrichment in buffered peptone water broth
Cronobacter sakazakii and other Cronobacter spp. form turquoise-colored colonies
Non-Cronobacter spp. form light purple or gray colonies if not inhibited
To confirm positive tests with iQ-Check? Cronobacter spp. Real-Time PCR Kit
Validations
Certified NF VALIDATION according to the ISO 16140 standard and validated by the AOAC.