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E&O Laboratories Ltd Actinomycete Selective Supplement (LS0015) is an antibiotic supplement used to enhance the isolation of Actinomyces spp. -
Bacillus cereus Selective Supplement E&O Laboratories Ltd Bacillus Cereus Selective Supplement (LS0020) is an antibiotic supplement used to enhance the selective isolation of Bacillus cereus from foodstuffs and clinical specimens.
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Bordetella Selective Supplement Bordetella Selective Supplement LS0018 is an antibiotic supplement used to enhance the culture of Bordetella pertussis.
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Camplobacter (CCDA) Selective Supplement E&O Laboratories Ltd Campylobacter (CCDA) Selective Supplement (LS0010) is an antibiotic supplement used to enhance the selective isolation of Campylobacter spp. from clinical, food and environmental samples.
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Campylobacter (Skirrow) Selective Supplement E&O Laboratories Ltd Campylobacter (Skirrow) Selective Supplement (LS0009) is a supplement used to enhance the selective isolation of Campylobacter spp. primarily from clinical specimens.
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Campylobacter Growth Supplement E&O Laboratories Ltd Campylobacter Growth Supplement (LS0011) is a supplement used to enhance the isolation and aerotolerance of Campylobacter spp and can be used in both solid and liquid media and generally used in conjunction with media prepared to Skirrow, Butzler or Preston formulations.
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Clostridium difficile Selective Supplement E&O Laboratories Ltd Clostridium Difficile Selective Supplement (LS0022) is an antibiotic supplement used to enhance the isolation of Clostridium difficile from faecal specimens.
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E&O Laboratories Ltd Clostridium perfringens (TSC) Selective Supplement (LS5005) is an antibiotic supplement used to enhance the selective isolation of Clostridium perfringens from clinical specimens and foodstuffs.
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Escherichia coli 0157 Selective Supplement E&O Laboratories Ltd Escherichia coli 0157 Selective Supplement (LS0013) is an antibiotic supplement used to enhance the isolation of Escherichia coli serogroup O157 from faecal, food and environmental specimens.
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Vancomycin. Colistin, Amphotericin, Trimehtoprim (V.C.A.T) E&O Laboratories Ltd VCAT Selective Supplement (LS0002) is an antibiotic supplement used to enhance the selective isolation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis.
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Helicobacter pylori Selective Supplement E&O Laboratories Ltd Helicobacter pylori Selective Supplement can be used with Helicobacter pylori Base Agar (E&O product KM0009).This selective supplement is composed of 2 antibiotics and one antifungal agent. These agents inhibit the background flora and allow the cultivation of Helicobacter pylori. Helicobacter pylori, previously named Campylobacter pylori, is a Gram-negative, microaerophilic bacterium found in the stomach, and may be present in other parts of the body, such as the eye.
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E&O Laboratories Ltd Legionella Growth Supplement (LS0053) is an enrichment supplement used to enhance the isolation of Legionella spp. in combination with Charcoal Yeast Extract (CYE) agar. CYE Agar formulations are recommended for use in the cultivation and primary isolation of Legionella spp. in water and other samples suspected of containing the bacteria.
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E&O Laboratories Ltd Legionella BMPA Supplement (LS0156) is used in the identification of suspected colonies of Legionella spp. when used to prepare Legionella BMPA agar. Legionella BMPA Supplement contains cefamandole and polymyxin B to inhibit most Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms.
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E&O Laboratories Ltd Legionella GVPC Selective Supplement (LS0052) is used in the culture of suspected colonies of Legionella spp. Colonies of Legionella should be visible after 2 to 5 days incubation on BCYE agar with growth supplement and appear light blue to blue-grey in colour. Colonies suspected of being Legionella should be Gram-stained and subcultured to a fresh Legionella agar plate and to a Legionella agar plate not containing L-Cysteine. Gram-negative organisms that grow on Legionella Agar but fail to grow on Legionella agar (without L-Cysteine) may be presumptively identified as Legionella species. Definitive identification is performed on the basis of growth, morphology, and biochemical and immunological reactions. Appropriate references should be consulted for further information on identification procedures.
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Organisms Ref. No Result Legionella pneumophilia NCTC 11192 Growth, grey-white colonies Legionella anisa NCTC 11974 Growth, grey-white colonies Legionella bozemanae NCTC 11368 Growth, grey-white colonies Escherichia coli NCTC 12241 Inhibited Enterococcus faecalis NCTC 12697 Inhibited Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCTC 12903 Inhibited -
Listeria Oxford Selective Supplement E&O Laboratories Ltd Listeria Oxford Selective Supplement (LS0030) is a selective mixture used to supplement Listeria Oxford agar base in order to facilitate the isolation of Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria species from clinical and food samples.
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Neomycin Selective Supplement E&O Laboratories Ltd Neomycin Selective Supplement (LS0017) is an antibiotic supplement used to enhance the isolation of anaerobes from clinical specimens.
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Oxytetracycline (100mgs/L) Selective Supplement E&O Laboratories Ltd Oxytetracycline Selective Supplement can be used with a glucose, yeast or maltose extract based agar for selective isolation of Yeasts and Moulds from a variety of sample types. Due to the near neutral pH of the medium, Oxytetracycline is added to reduce the risk of bacterial growth when processing materials that may be more heavily contaminated. Media using oxytetracycline as the selective agent is based on the formulation developed by Mossel et al. who stated that the use of this antibiotic in a medium with a neutral pH gave increased counts of yeasts and moulds from a variety of foodstuffs compared with media which relied on a low pH to suppress bacterial growth.
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Staph/Strep Selective Supplement E&O Laboratories Ltd Staph/Strep Selective Supplement (LS0008) is an antibiotic supplement used to enhance the selective isolation of Staphylococci and Streptococci species.
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E&O Laboratories Ltd Yersinia (C.I.N.) Selective Supplement (LS1053) is an antibiotic supplement used to enhance the selective isolation of Yersinia spp. in combination with Yersinia C.I.N. Agar.
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b-Nicotinamide-Adenine Dinucleotide (N.A.D.) Supplement E&O Laboratories Ltd N.A.D. Supplement (LS0005) is an enrichment supplement for Haemophilus spp. and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. This supplement can be used in conjunction with sensitivity test agars such as: E&O products PP2148 Iso Sensitivity test agar with 5% Horse Blood and 20mgs/L N.A.D. and PP0972 Mueller Hinton agar with 5 % Horse Blood with 20mgs/L N.A.D.
