Petrifilm® E. coli/Coliform Count Plates, PK500

Neogen® Petrifilm® E. coli/Coliform Count Plates are a sample-ready culture medium system that contains modified Violet Red Bile (VRB) nutrients, a cold-water-soluble gelling agent, an indicator of glucuronidase activity, 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-D-glucuronide (BCIG), and a tetrazolium indicator that facilitates colony enumeration. Neogen® Petrifilm® E. coli/Coliform Count Plates are used for the enumeration of Escherichia coli (E. coli) and coliforms in the food and beverage industries. Coliforms are not defined by taxonomy but rather by their biochemical characteristics.

The Petrifilm® Plate Advantage

In today’s environment of heightened focus on food safety and increasingly stringent quality requirements, labs are under pressure to provide tests that are fast, reliable and consistently accurate. Petrifilm® Plates have demonstrated consistent performance that has been cited globally with more than 200 certificates, recognitions, validations, and peer-reviewed publications. For almost 40 years, food safety professionals around the world have put their trust in Petrifilm® Plates. That’s because Petrifilm® Plates have streamlined, standardised, and simplified the process of microbial quantitative indicator testing, improving productivity and helping ensure the highest levels of product quality.

Key Features and Benefits:

Confirmed E. coli results in 24-48 hours.
Plates are sample-ready, eliminating all the time-consuming steps of preparing media/agar dishes.
This plate has been awarded Official Methods of Analysis OMA #991.14. for Food and OMA # 998.08 for Poultry, Meat and Seafood
Can be used with the Petrifilm® Plate Reader Advanced for consistent, fast, automated reading and recording of results.