Scharlau Coliform Agar Base (ISO), Chromogenic Microinstant®

Scharlau Coliform Agar Base (ISO) Chromogenic Microinstant® is a selective and differential medium for detecting and enumerating coliforms and E. coli in water. The manufacturer explicitly describes the membrane-filtration technique and references ISO 9308-1. The product is also identified by the abbreviations CCA and ACC. These details define the documented sample type, technique and method context, so the agar should be selected for procedures that require this combination. Article 01-797-500 is the dehydrated 500 g medium. It is distinct from ready-prepared standard plates and filtration plates on the product-family page; plate diameter and plate packaging are not properties of this selected article. The selected article is supplied as 500 g of dehydrated medium in a vacuum-wrapped flask. Prepare it and perform incubation, reading and quality-control checks according to the applicable laboratory procedure and manufacturer instructions.