Brilliance Staph 24 Agar

Brilliance Staph 24 Agar is a selective and diagnostic chromogenic medium for the isolation and enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (CPS) in foods, within 24 hours. On Brilliance Staph 24 Agar, CPS will grow as dark blue colonies on a clear agar background, allowing rapid, easy identification and enumeration.

The agar detects coagulase-positive staphylococci, including pathogenic coagulase-positive, non-aureus staphylococci, such as S. intermedius. It also prevents growth of nontarget organisms, therefore eliminating extensive confirmatory testing and miscalculation of cell counts.

The Oxoid Brilliance Staph 24 Agar method has been validated and approved by MicroVal according to the ISO 16140 standard against the reference method ISO 6888:1999-Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) - Part 1: Technique using Baird-Parker Agar medium for meat, dairy, seafood, bakery products and composite food.