Blood Agar/HardyCHROM™ UTI, 15x100mm biplate

One plate does it all! HardyCHROM™ UTI is a chromogenic culture medium that facilitates the isolation and differentiation of urinary tract pathogens. The development of various colors, due to chromogenic substances in the medium, allows for the differentiation of multiple microorganisms from the primary set-up of a urine specimen.
E. coli produces large magenta colonies (confirmatory, no further testing required)

Enterococcus faecalis/faecium produces small, turquoise-colored colonies

Pseudomonas spp. produce light yellow/green, translucent colonies.

Klebsiella, Enterobacter, and Serratia spp. produce large, deep blue colonies

Staphylococcus saprophyticus produces opaque, pink colonies

Candida spp. produces small, white, moist colonies

Proteus, Morganella and Providencia spp. produce clear to light yellow colonies with a diffuse golden-orange halo in the medium

Staphylococcus aureus produces opaque, white-colored colonies

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