Corn Meal Agar with Dextrose, 2.5KG

Corn Meal Agar is a general purpose medium used for the cultivation of fungi and for the study of Candida species for the chlamydospore production. Corn Meal Agar with Dextrose is used for the cultivation of commonly occurring as well as phytopathological fungi. The addition of dextrose enhances the chromogenesis of some species of Trichophyton (4). Pollack and Benham (3) have described the usefulness of this medium for studying the morphology of Candida. This is a very simple formulation containing corn meal infusion, dextrose and agar. However this infusion has enough nutrients to enhance the growth of fungi. Addition of dextrose to the medium supports more luxuriant growth of some fungi as compared to the medium without dextrose, but dextrose supplemented Corn Meal Agar should not be used for chlamydospores production Some Candida species lose their ability of chlamydospore formation by repeated sub culturing. Application: For Cultivation of Phytopathological and other Fungi Appearance: Cream to yellow homogeneous coarse powder Gelling: Firm, comparable with 1.5% Agar gel Color and Clarity of prepared medium: Light amber colored, opalescent gel forms in Petri plates