MC0010025

Coli-Count^™ Sampler

A proprietary coliform medium for recovery of coliform organisms

• Synonym(s): Coli Count Blue Test Sampler, Coliform medium
• eCl@ss: 32160607
• NACRES: NB.24

Properties

• material: gridded filter; polyethylene paddle; styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN) chamber
• Quality Level: 100
• packaging: box of 25 units
• manufacturer/tradename: Coli-Count^™
• pore size: 0.45 μm pore size
• input: sample type food(s); sample type beverage(s)
• application(s): clinical; environmental; food and beverages; microbiology; pharmaceutical
• compatibility: Incubator
• shipped in: ambient
• storage temp.: 2-8°C
• suitability: coliforms

Description

General description

Coli-Count Sampler provides a means for simple, fast and efficient microbiological analysis of water samples. This technique eliminates the cumbersome and expensive hardware and materials associated with traditional testing techniques. The Coli Count Blue Test Sampler contains a proprietary coliform medium for recovery of coliform organisms.

Application

Coli-Count Samples is used to detect the coliform bacteria in environmental waters, cooling tower waters, process waters, laboratory grade and electronics waters, dialysis water, and food and beverage products.

Packaging

Paddles

Suitability

Coliforms dip sampler test

Specifications

Incubation Temperature: 35 °C ± 2

Incubation Time: 22–24 hrs

Physical form

Color Code: Blue

Analysis Note

Coliform colonies are blue or blue/green. Non-coliform colonies may be green, gray, or cream.

QC organisms
Sewage organisms from primary effluent water, E. aerogenes, E. coli, P. aeruginosa; Recovery ≥80 %

Target Microorganisms: Coliform species

Other Notes

Contact Tech Service for shelf life information.

Legal Information

Coli-Count is a trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Safety Information

• Storage Class Code: 11 - Combustible Solids
• WGK: WGK 3