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CERTIFICATE OF ANALYSIS

Delivery/Customer information
Date Printed
PRODUCT CM0003B 2019.06.18
NUTRIENT AGAR 500g Delivery No.

LOT NUMBER 2122800 Customer

Customer Order Number
EXPIRY DATE 2022.04.30

DATE OF
MANUFACTURE 2017.03.23
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Physical Characteristics Results Specification
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Appearance Straw powder Straw powder
Colour on reconstitution Straw 1 Straw 1-2
pH (25°C) 7.3 7.2 - 7.6
Clarity Clear Clear
Blood compatibility with horse blood Satisfactory Satisfactory
Blood compatibility with sheep blood Satisfactory Satisfactory
Thermophiles Absent Absent
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Microbiological Performance Control Test Recovery Test
cfu cfu % Description
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Aerobic incubation at 30°C for 24 hours

Yersinia enterocolitica ATCC®23715 80 80 100 Straw cols
Yersinia enterocolitica ATCC®9610 70 68 97 Straw cols

Aerobic incubation at 37°C for 24 hours

Staphylococcus aureus ATCC®25923 87 75 86 White/straw cols
Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC®27853 15 19 127 Straw cols
Salmonella typhimurium ATCC®14028 17 22 129 Straw cols
Escherichia coli ATCC®25922 89 94 106 Straw cols
Escherichia coli ATCC®8739 27 23 85 Straw cols

Enriched with 7% v/v horse blood

Aerobic incubation at 37°C for 24 hours
Streptococcus pyogenes ATCC®19615 27 31 115 Colourless cols, ß haemolysis
Streptococcus pneumoniae ATCC®6303 16 15 94 Grey/green cols, alpha haemolysis
Streptococcus pneumoniae ATCC®6305 85 60 71 Grey/green cols, alpha haemolysis

Enriched with 7% v/v horse blood

Incubation in 5% CO2 at 37°C for 24 hours
Haemophilus influenzae ATCC®19418
31 23 74 Colourless cols
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Control Medium: Nutrient Agar

Tested by the Quality Control Laboratory

OXOID LIMITED
Wade Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 8PW. England
oxoid@thermofisher.com www.oxoid.com FDA Reg No. 8010096
Certificate No. FM 09914
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CERTIFICATE OF ANALYSIS
PRODUCT CM0003B
NUTRIENT AGAR 500g
LOT NUMBER 2122800
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A satisfactory result is represented by recovery of positive strains equal to or greater than 70% of the control medium
from an inoculum of 10-100 colony-forming units (cfu).
All ISO/CEN 11133-2 control strains are included in the test panel.
Refer to product specification for full details.

The information given is believed to be correct, all results reported in this certificate relate only to the product and
lot stated in this certificate of analysis. However, both the information and the product are offered without warranty
for any application other than that specified in the current Oxoid Manual. This certificate shall not be reproduced
except in full, without written approval of the Quality Control Laboratory, Oxoid Limited, Basingstoke.
The results reported were obtained at the time of release.
Lot Accepted. 2017.04.03

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Shannon Bearpark
Site Quality Manager

ATCC is a registered trade mark of the American Type Culture Collection.

NCTC and National Collection of Type Cultures are registered trade marks of the Health Protection Agency.

Tested by the Quality Control Laboratory

OXOID LIMITED
Wade Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 8PW. England
oxoid@thermofisher.com www.oxoid.com FDA Reg No. 8010096
Certificate No. FM 09914