Selective dehydrated m-CP Agar Base for isolation and enumeration of Clostridium perfringens and related sulfite-reducing Clostridium spp. in water and other microbiological quality control testing.
m-CP Agar Base, catalogue No. 75605, is a selective dehydrated microbiological culture medium supplied by MilliporeSigma / Merck under the NutriSelect® Plus quality designation. It is designed for selective cultivation and enumeration of Clostridium perfringens and related sulfite-reducing Clostridium species, particularly from water and food testing applications. The medium incorporates selective agents and chromogenic substrates that inhibit non-target flora and facilitate detection of target organisms based on metabolic and colony characteristics.
Advantages
- Selective medium optimized for Clostridium perfringens and sulfite-reducing Clostridium spp.
- Includes chromogenic components to enhance visual differentiation of target colonies.
- NutriSelect® Plus quality ensures reproducible performance and quality control.
- Suitable for microbiological analysis of water, food, beverage and environmental samples.
- Dehydrated base allows flexible preparation of plates depending on laboratory needs.
Technical specifications
| Product name | m-CP Agar Base |
| Catalogue number | 75605 |
| Brand / quality | NutriSelect® Plus |
| Form | Dehydrated powder |
| Selectivity | Selective for Clostridium spp. |
| Technique | Selective microbiological culture |
| Suitable for | Clostridium perfringens, sulfite-reducing Clostridium* spp. |
| Typical use | Water quality testing, food and environmental microbiology |
| Storage conditions | 15–25 °C, dry |
| Brand | Merck |
| Pack size | 500 g |
