Phenylalanine Malonate Broth (Shaw and Clarke Medium) is used to differentiate members of Enterobacteriaceae by their ability to utilise malonate and to produce pyruvic acid from phenylalanine.

• Malonate utilisation turns the medium from light green to deep blue
• Phenylalanine deamination (e.g. Proteus, Providencia) gives a deep green colour after adding ferric chloride
• For clinical and food microbiology laboratories

Code: M781  |  Pack size: 100 g (dehydrated)

Store dehydrated medium below 30°C in a tightly closed container and prepared medium at 2-8°C. For laboratory use only.

About HiMedia
HiMedia Laboratories is one of the few companies worldwide with its own technology for manufacturing microbiological culture media. Its range covers standard and pharmacopoeia-specified dehydrated media for clinical, food, water, dairy, cosmetic and pharmaceutical testing. Distributed in Malaysia by FC-BIOS.