Urine Quad Plate (EMB/Modified XLD/Simmons Citrate/Blood Agar, 5%), 15x100mm Plate, 20ml. Hardy Diagnostics Blood Agar products are recommended for use as general purpose growth media for the isolation, cultivation, and differentiation of a wide variety of microorganisms. Hardy Diagnostics EMB Agar formulations are recommended for use as selective and differential media for the isolation of gram-negative bacilli (including coliform organisms and enteric pathogens) from clinical and nonclinical specimens. Hardy Diagnostics Simmons Citrate Agar is recommended for use in the differentiation of gram-negative enteric bacilli based on citrate utilization. Hardy Diagnostics XLD Agar with Novobiocin is recommended for use as a selective and differential medium for the isolation of gram-negative enteric pathogens from foods or other samples. Modified XLD Agar is recommended for use as a selective and differential medium for the isolation of gram-negative enteric pathogens from specimens.
A combination of two or more selective, differential and/or enriched agar culture media formulations separately contained within a single petri dish (commonly referred to as a split plate) or dip slide and intended to be used for the simultaneous growth, selective isolation and/or differentiation of microorganisms from a clinical specimen.