Neogen® Petrifilm® Salmonella Express (SALX) System is used for the rapid qualitative detection and biochemical confirmation of Salmonella species in enriched food and food process environmental samples. The Petrifilm® SALX Plate is a sample ready-to-use chromogenic culture medium system that contains a cold-water soluble gelling agent and is selective and differential for Salmonella, providing a presumptive result.
- Petrifilm® SALX System consists of the Salmonella Enrichment Base (FSA0026), the Salmonella Enrichment Supplement (FSA0026), the Petrifilm® Salmonella Express (SALX) Plate (FSA0024), and the Petrifilm® Salmonella Express (SALX) Confirmation Disk (FSA0020 & FSA0022), which are all sold separately
- Petrifilm® SALX Plate can be used with or without the Petrifilm® SALX Confirmation Disk, the Petrifilm® SALX Confirmation Disk may be used only in conjunction with the Neogen® Petrifilm® SALX Plate
- Plate offers presumptive positive results for Salmonella spp. in just 40 hours for processed foods and 48 hours for unprocessed foods
- Confirmation disc (FSA0020 - sold separately) easily added to plate for biochemical confirmation, results in 4 to 5 hours
- Plates are sample-ready, eliminating all the time-consuming steps of preparing media/agar dishes
- Only one enrichment for low-background, processed foods
- Colour card that is used to help match the colour of the isolated colonies on the plate to a presumptive positive Salmonella colony color or non-Salmonella colony colour
- Approvals: AOAC OMA 2014.01; AOAC PTM #061301
- Storage conditions: -20 to 8°C
- Materials required but not included:
- Neogen® Petrifilm® Salmonella Express Confirmation Disks (FSA0020 & FSA0022)
- Neogen® Rappaport-Vassiliadis R10 Broth 500g (FSA0030)
- Neogen® Salmonella Enrichment Base (FSA0026)
- Neogen® Salmonella Enrichment Supplement 1g (FSA0028)
- 10µL sterile inoculation loop
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