GranuCult® plus Rose-Bengal Chloramphenicol Agar is a selective agar for the enumeration of yeasts and molds in foodstuffs. The neutral pH in combination with chloramphenicol suppresses the growth of most bacteria. Rose-Bengal, taken up intracellular by fungi, restricts the size and the spreading of molds, preventing the overgrowth of slow-growing species by luxuriant species.

Appearance (clearness): turbid

Appearance (colour): pink to red

pH-value (25 °C): 7.0 - 7.4

Inoculum on reference medium (Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATCC 9763 (WDCM 00058)): 10 - 100

Inoculum on reference medium (Rhodotorula mucilaginosa DSM 70403): 10 - 100

Colony count (Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATCC 9763 (WDCM 00058)):

Colony count (Rhodotorula mucilaginosa DSM 70403):

Recovery on test medium (Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATCC 9763 (WDCM 00058)): ≥ 50 %

Recovery on test medium (Rhodotorula mucilaginosa DSM 70403): ≥ 50 %

Growth (Mucor racemosus ATCC 42647): fair to good

Growth (Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 (WDCM 00013)): none

Growth (Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212 (WDCM 00087)): none

Incubation: 5 days; 22 °C; aerobic.