mueller_hinton_medium

CultureMech:009463 bacterial COMPLEX LIQUID
Original name: Mueller-Hinton medium

Overview

External ontology
TOGO:M2929 — Mueller-Hinton medium
Applications
  • Microbial cultivation
Notes
Source: https://togomedium.org/medium/M2929 Commercial Product: Mueller-Hinton Agar Supplier: Multiple suppliers (BD, Sigma-Aldrich, HiMedia) Catalog: BD 211443, Sigma 70191 Source: https://microbenotes.com/mueller-hinton-agar/ Accessed: 2026-03-28 Constituent composition researched from product specification.

Composition

flowchart LR
    CultureMech_009463["mueller_hinton_medium"]
    ing0_Beef_extract["Beef extract"]
    CultureMech_009463 --> ing0_Beef_extract
    ing1_Acid_hydrolysate_of_casein["Acid hydrolysate of casein"]
    CultureMech_009463 --> ing1_Acid_hydrolysate_of_casein
    ing2_Starch["Starch"]
    CultureMech_009463 --> ing2_Starch
    CHEBI_28017["CHEBI:28017"]
    ing2_Starch -.-> CHEBI_28017
    ing3_Agar["Agar"]
    CultureMech_009463 --> ing3_Agar
    CHEBI_2509["CHEBI:2509"]
    ing3_Agar -.-> CHEBI_2509
    ing4_Carbon_dioxide_gas["Carbon dioxide gas"]
    CultureMech_009463 --> ing4_Carbon_dioxide_gas
    CHEBI_16526["CHEBI:16526"]
    ing4_Carbon_dioxide_gas -.-> CHEBI_16526
    ing5_Nitrogen_gas["Nitrogen gas"]
    CultureMech_009463 --> ing5_Nitrogen_gas
    CHEBI_17997["CHEBI:17997"]
    ing5_Nitrogen_gas -.-> CHEBI_17997
    ing6_Oxygen_gas["Oxygen gas"]
    CultureMech_009463 --> ing6_Oxygen_gas
    ing7_Hydrogen_gas["Hydrogen gas"]
    CultureMech_009463 --> ing7_Hydrogen_gas
    CHEBI_18276["CHEBI:18276"]
    ing7_Hydrogen_gas -.-> CHEBI_18276

Ingredients (8)

# Ingredient Concentration Ontology Notes
1 Beef extract
Multiple suppliers (BD, Sigma-Aldrich, HiMedia) Mueller-Hinton Agar BD 211443, Sigma 70191
2.0 G_PER_L FOODON:03302088
beef extract
Aqueous beef extract providing nutrients and growth factors; Constituent of Mueller-Hinton Agar commercial product
2 Acid hydrolysate of casein
Multiple suppliers (BD, Sigma-Aldrich, HiMedia) Mueller-Hinton Agar BD 211443, Sigma 70191
17.5 G_PER_L MICRO:0001366 (source link unavailable)
casein hydrolysate
Casein enzymatic hydrolysate, provides amino acids and peptides. Low PABA and thymine content critical for sulfonamide/trimethoprim testing; Constituent of Mueller-Hinton Agar commercial product
3 Starch
Multiple suppliers (BD, Sigma-Aldrich, HiMedia) Mueller-Hinton Agar BD 211443, Sigma 70191
1.5 G_PER_L CHEBI:28017
starch
Acts as protective colloid and absorbs toxic metabolites released from bacteria; Constituent of Mueller-Hinton Agar commercial product
4 Agar
Multiple suppliers (BD, Sigma-Aldrich, HiMedia) Mueller-Hinton Agar BD 211443, Sigma 70191
17.0 G_PER_L CHEBI:2509
agar
Solidifying agent; Constituent of Mueller-Hinton Agar commercial product
5 Carbon dioxide gas
CO2 44.009 g/mol
variable VARIABLE CHEBI:16526
carbon dioxide
Properties: Gas
6 Nitrogen gas
N2 28.014 g/mol
variable VARIABLE CHEBI:17997
dinitrogen
Properties: ガス
7 Oxygen gas variable VARIABLE Properties: Gas
8 Hydrogen gas
H2 2.016 g/mol
variable VARIABLE CHEBI:18276
dihydrogen
Properties: Gas

Target organisms

No target organisms are recorded.

Provenance

TimestampCuratorActionNotes
2026-01-27T06:35:57.412324Z togo-import Imported from TOGO Medium Source: TOGO, ID: M2929
2026-02-03T00:00:00+00:00 schema-defaulter-v1.0 Applied schema defaults and normalizations Added default concentration for ingredient: Carbon dioxide gas; Added default concentration for ingredient: Nitrogen gas; Added default concentration for ingredient: Oxygen gas; Added default concentration for ingredient: Hydrogen gas
2026-03-13T06:20:06.280060Z culturemech-id-assigner-v1.0 Assigned CultureMech ID Assigned stable identifier: CultureMech:009463
2026-03-17T19:46:25.255379+00:00 normalize_media_names_to_snake_case.py NAME_NORMALIZED Normalized name from "Mueller-Hinton medium" to "mueller_hinton_medium" for consistent matching
2026-05-16T09:04:27.044429+00:00 migrate_legacy_fields.py MIGRATED_LEGACY_FIELDS curation_history.date->timestamp=1
2026-05-17T07:07:33.002963+00:00 cleanup_residual_errors.py CLEANUP_RESIDUAL_ERRORS R01_flatten_synonym_text=2