mueller_hinton_mh_difco_agar

CultureMech:009481 bacterial COMPLEX SOLID_AGAR
Original name: Mueller-Hinton (MH; Difco) agar

Overview

External ontology
TOGO:M2957 — Mueller-Hinton (MH; Difco) agar
Applications
  • Microbial cultivation
Notes
Source: https://togomedium.org/medium/M2957 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_009481["mueller_hinton_mh_difco_agar"]
    ing0_Beef_extract["Beef extract"]
    CultureMech_009481 --> ing0_Beef_extract
    ing1_Acid_hydrolysate_of_casein["Acid hydrolysate of casein"]
    CultureMech_009481 --> ing1_Acid_hydrolysate_of_casein
    ing2_Starch["Starch"]
    CultureMech_009481 --> ing2_Starch
    CHEBI_28017["CHEBI:28017"]
    ing2_Starch -.-> CHEBI_28017
    ing3_Agar["Agar"]
    CultureMech_009481 --> ing3_Agar
    CHEBI_2509["CHEBI:2509"]
    ing3_Agar -.-> CHEBI_2509

Ingredients (4)

# 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

Target organisms

No target organisms are recorded.

Provenance

TimestampCuratorActionNotes
2026-01-27T06:35:57.424073Z togo-import Imported from TOGO Medium Source: TOGO, ID: M2957
2026-03-13T06:20:06.347844Z culturemech-id-assigner-v1.0 Assigned CultureMech ID Assigned stable identifier: CultureMech:009481
2026-03-17T19:46:25.330797+00:00 normalize_media_names_to_snake_case.py NAME_NORMALIZED Normalized name from "Mueller-Hinton (MH; Difco) agar" to "mueller_hinton_mh_difco_agar" for consistent matching
2026-05-17T07:07:33.023679+00:00 cleanup_residual_errors.py CLEANUP_RESIDUAL_ERRORS R01_flatten_synonym_text=2