Thursday 12 January 2017

Soya Bean casein digest medium (SCDM)

  • ·         Soya Bean casein digest medium or Casein of Soya Bean digesist medium
  • ·         Is also called Trypticase soy broth  or  tryptone soya broth (TSB)
  • ·         Highly nutrient medium
  • ·         Soyabean Casein Digest Medium is a general purpose medium.
  • ·          Used for cultivation of a wide variety of microorganisms and recommended for sterility testing of moulds and lower bacteria.
  • ·          They are general-purpose, nonselective media providing enough nutrients to allow for a wide variety of microorganisms to grow.
  • ·         They are used for a wide range of applications, including culture storage, enumeration (counting), isolation of pure cultures, or simply general culture.

Composition                                                                           Gram/liters
Pancreatic digest of casein (peptone C)--------------------------17.000
Papaic digest of soya bean meal (soy peptone)(peptoneS2)---3.000
Dextrose (glucose)---------------------------------------------------2.500
Sodium chloride-------------------------------------------------------5.000
Di potasium phosphate---------------------------------------------2.500

pH = 7.3±0.2 at 250C

Appearance : Cream to yellow

  • ·         Pancreatic digest of casein (peptone C or Casein peptone) and papaic digest of soya bean meal (soy peptone or peptone S2) source of amino acid grow of microorganism.
  • ·         Dextrose (glucose) source of carbon
  • ·         Sodium chloride-------osmotic balance
  • ·         Di potassium phosphate------pH balance (buffer)

Note: If any fibers are observed in the solution,it is recommended to filter the solution by using a 0.22 micron filter to eliminate the possibility of presence of fibers.


·          TSA contains enzymatic digests of casein in place of Pancreatic digest of casein.

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