Easy Plate is a convenient, prepared media plate with no need for media preparation or sterilization. Easy Plate is an easy to use alternative to in-house media preparation using traditional plated media that saves time, labor and reduces waste. Using an Easy Plate as a food microbiological test kit – which is about 1/20 volume of the traditional petri dish – saves space and allows you to run more tests with your current incubator space. Easy Plates come ready-to-use and immediately after opening the package you can place a sample suspension onto the media and start incubation.
Easy Plate EC is an AOAC PTM certified custom media formulation for detection, identification and enumeration of E. coli and non-E. coli coliforms. A microbial test kit that includes two chromogenic substrates that cause E. coli to exhibit a blue-purple to navy blue color while non-E. coli coliforms exhibit pink to red-purple color allowing you to distinguish each in your analysis* in approximately 24 hrs. The distinct coloring of the colonies helps to overcome common interferences in food and water testing to make testing and enumeration of E. coli and coliforms easier. While most E. coli produce β-glucuronidase, E. coli O157 does not specifically produce β-glucuronidase, and it therefore exhibits a red-purple similar to that of non-E. coli coliforms. This needs to be considered in your analysis and conclusions. Easy Plate EC is AOAC PTM certified and sold in packages of 100 tests in 4 separate bags containing 25 tests each. The shelf life of 18 months when stored unopened at 2-8℃.
Features
1. Brightly colored colonies at 24 hours
- Conventional tests using traditional agar or liquid media can be replaced with one sheet of Easy Plate media.
- Identification and counting of colonies is easier compared with other media, such as traditional agar, since the colored colonies make it unnecessary to confirm the presence or absence of air bubbles or the size of colonies.
2.High correlation with the plate count agar
High correlation with the plate count agar in various foods.※
※ According to the research by DNP
3. AOAC PTM certified
AOAC PTM Certification Acquired.（License No.031601）
Coloring
Colonies of E. coli O157:H7
E. coli O157：H7 ATCC 43895
(Serotype O157H:7, verotoxin I- and II-producing strains)
Coloring of the plate surface caused by enzymes contained in foods
In some unheated foods and dairy products, residual enzymes in the food may cause a red-violet coloring to develop over the entire incubation area. If the visibility of the colonies is affected, improvement can be obtained using dilutions.
Example
Strains
| Escherichia coli （NBRC 15034） |
Escherichia coli （NBRC 13500） |
Escherichia coli （NBRC 102203） |
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| Klebsiella pneumoniae （ATCC 13883） |
Enterobacter cloacae （ATCC 222） |
Citrobacter freundii （NBRC 12681） |
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Foods
| Raw ground chiken | Raw salmon | Raw shrimp |
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| Roast beef ＋ E. coli | Omelet ＋ E. coli | Icecream ＋ E. coli |
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Product Specification
| Product Name | Easy Plate EC |
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| Product Code | 61975 |
| Object microorganism | E. coli & Coliform |
| Incubation Times | 24 ± 1 hours |
| Incubation Temperature | 35 ± 1℃ |
| Storage Condition (Unopened) | 2 - 8℃ |
| (After opening) | After opening the package, fold the open end of the package at least 2 times and tape it. Store in a refrigerator (2 to 8°C) and use within 3 months. |
| Shelf life | 18 months after manufacturing date |
| Certification/Regulation | AOAC RI PTM Certified, MicroVal Certifed, NordVal Certifed |
| Packaging | 100 tests (25 tests x 4 bags) |