Dehydrated Culture Media
Explore our Dehydration Culture Media range
Reliable results begin with media you can trust. Mast's comprehensive range of dehydrated culture media gives laboratories the consistency, flexibility and confidence to meet the demands of every working day. Whether supporting routine testing or specialist applications, our formulations are manufactured to exacting quality standards, ensuring reproducible performance batch after batch. With an extensive portfolio spanning general purpose, selective and differential media, laboratories can focus on what matters most: delivering accurate results.

Culture Media & Supplements
MAST® VIOLET RED BILE (LACTOSE) AGAR
DM480D
MAST® VIOLET RED BILE (LACTOSE) AGAR is a culture medium supplied as a dehydrated powder used for the detection and enumeration of coliforms.

Culture Media & Supplements
MAST® BRAIN HEART INFUSION AGAR
DM104D
MAST® BRAIN HEART INFUSION BROTH is a versatile liquid medium supplied as a dehydrated powder for the culture of fastidious organisms. The high nutrient content includes brain heart infusions solids, pancreatic digest of casein, dextrose, peptone, yeast extract and sodium chloride

Culture Media & Supplements
MAST® C.E.M.O. AGAR
Product variants available
MAST® C.E.M.O. AGAR is a culture medium supplied as a dehydrated powder used for the cultivation of Taylorella equigenitialis, the contagious equine metritis organism (C.E.M.O.).

Culture Media & Supplements
MAST® C.L.E.D. MEDIUM WITH ANDRADES INDICATOR
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MAST® C.L.E.D. MEDIUM WITH ANDRADES INDICATOR is a non-selective differential medium supplied as a dehydrated powder for the microbiological investigation of urinary tract infections.

Culture Media & Supplements
MAST® DEOXYCHOLATE CITRATE AGAR (D.C.A.) (HYNES)
DM130D
MAST® DEOXYCHOLATE CITRATE AGAR (D.C.A.) (HYNES) is a selective medium supplied as a dehydrated powder for the isolation of enteric pathogens, especially Salmonella spp. and Shigella spp..

Culture Media & Supplements
MAST® DNASE AGAR
DM132D
MAST® DNASE AGAR is a biochemical test medium supplied as a dehydrated powder that provides information on the metabolic action of an organism to aid differentiation and identification of microbiological culture isolates. AST® DNASE AGAR gives typical reactions when a separate developing reagent, 1M hydrochloric acid is added following incubation.

Culture Media & Supplements
MAST® SORBITOL MACCONKEY AGAR (SMAC)
DM491D
MAST® SORBITOL MACCONKEY AGAR (SMAC) is a culture medium supplied as a dehydrated powder, presumptive identification of Escherichia coli 0157:H7

Culture Media & Supplements
MAST® GC AGAR BASE
DM136D
MAST® GC AGAR BASE is a basal medium supplied as a dehydrated powder for the preparation of chocolate plates for the culture of gonococci.

Culture Media & Supplements
MAST® LEGIONELLA BUFFERED CHARCOAL YEAST EXTRACT (BCYE) AGAR BASE
DM258D
MAST® LEGIONELLA BUFFERED CHARCOAL YEAST EXTRACT (BCYE) AGAR BASE is a basal medium supplied as a dehydrated powder for the selective isolation of Legionella spp.

Culture Media & Supplements
MAST® MSRV (SALMONELLA) MEDIUM
DM440D
MAST® MSRV (SALMONELLA) MEDIUM is a selective medium supplied as a dehydrated powder for the confirmation of Salmonella spp. by motility detection.

Culture Media & Supplements
MAST® MACCONKEY AGAR (WITHOUT SALT)
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MAST® MACCONKEY AGAR (WITHOUT SALT) is a selective medium supplied as a dehydrated powder for the isolation of enteric bacteria.

Culture Media & Supplements
MAST® SIMMONS CITRATE AGAR
DM211D
MAST® SIMMONS CITRATE AGAR is a culture medium supplied as a dehydrated powder used for the differentiation of Enterobacterales based on citrate utilisation.