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. 2006 Nov 22;45(2):299–302. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01697-06

TABLE 6.

Comparison of the formulations of the BacT/ALERT 3D SA and SN media with those of the VersaTREK REDOX 1 and REDOX 2 media

Ingredient % (wt/vol) of the indicated ingredient in each mediuma:
VTI
3D
REDOX 1 REDOX 2 SA SN
Cysteine 0.05
Dextrose 0.25 0.5
Divalent salts A 0.009
Hemin 0.0005 0.0005
Menadione 0.00005
Pancreatic digest of casein 1.7 1.36
Papaic digest of soybean meal 0.3 0.24
Polysorbate 80 (10%) 0.075
Proteose-peptone N 1.5
Pyridoxine HCl 0.001 0.0008
Pyruvic acid 0.08
Resazurin 0.0001
Saponin 0.045
Sodium chloride 0.5 0.23
Sodium polyanetholesulfonate 0.0125 0.035 0.035
Soy-casein peptone A 2.1
Supplement N 0.8
Supplement O 0.33
Trisodium citrate 0.07
Vitamin K 0.0001
Yeast extract 0.1 0.5 0.376
a

REDOX 1 and REDOX 2 bottles each contained 80 ml of broth; SA and SN bottles each contained 40 ml.