Features

• HardyCHROM™ ECC is a chromogenic media recommended for the detection, differentiation, and enumeration of Escherichia coli and other coliforms in food, water, or environmental samples based on colony color
• E. coli can be identified as pink to violet colored colonies on the plate; other coliform bacteria will appear as turquoise colonies
• Organisms other than coliforms or E. coli (including approximately 4% of E. coli strains and most O157 strains) will appear as white or colorless colonies
• Selective agents have been added to inhibit the growth of gram-positive and other non-coliform bacteria
• Each contact plate has a specified grid molded into the bottom of the plate for enumeration of microbial colonies growing on a variety of surfaces