3M™ Petrifilm™ Coliform Count Plates, Options Available

The 3M Petrifilm Coliform Count Plate is a sample-ready-culture-medium system that contains Violet Red Bile (VRB) nutrients, a cold-water-soluble gelling agent, and a tetrazolium indicator that facilitates colony enumeration in food and beverage samples. These plates provide total coliform count information with confirmed results in just 24 hours.

By eliminating subsequent confirmation steps required with most traditional reference methods, the 3M Petrifilm Coliform Count Plates can help increase productivity and reduce overall lab costs.

• Confirm coliform results in 24 hours.
• Plates are sample-ready, eliminating the time-consuming, cumbersome step of preparing media/agar dishes.
• Can be used with the 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plate Reader for consistent, fast, automated reading and recording of results.
• 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plates use 75% less energy, use 79% less water, produce 75% less greenhouse gases and result in 66% less waste (by weight and volume) compared to competitive agar methods.
• 18 months shelf life from date of manufacture.

This plate has been awarded Official Methods of Analysis (OMA) #986.33 and #989.10 and NF VALIDATION certificates: 3M 01/02-09/89 A, 3M 01/02-09/89 B, and 3M 01/02-09/89 C by AFNOR Certification.