3M™ Petrifilm™ Rapid Coliform Count Plates, Options Available

3M™ Petrifilm™ Rapid Coliform Count Plates are designed to provide fast, accurate results in detecting coliform contamination.

Coliform colonies may begin to appear at 6 hours of incubation as discrete yellow zones indicating colony forming units (CFUs). Presumptive coliforms may be be recorded at 14 hours. Confirmed coliforms will appear as red colonies associated with gas.

• Coliform colonies may appear on the plate as early as 6 hours of incubation; coliform results in as early as 14 hours of incubation.  See Product Instructions for details.
• Confirmed coliform results at 24 hours.
• Plates are sample-ready, eliminating all the time-consuming steps of preparing media/agar dishes.
• Contains a highly sensitive indicator that provides faster results
• 18 Months Shelf Life from Manufacture Date

This plate has been awarded Official Methods of Analysis (OMA) #2000.15 and NF VALIDATION certificates: 3M-01/5-03/97 A and 3M-01/5-03/97 B by AFNOR Certification