3M™ Petrifilm™ Yeast & Mould Count Plates, Options Available

The Petrifilm® Yeast and Mould Count Plate is a sample-ready culture medium system that contains nutrients supplemented with antibiotics, a cold-water-soluble gelling agent, and an indicator facilitating yeast and mould enumeration.

The Petrifilm Yeast and Mould Count Plates are used for the enumeration of yeast and mould in the food, beverage, and bottled water industries. The Petrifilm Yeast and Mold Count Plate provides results in 3 to 5 days.

• Yeast and Mould results in 3-5 days.
• Plates are sample-ready, eliminating all the time-consuming steps of preparing media/agar dishes.
• This plate has been awarded AOAC® Official Methods of Analysis℠ (OMA) #997.02.
• 18 Months Shelf Life from Manufacture Date.

Yeasts are easily differentiated from moulds on the plate:

• Yeasts are indicated by small, blue-green colonies with defined edges and no foci.
• Moulds are indicated by large, variably coloured colonies with diffuse edges and centre foci.