Agar used for microbiology is derived from algae, and is a widely used material due to its unique characteristics.
Peptone is a spray dried powder, manufactured by a controlled enzymatic hydrolysis of animal tissue. The most commonly used enzymes are pepsin, papain and pancreatin. The latter containing trypsin.
TransSerum® FQ Fetal Bovine Serum is collected from Australian healthy fetal blood, followed by filtration through 0.1 μm filters for three times.
This product is made from healthy fetal bovine blood, filtered three times with a 0.1 μm microporous membrane, free of mycoplasma contamination, and does not contain bovine viruses such as BVDV and BPV.
Yeast Extract is a spray dried extract manufactured by complete autolysis, i.e. a transformation of proteins into peptides, and amino acids, implemented through the proteolytic enzymes present in yeast cells.