| Appearance (Colour) | Light cream |
| Appearance (Form) | Free, flowing homogeneous powder |
| Solubility | 39.00 gm/lit |
| Solubility before autoclaving (Clarity) | Very slightly opalescent |
| Gel strength | Firm, comparable with 1.5% agar gel |
| pH (25°C) | 5.6 ± 0.2 |
| Prepared Medium Appearance after autoclaving (Colour) | Light amber |
| Prepared Medium Appearance after autoclaving (Clarity) | Very slightly opalescent |
| Cultural Response | Inoculate and incubate at 30 ± 2 °C for 18-48 hours or upto 7 days with the following |
| Organism | Candida albicans ATCC 10231 |
| Inoculum (cfu) 10-100 | Growth : Good |
| Organism | Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATCC 9763 |
| Inoculum (cfu) 10-100 | Growth : Good |
| Organism | Aspergillus niger ATCC 16404 |
| Inoculum (cfu) 10-100 | Growth : Good |
