| Appearance (Colour) | Pinkish biege |
| Appearance (Form) | Free flowing, homogeneous powder |
| Solubility | 42.53 gm/liter |
| Solubility before autoclaving (Clarity) | Clear to slightly opalescent |
| Gel strength | Firm, comparable with 1.5% agar gel |
| pH (25°C) | 7.1 ± 0.2 |
| Prepared Medium Appearance after autoclaving (Clarity) | Clear to slightly opalescent |
| Prepared Medium Appearance after autoclaving (Colour) | Reddish orange |
| Cultural Response | Inoculate and incubate at 37°C for 18- 24 hours |
| Organism | Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 |
| Inoculum (cfu) 10-100 | Growth : Good, Recovery Rate :>=50.0%, Colony colour : Pink w/bile precipitate |
| Organism | Enterobacter aerogenes ATCC 13048 |
| Inoculum (cfu) 10-100 | Growth : Good, Recovery Rate :>=50.0%, Colony colour : Pink may have slight bile precipitate |
| Organism | Salmonella typhimurium ATCC 14028 |
| Inoculum (cfu) 10-100 | Growth : Good, Recovery Rate :>=50.0%,Colony colour : Colourless |
| Organism | Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633 |
| Inoculum | >=103,Growth : Inhibited |
| Organism | Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212 |
| Inoculum | >=103,Growth : Inhibited |
