V8 Juice Agar 500G

V8 Juice Agar is recommended for cultivation of yeasts and moulds. The vegetable juices provide the necessary trace ingredients required to stimulate fungal growth. Yeast extract provides essential growth nutrients. L-Asparagine serves as the amino acid source and glucose as the carbohydrate source for the growth of yeasts and moulds. V-8 juice is blend of 8 vegetable juices, which supplies the trace ingredients to stimulate the growth of fungi. The acidic pH of the medium favors fungal growth and suppresses bacterial growth.