Brain heart infusion (BHI) is one of the most common growth medium for growing microorganisms. It is a nutrient-rich medium, and can therefore be used to culture a variety of fastidious organisms, particularly streptococci, pneumococci and meningococci, which can be somewhat challenging to grow. BHI products are often used in food safety, water safety, and antibiotic sensitivity tests. A number of fastidious organisms, including some bacteria, yeasts, and other fungi, grow well on BHI. It can also be used to differentiate between enterococci and group D streptococci.
Many formulations for BHI agar also exist, in which agar is added as a gelling agent for growing plates of microorganisms. We offer a number of BHI Agar products which are also listed below.
Our various formulations of Brain Heart Infusion Agar
