Components

Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA)

Richard’s Agar (RA)

Waskman Agar (WA)

Corn meal Agar (CA)

Asthana and Hawker’s Agar (AHA)

Oat Meal Agar (OMA)

V-8 Juice Agar Medium (VJAM)

Potato

200 g

10 g

-

-

-

-

34 g

Dextrose/glucose

20 g

-

10 g

20 g

10 g

-

20 g

Agar

15 g

15 g

20 g

15 g

20 g

20 g

20 g

Potassium nitrate (KNO₃)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Potassium monobasic phosphate (KH₂PO₄)

-

5 g

1 g

-

1.75 g

-

-

Magnesium sulphate (MgSO₄∙7H₂O)

-

2.5 g

0.5 g

-

0.75 g

-

-

Ferric chloride (FeCl₃∙6H₂O)

-

0.02 g

-

-

-

-

-

Sucrose (C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁)

-

50 g

-

-

-

-

-

Potassium nitrate (KNO₃)

-

10 g

-

-

3.5 g

-

-

Potassium monobasic phosphate (KH₂PO₄)

-

5 g

-

-

-

-

-

Magnesium sulphate (MgSO₄∙7H₂O)

-

2.5 g

-

-

-

-

-

Ferric chloride (FeCl₃∙6H₂O)

-

0.02 g

-

-

-

-

-

Sucrose (C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁)

-

50 g

-

-

-

-

-

Bacto-peptone

-

-

5 g

-

-

-

-

Cornmeal extract

-

-

-

20 g

-

-

-

Oats

-

-

-

-

-

60 g

-

beets, celery, carrots, lettuce, parsley, watercress, spinach, and tomato [>85% tomato juice].

-

-

-

-

-

-

34 g

CaCO₃

-

-

-

-

-

-

3 g

Distilled water

1000 ml

1000 ml

1000 ml

1000 ml

1000 ml

1000 ml

1000 ml