Bacteria can only grow in culture on a solid or semi-solid culture medium which was first developed by Robert Koch. The medium has to provide certain nutritions depending on the microbes to be detected. The medium is called Culture media and the bacteria growing on it are called culture. The media being developed over the last 100 years are classified as Broth media, Agar and Semisolid media. HiMedia offers one of the broadest range of media formulations. They are available in dehydrated form and for as many different applications you can think of. You can choose between standard formulations, customized formulations and rare formulations which are sometimes exclusively available at HiMedia e.g. M543 Folic Acid Casei Medium for the detection of Folic acid in food or blood samples.