Cooked meat Agar

This medium supports the growth of many spore forming and non-spore forming strict anaerobes. It has the ability to initiate growth of bacteria from very small inocula and to maintain the viability of cultures over long period. It is an excellent medium for the storage of aerobic and anaerobic organisms. It is used for cultivation and maintenance of Clostridia and for determining proteolytic activity of anaerobes. FDA has recommended this medium for enumeration and identification of Clostridium perfringens from foods