CompactDry™ TC (Total Count)
Price range: $85.48 through $1,959.29
CompactDry™ TC
Bacteria form red colonies
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Manufacturer: NISSUI Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
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CompactDry™ TC
CompactDry™ TC (Total Count)
Bacteria form red colonies

CompactDry® is a ready-to-use test method for microbiological testing in food and water laboratories which helps to reduce the labour hours needed to perform microbial testing. Maximising productivity by increasing efficiency.
CompactDry™ is a ready-to-use test method which helps to reduce the time needed to perform microbial testing. Therefore, it allows maximum productivity by increasing efficiency. The plates can be used to test raw materials as well as finished products like food, beverage, meat, cosmetic or other samples. The Compact Dry plates can also be used as a contact plate for difficult areas using the Compact Dry swab.
Compact Dry TC is a medium for total viable bacterial count, which contains nutrient standard agar. The colonies grown on Compact Dry TC are red due to redox indicator tetrazolium salt.
Regression line data from Compact Dry TC method plotted versus the conventional PCA method (standard plate count agar) shows a good correlation per 100 food samples for the population of me-sophilic aerobic micro-organisms. Compact Dry TC is AOAC, MicroVal and NordVal approved.
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International Certifications
To ensure reliability, Nissui Pharmaceutical has gained certifications from the AOAC in the U.S. and MicroVal and NordVal in the EU. In Japan, our analytical approaches have been included in the Standard Methods of Analysis in Food Safety Regulation.
Membrane filter method: procedure for CompactDry™

Additionally membrane filters can be tested using CompactDry™ plates. Filter 1ml water or any other liquid using an ordinary membrane filter (e.g. 47 mm, 45 µm), then pipette 1 ml of sterile water into the middle of the Compact Dry plate and place the filter on the CompactDry™ plate. The filter should be trap side up. Colonies will grow on the filter.
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| PACKAGING TYPE | 40 Plates, 240 Plates, 500 Plates, 1404 Plates |
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CompactDry™ TC
Features and Benefits include:
- Ready to use
- No spreading
- Long shelf life at room temperature
- Easily stackable in incubator
- Easy identification of presumptive colonies on chromogenic media
- Wide choice of plates available including Total Counts, E. coli, Listeria sp., Salmonella sp., Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Enterococcus, Enterobacteriaceae, Yeast and Molds.
Incubation time
48 or 72 hours
Incubation temperature
35 ± 2° C ( AOAC certified )
30 ± 2° C ( NordVal and MicroVal certified)
Please use the incubation temperature/time according to the legal specification of each country’s food analysis regulations.
Membrane filter method: procedure for CompactDry™

Additionally membrane filters can be tested using CompactDry™ plates. Filter 1ml water or any other liquid using an ordinary membrane filter (e.g. 47 mm, 45 µm), then pipette 1 ml of sterile water into the middle of the Compact Dry plate and place the filter on the CompactDry™ plate. The filter should be trap side up. Colonies will grow on the filter.
How to use Membrane Filter method on Compact Dry Plates
PRODUCT:
| Package Size | Quantity | |||
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| 40 plates | 40 Plates/Box | |||
| 240 plates | 240 Plates/Box | |||
| 500 plates | 500 Plates/Box | |||
| 1404 Plates | 1404 Plates/Box | |||
CompactDry™ – MANUALS
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