Tryptic soy agar
TSA is generally purchased as a premade dehydrated media.
Direction of making in lab:
- Add 1000 mL of nano-pure H2O a 2 L flask
- To the flask add:
- 15 g Casein peptone
- 5 g soy peptone
- 5 g NaCl
- 15 g agar
- Autoclave at 121 °C and 15 psi for 30 min.
Note: for broth media, omit addition of agar