A Complete Portfolio
for Your 
Salmonella Testing Needs

With Bio‑Rad, your lab can rely on an integrated solution to achieve reliable Salmonella results. Our comprehensive, internationally validated portfolio gives you everything you need to enrich, detect, confirm, and serotype Salmonella
in a single workflow, helping you build a consistent process.

Salmonella Testing, Step by Step

Step 1. Enrich

Increase the number of Salmonella cells in a sample using primary and secondary growth media.

Step 2. Detect

Screen the enriched sample to determine whether Salmonella is present, typically using molecular and chromogenic methods.

Step 3. Confirm

Verify presumptive positive Salmonella results by examining colony color and characteristics on selective chromogenic agar.

Step 4. Identify

Characterize the specific Salmonella serotype or strain using traditional or molecular methods.

Repair and revive damaged Salmonella cells with Buffered Peptone Water (BPW) Standard and BPW Plus. Help Salmonella grow and suppress other bacteria using Rappaport-Vassiliadis Soy (RVS) broth.

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BPW Standard  

Enrich routine samples with this medium, which uses phosphate buffering to restore pH-sensitive species.

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BPW Plus  

Recover atypical or stressed Salmonella strains with this broth, even in matrices with high background flora. Its strong nutrients and buffering surpass other brands.

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RVS  

Help Salmonella grow with the soy peptone in this enrichment broth. Its magnesium and malachite green content, along with heat and low pH, suppress other bacteria. 

Detect Salmonella in food, animal feed, and environmental samples using the EZ-Check Salmonella spp. Kit. Internal controls prevent false negatives, while full integration with the iQ-Check™ Prep System automates liquid handling.

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EZ-Check Salmonella spp. Kit

With this new kit, simultaneously amplify Salmonella and an internal control to help detect false negatives caused by PCR inhibition.

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iQ-Check Prep Automation Solution

Automate DNA extraction and PCR plate setup with this robotic liquid‑handling platform, which is fully compatible with the EZ‑Check Salmonella spp. Kit.

Quickly confirm Salmonella using chromogenic agar that generates recognizable colony colors, enabling differentiation from background flora before serological or molecular characterization.

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RAPID'Salmonella Medium

Visualize Salmonella as magenta colonies on this chromogenic agar in 24 hr, and see other bacteria appear in a different color. This medium detects motile, non-motile, and lactose-positive strains, including Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi.

Characterize Salmonella beyond initial detection using molecular assays and antisera.

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XP-Design PCR Assay

Identify Highly Pathogenic Salmonella (HPS) serotypes using PCR.

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Antisera

Use Bio-Rad’s extensive range of Salmonella antisera to identify Salmonella species serologically. Test isolates with antisera and observe for agglutination reactions.