PIKA FastOrange® Wild Yeast

PIKA FastOrange culture media are ready-made broth and agar media. No need to sterilise flasks nor to prepare media and can be used pre-PCR. There are four different FastOrange product lines and they all follow the same procedure.

With FastOrange® products, microbiology testing is easy and affordable for everybody: You just add your liquid sample into the delivered flask with enrichment broth. Then keep it at room temperature and watch for color change and visible turbidity/sediment formation. All FastOrange® products can be stored at room temperature so there is no need for a big laboratory, not even for a refrigerator or temperature cabinet.

The ingredients are optimized to quickly grow both non-Saccharomyces and Saccharomyces wild yeasts, including Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. diastaticus and Brettanomyces (Dekkera) yeasts.

The principle of its selectivity is based on the EBC method 4.2.5.1 Saccharomyces Wild Yeasts, Cu-differentiation which describes the inhibition of brewers’ yeast growth by copper ions.

Incubation time is 1-2 days with PCR and can be up to 5 days when Brettanomyces is in low concentration. Incubation time is 3-5 days with visual evaluation and can be up to 7 days when Brettanomyces is in low concentration.