General purpose medium for fungi cultivation. Corn Meal Agar is valuable for morphologic differentiation of many yeast-like organisms. It suppresses vegetative growth of many fungi while stimulating sporulation. Corn Meal Agar allows Candida albicans to produce chlamydospores which is one of the best criterion for identification. Kelly and Funigello reported that the addition of 1% Tween 80 enhanced chlamydospore formation.

Microbiological Analysis:
Candida albicans (ATCC 10231): Good growth Chlamydospores
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ATCC 9763): Good growth Chlamydospores
Aspergillus niger (ATCC 16404): Growth growht

Appearance:
Beige, homogeneous, free flowing powder

Solubility:
Beige, slightly hazy to hazy

pH (1.7% solution at 25°C Post Autoclave):
6.0±0.2

Storage:
RT/4°C