Hi Thomas,

	I must admit that for most strains, HL5c + Glucose from Formedium is  
excellent. A few mutants prefer richer medium and we use a "rich" HL5  
receipe with Bacteriological Peptone LP0037  from Oxoid.
	Hope it helps,

	Thierry

On 13 May 2009, at 08:57, Thomas Winckler wrote:

> Hi,
>
> we have been using the Thiotone E peptone (BBL #212302) to prepare  
> HL5 medium, but our local distributor  in Germany (BD Diagnostics)  
> does no longer deliver this medium content. Does anyone out there  
> have similar problems and found a good working alternative?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Thomas
>
>
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