SS HiCynthâ„¢ Agar medium is prepared similar to SS agar wherein animal based peptones are completely replaced with chemically defined peptones to avoid BSE/TSE/GMO risks associated with animal peptones. SS HiCynthâ„¢ Agar medium is recommended as differential and selective medium for the isolation of Salmonella and Shigella species from pathological specimens and suspected foodstuffs and for microbial limit test.