Amies fomulated a medium for transport of microorganisms using a balanced salt solution. Amies Medium without Charcoal is a non-nutritional, phosphate buffered type medium used to maintian the viablilty of microorganisms without a significant increase in growth.
Appearance: White, homogeneous, free flowing powder
Solubility: Colorless and opalescent, with precipitate.
pH: As Reported