The HiPetriSlim HiCrome Salmonella Count (HPS009) is a ready-to-use, compact dry-reagent count plate designed for the rapid determination and enumeration of total Salmonella species in food, dairy, cosmetic, and water samples. Featuring a nutrient pad utilizing chromogenic differentiation, it allows Salmonella species to form distinctive purple colonies while differentiating competing flora such as Klebsiella and Enterobacter (blue) or Proteus (light brown). Its space-saving design eliminates media preparation time, streamlining industrial quality control workflows.