The physiological reactions of microorganisms are crucial in species identification and differentiation. As enzymes catalyze all physiological reactions, detecting the enzyme produced is an essential...
Category: Biochemical Tests
Litmus milk is an undefined milk-based medium consisting of skim milk and the pH indicator azolitmin (litmus). Azolitmin is pink at pH 4.5 and blue at pH 8.3. Between these extremes, it is purple. In...
Malonate is an ionized form of malonic acid CH2(COOH)2, and its ester and salts. The medium for the malonate test contains sodium malonate. Malonate is a reversible inhibitor of succinate...
Lactobacillus MRS Broth test is used to test gas production by Gram-positive rods in a glucose-containing medium. MRS is an acronym for the authors of this publication (De Mann JD, Rogosa, and...
Acetamide Utilization Test: Principle, Procedure, and Results
Acetamide (ethanamide) is the simplest amide derived from acetic acid. The formula of this organic compound is CH3CONH2. Acetamide utilization test is recommended for differentiating...
BioMérieux's API identification products are test kits for the identification of Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, and yeast. The kits include strips that contain up to 20 miniature...
