Protein analysis is done for various reasons; for example, in clinical laboratories, it is used for determining disease by analyzing serum proteins. The biuret test is one of the methods of protein...
Category: Biochemical Tests
Lipid hydrolysis or lipase test helps determine the ability of bacteria to produce lipase and hydrolyze lipids. Lipids are fatty, waxy, and oily bio-compounds. These include fats and...
Sulfide Indole Motility (SIM) Medium: Principle, Procedure, and Results
Sulfide Indole Motility (SIM) medium is a differential bacterial growth medium for detecting three different characteristics of an organism; Sulfur reduction and (H2S) sulfide...
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...
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...
