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link to API and RAPID ID For Microbial Identification

API and RAPID ID For Microbial Identification

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...

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Hydrogen Sulfide (H₂S) Production Test

Certain bacterial species liberate sulfur from sulfur-containing amino acids or other compounds in the form of H₂S. This ability of these bacteria can be used as an important characteristic of...

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Starch Hydrolysis Test: Principle, Procedure, Results

Starch hydrolysis test is used to determine if the organism is capable of breaking down starch into maltose through the activity of the extra-cellular α-amylase enzyme. Starch, the most important...

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Furazolidone Susceptibility Test: Principle, Procedure, and Results

Furazolidone (furoxone) susceptibility test is performed as a disk susceptibility procedure using commercially available furazolidone disks. Staphylococci are inhibited by furazolidone, but...

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link to Kligler’s Iron Agar (KIA): Principle, Procedure, Results

Kligler’s Iron Agar (KIA): Principle, Procedure, Results

Kligler's Iron Agar (KIA) is used for the detection of carbohydrate fermentation. Reactions of KIA helps to include/exclude particular bacterial isolate in the family Enterobacteriaceae.  If an...

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link to Carbohydrate Fermentation Test: Uses, Principle, Procedure, Results

Carbohydrate Fermentation Test: Uses, Principle, Procedure, Results

The carbohydrate fermentation test is used to determine whether or not bacteria can ferment a specific carbohydrate. Carbohydrate fermentation patterns are useful in differentiating among...

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