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Biochemical tests for identification of medical bacteria /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mac Faddin, Jean F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2000]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Bacteria > chemistry > Laboratory Manuals.
Bacteriological Techniques > Laboratory Manuals.
Table of Contents:
  • Sect. 1. Individual biochemical tests
  • Bacitracin/sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (SXT) tests
  • Bile esculin (aesculin) hydrolysis tests
  • Bile solubility test
  • CAMP/Reverse CAMP tests (reactions) and CAMP inhibition (phospholipase D production) test
  • Carbohydrate fermentation tests
  • Catalase-peroxidase tests
  • Citrate test
  • Coagulase test
  • Decarboxylase tests (lysine-ornithine-arginine) and dihydrolase test (arginine)
  • Deoxyribonuclease (DNase) and thermonuclease (TNase) tests
  • β-galactosidase (ONPG and PNPG) tests
  • Gelatin liquefaction tests
  • Gluconate oxidation test
  • Hippurate hydrolysis test
  • Hydrogen sulfide test
  • Indole test
  • Indoxyl substrate hydrolysis tests
  • Kligler's iron agar/triple sugar iron agar tests
  • β-lactamase test
  • Lecithinase test
  • Leucine aminopeptidase (leucine arylamidase) (LAP) test
  • Lipase test
  • Litmus milk test
  • Lysostaphin susceptibility test
  • Malonate test
  • Methylene blue milk reduction test for enterococci
  • Methyl red test
  • Motility test
  • Neisseria carbohydrate utilization tests
  • Nitrate/nitrite reduction tests
  • Optochin disk test
  • Oxidase test
  • Oxidation-fermentation test
  • Phenylalanine deaminase test
  • Phosphatase test
  • Porphyrin-aminolevulinic (ALA) test
  • Pyrrolidonyl-β-naphthylamide hydrolysis (PYR) test
  • Starch hydrolysis test
  • Urease test
  • Voges-Proskauer test
  • X and V factors
  • Sect. 2. Multitest systems
  • Multitest systems
  • Sect. 3. Identification schemas
  • Gram-positive bacteria
  • Gram-negative bacteria
  • Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae and other intestinal bacteria
  • Sect. 4. Appendices
  • Colored photographic results
  • Metric system units of measure
  • pH indicators
  • pH adjustment
  • McFarland's nephelometer standards
  • Reagent preparations
  • Common synonymous terminology of media
  • Standard test tubes for bacteria
  • Temperature conversions
  • Culture collections; reference cultures
  • Addresses of commercial suppliers
  • Glossary.