Klebsiella

CITRATE TEST

Citrate test is used to identify Enterobacteriaceae that utilize citrate or citric acid as their sole carbon and energy source. Simmon’s citrate agar or citrate tablet is used in performing this test but only the Simmon’s citrate agar method is expanded in this book. The Simmons citrate agar tests the ability of organisms to utilize […]

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UREASE TEST

Urease test is used to detect and differentiate Enterobacteriaceae that produce urease enzymes from those that do not. The urease test is used to determine the ability of an organism to split urea, through the production of the enzyme urease. Urease is an exoenzyme that hydrolyzes urea to produce ammonia and carbondioxide. Urease positive enterobacteria

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