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Imvic

Acronym for indole production, methyl red, Voges-Proskauer reaction, and ability to use citrate as a sole source of carbon (i inserted for euphony); used primarily to differentiate escherichia coli from Enterobacter aerogenes and related organisms.


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Identifying unknown bacteria

... positive Casein- positive Tributyrin- positve Fermentations: Glucose- acid only Sucrose- acid only Lactose- acid only Hydrogen sulfide- negative IMViC Test: indole- negative methyl red- negative voges-proskauer- negative citrate- negative Catalase- positive Can anyone help me out on which one ...

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by alison_023
Sun Nov 04, 2007 12:50 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Identifying unknown bacteria
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Views: 1926

Identification of Microbes

after gram staining you should apply IMVIC tests and other biochemical tests in order to identify strain. if you search internet for IMVIC and identification keywords endless results will appear :D

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by biochan
Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:58 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Identification of Microbes
Replies: 7
Views: 4366

size of e coli ?

Hello, i have correct biochemical pattern of my e coli. is IMViC pattern enough? but i am unable to perform 16s rRNA typing as my lab is not equipped enough to do so now. but i wish i could do later. Probably. In our lab were we are working with thousands ...

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by canalon
Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:12 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: size of e coli ?
Replies: 11
Views: 18531

size of e coli ?

thank you all, i have correct biochemical pattern of my e coli. is IMViC pattern enough? but i am unable to perform 16s rRNA typing as my lab is not equipped enough to do so now. but i wish i could do later. i am now trying to extract plasmids from these ...

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by cloudnine
Thu Aug 11, 2005 4:58 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: size of e coli ?
Replies: 11
Views: 18531

size of e coli ?

... system and i studied it. my bacteria show pink colonies on MaConkey's Agar. give greenish golden metallic sheen on EMB Agar and and correct IMViC biochemical pattern, +,+,-,- but i think they are little bit fat than usual size of e coli. can it be possible? or am i wrong? if it is right ...

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by cloudnine
Sat Aug 06, 2005 5:46 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: size of e coli ?
Replies: 11
Views: 18531


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