9.5: EnteroPluri-Test Flashcards
Why must certain chambers of the Enterotube® II multiple test system be punctured after inoculation but before incubation?
-To create an aerobic environment
What is assessed by the decarboxylation of lysine and ornithine in the EnteroPluri-Test?
-amino acid metabolism
What does a positive citrate utilization test in the EnteroPluri-Test indicate?
-Ability to use citrate as a carbon source
The source culture of organism to be tested in the Enterotube® II multiple test system should be
-A colony from a streak for isolation plate
Which test in the EnteroPluri-Test is associated with acetoin production (a precursor of 2,3 butanediol) from glucose fermentation?
-Voges-Proskauer (VP) test
What is the purpose of the sulfur reduction test in the EnteroPluri-Test?
-Determine the ability of bacteria to reduce sulfur compounds
What is the purpose of the urea hydrolysis test in the EnteroPluri-Test?
-Detect the presence of urease enzyme
Which test in the EnteroPluri-Test is used to assess removal of the amino group in the phenylalanine?
-Phenylalanine deaminase test
The Enterotube® II multiple test system is intended to allow for the rapid identification of
-Bacteria in the Enterobacteriaceae family.
What is the primary purpose of the EnteroPluri-Test?
-Identification of enteric bacteria based on various biochemical reactions
The EnteroPluri-Test is a tube containing ?? individual chambers
with the capability of performing ?? tests
-12
-15
The ?? and ?? tests require addition of reagents, which is done with
a syringe after the first tests are read.
-indole
-VP
