Nitrate

... immediate inoculation line or for a "hurricane" growth spread through out the media. Another test, although tricky to read, is the nitrate test. If TSIA slants are available I would run one of those as well. going off of what you have provided the best ballpark I can give you is ...

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... lactose and/or sucrose) (I am also wondering does this mean it does ferment lactose? Or can it mean that it ferments sucrose instead of lactose?) Nitrate Reduction: Negative (does not break down NO) Catalase: Positive Based on the first dichotomous key we had been using it led us to a bacteria ...

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... of each other (methyl red positive and VP -ve OR methyl red -ve and VP +ve). One of those tests is most likely wrong. 3. By " + simmon nitrate" you mean Simmon citrate OR Nitrate???

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... organism present in this test .. kindly help. it would really mean so much to me.. - indole +motility - methyl red - voges proskauer + simmon nitrate - ureas - LIA + gas - H2S + GLUCOSE AND MALTOSE -LACTOSE

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... methyl red Neg Simmons Citrate (I did see a little blue *very minimal*, but still negative compared to the control) Neg indole Neg VP test Pos nitrate reduction ( produced nitrous acid) Pos TSI (hydrogen sulfide produced) Neg oxidase Pos catalase Neg Urea Possible bacteria I am considering, ...

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