Decarboxylase Test: Introduction, Principle, Test Requirements, Procedure, Result-Interpretation, Limitations, and Keynotes

Decarboxylase Test-Positive and Negative Results Demonstration

Principle of Decarboxylase-Dihydrolase Test Lysine, ornithine, and arginine are the most common amino acids which use to detect an organism’s ability to decarboxylate or hydrolyze an amino acid in a decarboxylase medium, forming an amine that produces an alkaline pH. The basal medium for the …

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Klebsiella pneumoniae: Introduction, Identification Features, Keynotes, and Klebsiella pneumoniae Footages

Klebsiella pneumoniae biochemical tests in TSI, SIM, Citrate and Urea agar

Introduction The genus Klebsiella is from the surname of  German-Swiss microbiologist Edwin Klebs (1834–1913). Klebsiella is a member of the family, Enterobacteriaceae and it is a Gram-negative, oxidase-negative, fimbriated, non -motile, non-sporing rod-shaped bacterium with a prominent polysaccharide-based capsule and having a size of 0.5 to 0.8 …

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