MICROBIOLOGY F/HEALTH SCIENCES
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Chapter 5, Problem 26E.2RQ
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To define: The function of phenol red in the urea broth medium.
Introduction: Urea broth is a differential medium. It tests the organism’s ability to generate an exoenzyme referred to as urease. Urease hydrolyze urea to carbon dioxide and ammonia. The members of genus Providencia, Morganella, and Proteus can be differentiated by using the urease broth.
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