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UCO
Urease, Catalase, Oxidase
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Urease Test How? | Organism is grown in a urea broth medium containing the pH indicator phenol red |
| Urease Test Why? | Substrate urea is split into its products and presence of ammonia creates alkaline environment causing phenol red to turn a deep pink. |
| Urease Test + and - results | + = red color change, urea was degraded - = no color change, urea was not degraded |
| Urease test is | the ability to degrade urea with enzyme urease |
| Catalase test How? | Apply 3% hydrogen peroxide to organism and look for bubbles. |
| Catalase test Why? | If hydrogen was hydrolyzed by the production of enzyme catalase because high amounts of h202 are deadly |
| Catalase Test + and - results | + = bubbles, enzyme catalase is present - = no bubbles, no catalase enzyme is present |
| Catalase Test is | to determine an organisms ability to degrade hydrogen peroxide by producing enzyme catalase. |
| Oxidase Test How? | add test reagent p-aminodymethyline oxalate to colonies grown on a plate medium. |
| Oxidase Test Why? | Reagant acts as an artificial substrate and donates electrons becoming oxidised. |
| Oxidase Test + and - results | + = pink, marroon, to black, cytochrome oxidase production. - = no color change, lack of oxidase activity |