answersLogoWhite

0

To determine accuracy

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

What else can I help you with?

Continue Learning about Natural Sciences

What is the reagent used to test Dnase test?

There are no reagents added when a Dnase test is performed. The test is done in a methyl green medium with a pure inoculum culture. If halos form around the culture than Dnase is present.


Would it be acceptable to use a mixed culture for the Kirby Bauer test?

It is not recommended to use a mixed culture for the Kirby Bauer test as it can lead to inaccurate results. The test requires isolates of pure single colonies to ensure that the susceptibility results are reliable. Using a mixed culture could interfere with the interpretation of the zone of inhibition.


Why is pure culture necessary for enterotube tests but not for DNA probes?

For biochemical tests, such as the Enterotube, if the culture contains any unwanted organisms, it could distort the results of the biochemical test potentially producing false-positive or false-negative results of the test. You use the Enterotube test to find one unknown MO; therefore, if you don't use a pure culture, you don't know for sure what MO you identified with your results.On the other hand, when and MO is difficult to culture/grow you use a DNA probe. DNA probes bind directly to predefined nucleic acid sequences, which basically identifies the MO even when surrounded by other MO's. Therefore, a pure culture is unnecessary.


Which test or observation can be used to show that a sample of glucose is pure?

You could test its melting point, since pure glucose has a known melting point of 146oC.


What is the confirmation biochemical test for clostridium?

One confirmation test for Clostridium involves performing the anaerobic test on a pure culture. Another method is to test for the production of specific toxins, such as the C. difficile toxin. Additionally, identifying characteristic morphological features under the microscope, like the presence of endospores, can help confirm the presence of Clostridium species.

Related Questions

What is the reagent used to test Dnase test?

There are no reagents added when a Dnase test is performed. The test is done in a methyl green medium with a pure inoculum culture. If halos form around the culture than Dnase is present.


Would it be acceptable to use a mixed culture for the Kirby Bauer test?

It is not recommended to use a mixed culture for the Kirby Bauer test as it can lead to inaccurate results. The test requires isolates of pure single colonies to ensure that the susceptibility results are reliable. Using a mixed culture could interfere with the interpretation of the zone of inhibition.


Why must the inoculating loop be cooled first before touching a culture?

To avoid killing the test subjects before the test can begin.


Did you get a pure culture in your subculture and how to know?

Ensuring that your culture is pure is very important to getting accurate results of your gram stain. One way to tell if your culture is pure is to test both the control and the experiment cultures. If you get a different result than the one you were expecting, you might have a corrupted culture. Making sure that you have several items of each is helpful, as well.


Why is it essential to have pure culture for biochemical test?

If the culture contains any unwanted organisms, it could skew the results of the biochemical test potentially producing false-positive or false-negative results of the test. If the culture contains any unwanted organisms, it could skew the results of the biochemical test potentially producing false-positive or false-negative results of the test.


What is the pure text of a magnet?

The pure test of magnetism is repultion


Can you pass a lab test with test pure drink?

No you can't.


What is a culture test?

A culture-fair test is test designed to be free of cultural bias, as far as possible, so that no one culture has an advantage over another.


Does a doctor have to ask for chlamydia to be test for in the urine or does it just show up?

To get tested for chlamydia, you must ask specifically for that test. Routine urinalysis or culture does not detect chlamydia.Chlamydia testing requires a specific test. Urine testing done for other purposes will not detect chlamydia.


What is culture-fair test?

A culture-fair test is test designed to be free of cultural bias, as far as possible, so that no one culture has an advantage over another.


What is culture fair test?

A culture-fair test is test designed to be free of cultural bias, as far as possible, so that no one culture has an advantage over another.


Would it be useful to perform a gram stain on a mixed culture?

The purity of a culture of bacteria is important so it can test on that one type of bacteria. Gram staining can be good so you make sure everything in the streak plate is one color showing that it is gram positive and gram negative.