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IMVIC test

IMVIC test

[′im‚vik ‚test]
(microbiology)
A group of four cultural tests used to differentiate genera of bacteria in the family Enterobacteriaceae and to distinguish them from other bacteria; tests are indole, methyl red, Voges-Proskauer, and citrate.
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Escherichia coli were identified based on growth MacConkey agar followed by gram staining and biochemical testing using catalase, oxidase, IMVIC test. Further classification of isolated Gram negative strains was performed using Microbacter GNB 24E (Oxiod, UK).
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Klebsiella species were identified by their characteristic growth (lactose positive, dome-shaped, mucoid and sticky colonies on MacConkey agar (Oxoid) and by biochemical tests (IMViC test).
Helminthiasis and Gram Negative Enteric Bacteria in Freshwater Fish from Selected Lakes of Haramaya District, Ethiopia
IMViC Test. The production of tryptophanase, sufficient amount of alcohol, acetyl methyl carbinol, and citrate utilisation were noted using the indole test, methyl red (MR) test, Voges-Proskauer (VP) test, and citrate utilization test, respectively, according to the protocol of Mackie McCartney [14].
Endosymbiotic bacteria associated with the mealy bug, Rhizoecus amorphophalli (hemiptera: pseudococcidae)
The cultures giving + + - - reaction for IMViC test were confirmed as E.
Risk assessment of rooftop-collected rainwater for individual household and community use in Central Kerala, India
All isolates showed identical reaction to IMViC tests i.e -+-+.
Isolation and Antibiogram of Klebsiella pneumoniae from Pneumonic Goats
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