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gelatin liquefaction

gelatin liquefaction

[′jel·ət·ən ‚lik·wə′fak·shən]
(microbiology)
Reduction of a gelatin culture medium to the liquid state by enzymes produced by bacteria in a stab culture; used in identifying bacteria.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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perfringens was positive for litmus milk test, lecithinase test and gelatin liquefaction test while negative for catalase, indole, methyl red and voges-proskauer tests.
Short Communication - Detection and Characterization of Clostridium perfringens Serotype D from Small Ruminants of Balochistan
Biochemical tests such as oxidase, catalase, gelatin liquefaction, urea hydrolysis, methyl red and Voges-Proskauer, starch hydrolysis, indole, nitrate and nitrite reduction, triple sugar iron test (TS1), and HzS production were also performed as per the standard test.
Isolation and molecular characterisation of diazotrophic growth-promoting bacteria from wheat rhizospheric soils of Punjab
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