Ans. Triple sugar iron (TSI) medium consists of three sugars (glucose, lactose and sucrose), sulphur in from of ferrous sulfate, sodium thiosulfate, and phenol red as indicator.
The bacteria which can ferment any of these sugars cause change of the color of the medium. Sulphur reduction by bacteria is exhibited blackening of the medium.
# It is used as differential medium for identification of enteric bacteria including Enterobactor, Salmonella, Shigella, etc.
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Experiment 2: TSI The triple sugar iron agar (TSI) can identify gram negative bacteria based on how they metabolize carbohydrates. It contains three carbohydrates-glucose, lactose and sucrose, in addition to sodium thiosulfate which some bacteria use in the production of hydrogen sulfide (H2S). It also contains iron in the ferrous form and phenol red as a pH indicator. TSI is poured into a tube when heated to a liquid form, and the tube is slanted as...
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You are required to test river water for the presence of bacteria and viruses and to determine their tolerance to heavy metals as well as resistance to antibiotics. Describe in detail various techniques that you would use to achieve these aims.
what do you think the colony shape and colony edge/ margin
are? and also the TSI slant is yellow and butt is red, is it mean
that the TSI is positive to acid?
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