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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1990
Jonathan N Roth, Goshen, IN (US);
Wilfred J Ferguson, Lakewood, OH (US);
RCR Scientific, Inc., Goshen, IN (US);
Abstract
A chromogenic .beta.-galactosidase substrate producing an insoluble precipitate of a first color when reacted upon by .beta.-galactosidase and a chromogenic .beta.-glucuronidase substrate producing an insoluble precipitate of a second, contrasting color when reacted upon by .beta.-glucuronidase are combined in a test medium for quantitatively identifying and differentiating general coliforms and E. coli. The .beta.-galactosidase substrate 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-.beta.-D-galactopyranoside which produces an indigo blue precipitate when reacted upon by .beta.-galactosidase may be used with one of the novel compounds 6-chloroindolyl-.beta.-D-glucuronide, 4,6-dichloroindolyl-.beta.-D-glucuronide, 6,7-dichloroindolyl-.beta.-D-glucuronide, and 4,6,7-trichloroindolyl-.beta.-D-glucuronide, which produce mauve or magenta precipitates when reacted upon by .beta.-glucuronidase. The .beta.-glucuronidase substrate 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-.beta.-D-glucuronide, which produces an indigo blue precipitate when reacted upon by .beta.-glucuronidase may be used with one of the novel compounds 6-chloroindolyl-.beta.-D-galactoside, 4,6-dichloroindolyl-.beta.-D-galactoside, 6,7-dichloroindolyl-.beta.-D-galactoside, and 4,6,7-trichloroindolyl-.beta.-D-galactoside which produce mauve or magenta precipitates when reacted upon by .beta.-galactosidase.