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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2004
Lawrence Restaino, Elburn, IL (US);
Lawrence Restaino, Elburn, IL (US);
R&F Products, Inc., Downers Grove, IL (US);
Abstract
An isolation plating medium for the identification ofbacteria in a sample containing a plurality of different bacteria comprising a mixture of a carbohydrate capable of being a metabolic source forbacteria and supporting colonies ofbacteria, a pH indicator dye that changes the color of the plating medium to a first color different from the color of the medium responsive to a change in the pH of the medium, a first substrate that does not react withbacteria and injects color into the medium of a second color responsive to the presence of beta-galactosidase, the second color contrasting with the first color and the color of the medium, a second substrate that does not react withbacteria and injects color into the medium of substantially the same color as the second color responsive to the presence of beta=galactosidase, and an ingredient for thickening the mixture in sufficient quantity to solidify the mixture.