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Casein decomposition on Milk agar
(clear areas around colonies)
Christensen's urea agar positive (left)
and negative (right)
Clostridium perfringens curd formed
and disrupted by gas production
Coagulase test (Stahpylococcus
aureus
; both tubes are positive)
False-positive H2S production on TSI
medium (
Klebsiella oxytoca)
Gas production by sugars fermentation
Hydrogen sulfide production testing by
lead acetate impreganted paper
positive (left) and negative (right)
Liquefaction of clotted horse serum.
Arcanobacterium pyogenes
proteolytic
activity
Litmus milk test
negative (left) and positive (right)
Litmus milk test: pink discoloration,
curd production without gas:
Arcanobacterium pyogenes
Litmus milk test: pink discoloration,
gas production and curd disruption by
gas:
Escherichia coli
Lysine decarboxylase test,
negative (left) and positive (right)
Mannitol fermentation medium
negative (left) and positive (right)
Methylene blue decomposition test
negative (left) and positive (right)
Natrium  selenite, Salmonella
selective medium (positive tests)
ONPG test (beta-galactosidase)
positive (left) and negative (right)
Phenylalanine test, positive left,
negative right
Salmonella in Rappaport -Vassiliadis
medium : positive (left) and negative
(right)
S. epidermidis slime production test
(positive - right, negative - left)
TSI, MIU and Citrate (TMC) Multitest
system for Enterobacteriaceae
identification
Escherichia coli on TMC (Glu+, Gas+,
H2S-, Lac+, Motility-, Ind+, Urea-, Cit-)
Proteus mirabilis on TMC (Glu+, Gas+,
H2S+, Lac-, Motility+, Ind-, Urea+, Cit+)
Salmonella spp. on TMC (Glu+, Gas+,
H2S+, Lac-, Motility+, Ind-, Urea-, Cit+)
Starch hydrolysis on Mueller-Hinton
agar. Light halos around
Bacillus
subtilis
colonies after adding Lugol
solution