Patent ID: 7217536
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: C12N,C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
1. A medium for detecting and/or identifying microorganisms with an enzymatic activity selected from the group consisting of esterase activity, osidase activity, peptidase activity, sulfatase activity, phosphatase activity, and mixtures thereof, said medium comprising a culture medium and at least one chromogenic or fluorogenic substrate selected from the group consisting of esterase substrate, osidase substrate, peptidase substrate, sulfatase substrate, phosphatase substrate, and mixtures thereof with the exclusion of substrates comprising a 4-[2-(4-octanoyloxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)vinyl]quinolinium-1-(propan-3-ylcarboxylic acid) cation and an anion, the detecting and/or identifying being based on revealing the presence of the enzymatic activity, wherein said medium: