Group D enterococci are identified in clinical micro labs by either a PYR
disc, or a combination of bile esculin agar with a 6.5% NaCl broth. I have
worked in micro for nearly 30 years and have never used or heard of
methylene blue milk. What type of laboratory (research? clinical?) are you
working in? I'm not saying that it doesn't work, it's just that I never
heard of it.
Group D enterococci are PYR +, BE+, 6.5% NaCl +
Group D nonenterococci are PYR -, BE+, 6.5% NaCl-
PYR can be bought commercially in disc form. You smear some of the colony on
it, wait two minutes, add reagent. If positive, it turns pink. Bile esculin
agar turns black if positive. Negative is no change from the yellowish agar
slant. The 6.5% NaCl broth is either cloudy from growth or clear from no
growth. You can also buy this broth with an indicator. It turns from
purplish blue to yellow if positive for growth.
PYR takes 2 minutes; the other two take overnight incubation.
Judy Dilworth, M.T. (ASCP)
Microbiology
"vincent setiawan" <vincedemagna at yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> hai
> i just want to know what's the formula for making methylene blue milk for
> detecting Streptococcus Group D and how to determine positive and negative
> reaction
> thanks