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Enterobacteriaceae species biochemical test card

US4318994A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Filing dateFeb 26, 1981
Grant dateMar 9, 1982
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Expiry dateFeb 26, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S435/808
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An improved card for use in an automated machine to detect the continued existence of microbes in a plurality of wells containing different media so that the organism can be speciated. The card includes an improved configuration wherein the wells have different reduced oxygen environments and all of the wells have an improved bubble chamber connected to the well by a bifurcated passage.

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