Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Starch hydrolysis

STARCH HYDROLYSIS:
*to test for presence of enzyme amylase
* used a starch agar plate and divided it in two with pencil mark
put B. sub in one side and E.coli in the other
incubated for 24 hours
added drops of iodine to dish
the side that rejected the iodine has a clear path around the germ B.sub is +pos for enzyme
E.coli was -neg for amylases starch digesting enzyme




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