Bacterial genetics also uses a wide range of screens that are based on visual readouts of metabolic activity, including indicator agars (such as MacConkey and tetrazolium) and agars that contain ...

albertii growth in TSB in presence of tellurite. The CT-PS-XR-MacConkey agar was evaluated with 156 bacterial strains including 65 E. albertii. While all E. albertii strains grew as colorless ...

The lac operon system of E. coli has been utilized widely for both experimental and industrial purposes. The lacZ gene, which encodes β-galactosidase, is used most extensively as a reporter gene ...