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EPREUVE REDUCTASE [1 record]

Record 1 1985-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
OBS

reductase. An enzyme ... which has the power of reducing or decolorizing methylene blue.

OBS

Reduction tests with methylene blue or resazurin, are used to check the bacteriological quality and to grade raw milk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
OBS

[La] réductase [est un] système enzymatique mis en évidence chez la plupart des bactéries au moyen de colorants indicateurs d’oxydoréduction. Le développement microbien conduit à une diminution du potentiel redox du milieu. Les bactéries lactiques possèdent une réductase. Les colorants utilisés pour l'épreuve dite de «la réductase» sont le bleu de méthylène [et] la résazurine [...]

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