Thermo Scientific™
Remel™ BactiDrop™ Nitrate A
Catalog number: R21536
Determine the ability of an organism to reduce nitrate to nitrite or free nitrogen gas using Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ BactiDrop™ Nitrate Reagent A. This ability is characteristic of the Enterobacteriaceae1 family. Nonfermenters and other miscellaneous gram negative bacilli vary in their ability to reduce nitrates, with some being capable of further reducing nitrite to nitrogen gas2. In 1962, Daubner reported that all members of the Enterobactericeae tested, with the exception of Erwinia species, reduced nitrate in eight hours3.