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if LIA tubes were accidentally prepared with no glucose how the results of the test ne changed
Lysine iron agar (LIA) tubes are used to test the ability of the microbes to deaminate or decarboxylate lysine. Lysine deamination is an aerobic process, therefore occurs on the slant of the media. Lysine decarboxylation is an anaerobic process and so occurs in the butt of the media. Tubes contain lysine, peptones, a small amount of glucose, ferric ammonium citrate, and sodium thiosulfate.
Principle behind this process is:
Bromocresol purple, the pH indicator, is yellow at or below pH 5.2 and purple at or above pH 6.8.