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Esculin

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Es`cu´lin
n.1.(Chem.) A glucoside obtained from the Æsculus hippocastanum, or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions.


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In the investigations after July 23, 2005, the results matched the suggested key indicators for the pathogen, including Voges-Proskauer negativity, hydrolysis of esculin, trehalose positivity, negativity for growth in 6.
Human Streptococcus suis outbreak, Sichuan, China by Yang, Weizhong / Emerging Infectious Diseases
However, this strain, which was designated CCH052683, did not hydrolyze gelatin or esculin.
Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium urinary tract infection by Poyart, Claire / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Growth was observed on anaerobic phenylethyl alcohol agar; attempts to grow the organisms on kanamycin-vancomycin laked blood and bacteroides bile esculin agars (PML Microbiologicals) failed.
Human infection caused by Clostridium hathewayi by Zhang, Kunyan / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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