The Egg Yolk Plate Reaction for the Presumptive Diagnosis of Clostridium sporogenes and Certain Species of the Gangrene and Botulinum Groups

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Abstract
A peptone base medium and an egg yolk supplement are described for use in plate culture demonstration of the LV (lecithovitellin) or Nagler reaction. By use of this medium presumptive identification of the following is possible Clostridium perfringens (C. welchii), C. novyi (C. oedematiens), C. sordelli, C. bifermentans, C. Ihemolyticum, C. botulinum, C. parabotulinum, and C. spororgenes.