What can cause a phenol red indicator of carbohydrate fermentation to give a false positive with...

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What can cause a phenol red indicator of carbohydratefermentation to give a false positive with gas?

I heavily incubated my organism in the test tube and it isproducing a huge gas bubble in the Durham tube and a clear yellow(acid) color. I incubated my tube at my organism's optimism growthconditions (oxygen and temperature wise) for 48 hrs exactly.. i wassupposed to get a red no gas result ( -) what might have gonewrong?

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The carbohydrate fermentation test is useful for the differentiation of bacteria based o    See Answer
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