LaMotte SAB/SAB User Manual
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IDENTIFICATION 
 
ORGANISM
SAB
ORGANISM
PHYSIOLOGY
◆
Precision Test Strip
Available
GROWTH
COLONY
IMAGE
B. subtilis
• Lactose (-) 
• Indole (-) 
◆
• Oxidase (-)
◆
• Catalase (+)
◆
• Urease (+)
◆
• Gram (+) Rod
 
 
+++
• Translucent to dull, off-white; 
opaque 
• Smooth to rough 
• irregular / dendroid margins 
to spreading 
• 2-4mm 
E. coli
• Lactose (+) 
• Indole (+) 
◆
• Oxidase (-)
◆
• Catalase (+)
◆
• Urease (-)
◆
• Gram (-) Rod)
 
 
PARTIAL -
COMPLETE
INHIBITION
 
 
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Alternaria spp.
• Catalase (+)
◆
• Ascomycete
++
• Downy to woolly; flat
• Grayish, short, aerial hyphae 
• later becomes greenish black 
or olive brown with a light 
border 
• 2-5++cm 
Aspergillus niger •
Catalase (+)
◆
•
Ascomycete
+++
• Granular
• White, w/ jet black fruiting 
bodies w/ yellow/gray hyphae 
• 2-5++cm 
