title: [Screening for cellulolytic bacteria with the cellulose-azure test (author's transl)].
abstract: As the classical methods involving the clearing of opaque cellulose-agar media are not satisfying, a simple method utilizing cellulose-azure as a substrate has been adapted to detect cellulolytic activity of bacteria. This precise method may be combined with a primary growth on carboxymethyl-cellulose-agar to screen for cellulase-producing strains.
mesh_terms: D001399:Azure Stains; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002266:Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism*; D003470:Culture Media
chemical_list: D001399:Azure Stains; D003470:Culture Media; D002482:Cellulose; D002266:Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium
vernacular_title: Recherche de bactéries cellulolytiques par la méthode à la cellulose-azur.