Brilliant black reduction test

The Brilliant Black Reduction Test, Enterotox Labs., Krefeld, Germany. 

In 1989, an experimental study designed by the International Dairy Federation in 53 laboratories of 22 different countries to achieve deeper insight into state of proficiency of routinely applied tests showed that the most frequently used microbial inhibitor screening tests were the disc assays with Bacillus stearo-tliermopliilus, Delvotest-P, Brilliant black reduction test, acidification test, CHARM II test, and the Penzyme test (32), Currently available microbial inhibitor tests for screening of residual antibacterials in milk and milk products are presented in Table 27.1. 

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