| litmus paper |
An indicator which shows whether a solution is acidic or basic (acids turn blue litmus paper red; bases turn red litmus paper blue).
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| litmus p. |
bibulous paper impregnated with a solution of litmus, dried, and cut into strips. If slightly alkaline, the paper is blue and is used as a test for acids, which turn it red; if slightly acid, it is red and alkalis turn it blue.
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| litmus-milk c. |
milk culture medium containing sufficient litmus solution to give it a deep lavender color, used to determine lactose fermentation and production of gas in the identification of Clostridium perfringens.
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| litmus m. |
see litmus medium under culture medium.
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| litmus milk t. |
(for pancreatic lipase): add pancreatic lipase to litmus milk, incubate, and note change of color; pancreatic lipase is indicated by a pink coloration.
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