Thermo Scientific™
Remel™ 10% Bile Solubility Reagent
Catalog number: R21206
Identify and differentiate Streptococcus pneumoniae from other alpha-hemolytic streptococci with Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ 10% Bile Solubility Reagent.In 1900 Neufeld used sodium desoxycholate to detect autolysis which can be used to differentiate bile-soluble S. pneumoniae from bile-insoluble, alpha-hemolytic streptococci1. Downie et al. used 10% bile salt solution to lyse broth cultures of pneumococci2. The 10% reagent can provide more rapid reactions and has been reported to provide reliable results with the tube as well as the spot test methods3-5.