Bile solubility is used for?
Bile solubility test In the presence of surface active agents such as bile and bile salts (sodium deoxycholate or sodium dodecyl sulfate), the cell wall of S.pneumoniae undergoes lysis. Other members of alpha-hemolytic streptococci are not lysed by the agents ( are bile insoluble) REF:Ananthanarayan & Panicker's Textbook of Microbiology 8th Edition pg no: 674
Differentiation of staphylococcus from streptococcus
Differentiation of group B streptococci from other streptococci
Differentiation of pneumococci from streptococci
Differentiation of streptococci from neisseria
general microbiology