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Microbiology JIPMER 2019 75099bf1

Elek's gel precipitation test used for diagnosing:

A
Corynebacterium Jakeium
B
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
C
Clostridium tetani
D
Clostridium perfringens
High-Yield Explanation
Elek's gel precipitation test is an example of double diffusion in two dimensions. It is used to demonstrate C. dipthariae. Precipitation band: If the strain is toxigenic, the toxin diffuses in the agar, meets with the antitoxin and produces arrow-shaped precipitation band. Nontoxigenic stain will not produce any precipitation line. The precipitate lines would fuse with each other if the toxins produced by die strains are identical.

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