1 Yellow media without gas pocket-sugar utilization with production of acid only. 2  Red media (no change in media) -no change and no sugar utilization. 3  Pink media especially at the top, ignore gas-no sugar utilization with degradation of protein resulting in alkaline end products (this may be difficult to see).
With organic solvents with long alkane chain, such as n-hexadecane and n-decane, the water droplets become much larger and the microemulsion is unstable. In this case, solvent polarity may have become a determining factor and the long alkane chain was too hydrophobic to form a stable microemulsion with water.
(hÄp'tÄn') A volatile, colorless, highly flammable liquid hydrocarbon obtained in the fractional distillation of petroleum. It is used as a standard in determining octane ratings (combustion characteristics), as an anesthetic, and as a solvent. Heptane is the seventh member of the alkane series. Chemical formula: C7H16.