Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Vo·ges–Pros·kau·er reaction Pronunciation:
'fO-g&s-'präs-"kau-&r- Function:
noun : a method for detectingthe presence of acetoin in a bacterial broth culture in which the addition of a concentrated solution of sodium hydroxide produces a red color in the presence of the substance
Voges,
Daniel Wilhelm Otto (b 1867) and
Prosákauáer /'pros-"kau-&r,/ Bernhard (1851–1915), German bacteriologists. In 1898 at theInstitute for Infectious Diseases, Proskauer and Voges developed the Voges-Proskauer reaction.
