UAMS MICROBIOLOGY FINAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS ALREADY
PASSED LATEST UPDATED 2026
What chemical reagents are required to perform the Voges-Proskauer (VP)
test?
✔✔ 40% KOH (Potassium Hydroxide) and $\alpha$-Naphthol (Alpha-
Naphthol)
2 multiple choice options
Reagent for Nitrate test
Sulfanilic Acid & Dimethyl-alpha-naphthylamine
2 multiple choice options
Reagent for Spot Indole
Para-dimethylaminocinnamaldehyde
, 2 multiple choice options
Reagent for Tube Indole
Kovac's or Ehrlich's Reagent
Paradimethylaminobenzaldehyde
2 multiple choice options
Reagent for Phenylalanine Deaminase test
10% ferric chloride
2 multiple choice options
Reagent for Hippurate hydrolysis
Ninhydrin
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS ALREADY
PASSED LATEST UPDATED 2026
What chemical reagents are required to perform the Voges-Proskauer (VP)
test?
✔✔ 40% KOH (Potassium Hydroxide) and $\alpha$-Naphthol (Alpha-
Naphthol)
2 multiple choice options
Reagent for Nitrate test
Sulfanilic Acid & Dimethyl-alpha-naphthylamine
2 multiple choice options
Reagent for Spot Indole
Para-dimethylaminocinnamaldehyde
, 2 multiple choice options
Reagent for Tube Indole
Kovac's or Ehrlich's Reagent
Paradimethylaminobenzaldehyde
2 multiple choice options
Reagent for Phenylalanine Deaminase test
10% ferric chloride
2 multiple choice options
Reagent for Hippurate hydrolysis
Ninhydrin