2-Hydroxyphenyl beta-D-ribofuranoside sodium salt

Substrate producing diffuse brown or mauve colonies when hydrolysed by bacteria in the presence of an iron salt. The colour intensity is similar to that given by the well-established substrate Esculin [ 531-75-9 ]. Picture [left] shows catechol beta-D-riboside in agar hydrolysed by various pathogenic bacteria.

 

 

Vials show catechol beta-D-riboside with E.cloacae NCTC 11936 [left] and Y. enterocolitica NCTC 11176 [right].