Louisville creek turns red, smells of chemicals following leak from nearby plant
A warning to area residents to avoid contact with local streams came several hours after officials responded to the spill.
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Summary of Biochemical Tests
The acidity of the media will cause the pH indicator, phenol red, to turn yellow. Staphylococcus aureus is capable of fermenting mannitol (left side of left plate) while Staphylococcus epidermidis is ...
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The hydrolysis of urea forms the weak base, ammonia, as one of its products. This weak base raises the pH of the media above 8.4 and the pH indicator, phenol red, turns from yellow to pink. Proteus ...
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Louisville creek turns red, smells of chemicals following leak from nearby plant
A chemical spill turned a creek red in Riverside Gardens on Sunday afternoon ... we have found low amounts of caustic and phenol and trace amounts of butyl acetate," the statement said.