Potassium tellurite

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Potassium tellurite
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.029.285
EC Number 232-213-1
PubChem CID
UNII
Properties
K2TeO3
Appearancewhite crystals, powder
Hazards
GHS pictograms
GHS signal word Danger
H301, H315, H319, H335
P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P301+310, P302+352, P304+340, P305+351+338, P312, P321, P330, P332+313, P337+313, P362, P403+233, P405, P501
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Potassium tellurite, K2TeO3, is an inorganic potassium-tellurium compound. [1] It has been used as a selective growth medium in microbiology. [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. "Potassium tellurite". Sigma-Aldrich. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  2. Gilbert, R; Humphreys, EM (February 1926). "The Use of Potassium Tellurite in Differential Media". Journal of Bacteriology. 11 (2): 141–51. PMC   374860 . PMID   16559175.
  3. Advances in Microbial Physiology. Elsevier. 6 September 2007. p. 27. ISBN   978-0-08-056064-9.
  4. J.E.L. Corry; G.D.W. Curtis; Rosamund M. Baird (6 May 2003). Handbook of Culture Media for Food Microbiology, Second Edition. Elsevier. p. 95. ISBN   978-0-444-51084-6.
  5. Elliot T. Ryser; Elmer H. Marth (27 March 2007). Listeria, Listeriosis, and Food Safety. CRC Press. pp. 219–220. ISBN   978-1-4200-1518-8.