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Potassium tellurite

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Potassium tellurite
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
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EC Number
  • 232-213-1
UNII
  • InChI=1S/2K.H2O3Te/c;;1-4(2)3/h;;(H2,1,2,3)/q2* 1;/p-2
    Key: BFPJYWDBBLZXOM-UHFFFAOYSA-L
  • [O-][Te](=O)[O-].[K ].[K ]
Properties
K2TeO3
Appearance white crystals, powder
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS06: ToxicGHS07: Exclamation mark
Danger
H301, H315, H319, H335
P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P301 P310, P302 P352, P304 P340, P305 P351 P338, P312, P321, P330, P332 P313, P337 P313, P362, P403 P233, P405, P501
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

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

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  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.