Porges method

Por·ges meth·od

(pōr'gez), a method of destroying the capsule of bacteria by heating with N/4 hydrochloric acid and neutralizing with NaOH.

Porges,

Otto, Austrian bacteriologist, 1879-1968. Porges method - a method of destroying the capsule of bacteria by heating with N/4 hydrochloric acid and neutralizing with NaOH.Porges-Meier test - an early flocculation test for syphilis.