The oxidase test is used to identify bacteria that produce cytochrome c oxidase, an enzyme of the bacterial electron transport chain. (note: All bacteria that are oxidase positive are aerobic, and can use oxygen as a terminal electron acceptor in respiration.This does NOT mean that they are strict aerobes.he oxidase test is used to identify bacteria that produce cytochrome c oxidase, an enzyme of the bacterial electron transport chain. (note: All bacteria that are oxidase positive are aerobic, and can use oxygen as a terminal electron acceptor in respiration. This does NOT mean that they are strict aerobes.
An encumbrance is an estimate of the salary and benefit expense which will occur for the future. Salary and benefit expense encumbrances are generated semi-monthly. Negative encumbrances (liquidations) reverse the prior semi-monthly period encumbrance by changing (reversing) the sign. Encumbrances are only generated for salaried appointments.
Encumbrance. A burden, obstruction, or impediment on property that lessens its value or makes it less marketable. An encumbrance (also spelled incumbrance) is any right or interest that exists in someone other than the owner of an estate and that restricts or impairs the transfer of the estate or lowers its value.ncumbrance (incumbrance). n. a general term for any claim or lien on a parcel of real property. These include: mortgages, deeds of trust, recorded abstracts of judgment, unpaid real property taxes, tax liens, mechanic's liens, easements, and water or timber rights.