#Ascoli reaction
- Ascoli — A proper name primarily associated with Ascoli Piceno, a historic city and province in the Marche region of Italy. In medicine and microbiology, the term denotes the Ascoli test (or Ascoli thermoprecipitin reaction), a serological diagnostic method designed by Italian physician Alberto Ascoli to detect the presence of Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) antigens in the hides or tissues of infected animals.