2.1.1 Enterobacteriaceae Flashcards
What is the gram stain for Enterobacteriaceae?
Gram negative
What is the gaseous composition of Enterobacteriaceae?
Facultative aerobe
Are all genus in Enterobacteriaceae catalase positive? if not what bacteria is catalase negative?
Shigella dysenteriae
All Enterobacteriaceae are oxidase negative except?
Plesiomonas shigelloides
Are Enterobacteriaceae glucose fermenter?
YES
Are Enterobacteriaceae reduces Nitrate to nitrite? If yes, what is the positive result?
Red
What reagent is use in Nitrate reduction?
Sulfanilic acid?
All Enterobacteriaceae are motile except?
Shigella
Salmonella gallinarum
Salmonella pullorum
Klebsiella
Yersinia pestis
Enterobacteriaceae can be seen mostly in what media?
BAP
What is the colonial morphology of Enterobacteriaceae in BAP
Large
Mosit
Gray
What is the colonial morphology of Klebsiella in BAP?
Capsulated (I remember it because of Klebsiella pneumoniae)
Klebsiella is mostly seen in what media?
BAP
CAP
What are the differential media is used in Enterobacteriaceae?
MacConkey Agar
Eosin Methylene Blue
Hektoen Enteric Agar
Xylose Lysine Deoxycholate
(MEHX)
What is the function of MacConkey agar?
Differentiates LACTOSE to NON LACTOSE fermenter
What is the positive indicator for MacConkey Agar?
Pink colony