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Agar, Agar, And More Agar!!! Flashcards

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Amino Acid (structure)

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3 Parts: Carboxyl group, amino group, and “R” side chain

NH3-AA-COOH
I
R

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Decarboxylation

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Removal of the COOH group (carboxyl group) to COO- (releases CO2)

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Deamination

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Removal of NH3+ group (amino group)

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Lysine

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an essential amino acid

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Agar slants

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Agar which has hardened on a slant

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Sensitivity

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detects small amounts of the chemical or organism

failure leads to false NEGATIVE

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Specificity

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discriminates between chemical or organism in question

failure leads to false POSITIVE

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Selective media

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Suppresses growth of unwanted bacteria and encourages growth of desired microbes

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Differential media

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Facilitates distinguishing desired microbe from others in a mixed sample

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Enterobacteriaceae

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Found in human GI tracr

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Enterics

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General term for enterobacteriaceae

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Fecal coliforms

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bacterial indicator of sanitary quality of food and water

generally are lactose fermenters

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Examples of enteric lactose fermenters

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E. coli, Enterobacter, and Klebsiella

these are LESS pathogenic

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Examples of non-lactose fermenters

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Salmonella, Shigella, Proteus

these are MORE pathogenic

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Lactose

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disaccharide composed of glucose and galactose

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End products of lactose fermentation…

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Increase the acidity and make the pH indicator change color

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Types of agar used to identify gram (-) microbes

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Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB) Agar
Hektoen Enteric (HE/SS) Agar

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Eosin-Methylene Blue (EMB) Agar

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both selective and differential

selective: eosin and methylene blue dyes suppress growth of gram (+) bacteria

differential: differentiates between vigorous LFs, moderate LFs, and non-LFs

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Method for EMB differentiation

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Lactose provides the sugar substrate for fermentation (increases acidity of media)

Eosin Y and methylene blue produce a dark purple complex with a green metallic sheen under acidic conditions

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Eosin-Methylene Blue (EMB) Agar Results

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Gram (+) will not grow on this media

VIGOROUS LFs (like E. coli) grow dark purple with a green metallic sheen

SLOW LFs grow pink colonies

NON-LFs grow colorless colonies

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Hektoen Enteric (SS) Agar

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both selective (for gram negative) and differential

differentiates among enterics; isolates those that can reduce sulcus to hydrogen sulfide gas (H2S)

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How is Hektoen Enteric (SS) Agar Selective

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Bile salts inhibit growth of gram (+) bacteria

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How is Hektoen Enteric (SS) Agar Differential?

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Differentiates between H2S producers and non-producers

Lactose provides sugar substrate for fermentation

Sodium thiosulfate is the sultry source

Ferric ammonium citrate provides a source of iron and reacts with H2S to form a black precipitate

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Hektoen Enteric (SS) Agar Results

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Gram (+) will not grow on this media

H2S (hydrogen sulfide) producers grow black colonies or blue/green colonies with a black center

Lactose fermenters with NO H2S (like E. coli & Klebsiella pneumoniae) grow yellow to salmon pink colonies

Non-LFs (like Salmonella & Shigella) grow blue/green colonies

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Lysine Iron Agar (LIA)

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DIFFERENTIAL media that separates gram (-) enteric bacteria upon their ability to decarboxylate and delaminate the amino acid lysine

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Contents of Lysine Iron Agar (LIA)

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Lysine - sodium thiosulfate

0.1% glucose

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Results for Lysine Iron Agar (LIA)

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Enterobacteriaceae

Lysine decarboxylase positive (K/K) - purple slant/purple butt

Lysine deaminase positive (R/A) - red slant/yellow butt

Black precipitate - H2S production (K/K, H2S); must be deaminated to observe black precipitate

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Lysine Iron Agar (LIA) differentiation

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differentiates between Salmonella and Shigella - only Salmonella is an H2S producer (black precipitate)

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LIA Interpretation of purple slant/purple butt (K/K)

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Lysine deaminase negative; Lysine decarboxylase positive

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LIA interpretation of purple slant/yellow butt (K/A)

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Lysine deaminase negative; Lysine decarboxylase negative; Glucose fermentation

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LIA interpretation of red slant/yellow butt (R/A)

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Lysine deaminase POSITIVE; Lysine decarboxylase negative; Glucose fermentation

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LIA interpretation of black precipitate (H2S)

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Sulfur reduction

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Reaction type of LACTOSE FERMENTER

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EMB: dark purple with green metallic sheen

SS: pink (or yellow)

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Reaction type of of NON-LACTOSE FERMENTER

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EMB- colorless

SS- blue-green or colorless

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