agar and organisms Flashcards

1
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bile esculin agar

A

enterococcus (group D streptococci)

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2
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blood agar: hemolytic (green)

A

streptococcus viridans (mouth flora) and streptococcus pneumoniae

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3
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blood agar: -hemolytic (yellow/clear)

A

group A streptococcus pyogenes and staphylococcus aureus

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4
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blood agar: -hemolytic (non-hemolytic)

A

enterococcus faecalis (formerly group D) any bugs that do not cause hemolysis

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5
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blood agar: CAMP positive

A

streptococcus agalactiae (displays beta hemolysis when grown next to colonies of beta-hemolytic staph)

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6
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bordet-gengou agar

A

bordetella pertussis (whooping cough)

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7
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buffered charcoal yeast extract agar

A

haemophilus influenza and legionella pneumophilia

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8
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chocolate agar

A

non-selective, enriched media for fastidious bugs such as haemophilus influenza and neisseria meningitidis

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9
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lowenstein-jensen agar

A

mycobacterium tuberculosis

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10
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MacConkey agar

A

gram negative and enteric bacilli and assesses lactose fermentation

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11
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regan-lowe edit

A

bordetella pertussis

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12
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sabouraud dextrose agar

A

fungi

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13
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sorbitol MacConkey agar

A

E coli O157:H7 (does not ferment sorbitol)

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14
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thayer-martin agar

A

neisseria spp

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15
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thiosulfate citrate bile salts sucrose agar

A

vibrio spp

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16
Q

eaton medium

A

mycoplasma pneumoniae

17
Q

egg yolk agar

A

clostridium spp

18
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eosin Methylene blue (EMB) agar

A

gram negatives and indicator for lactose fermentation

19
Q

Hektoen enteric agar

A

used to distinguish shigella (green colonies, no hydrogen sulfide production) from salmonella (black colonies)

20
Q

loafer’s media

A

corynebacterium diphtheria

21
Q

mannitol salt afar

A

staphylococci (S. aureus produces yellow colonies with the red media)

22
Q

tellurite media

A

gray-black colonies= corynebacterium diphtheria

23
Q

thioglycollate broth

A

tests the aerotolerance of organisms; obligate anaerobes

24
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xylose-lysine-Deoxycholate (XLD) agar

A

salmonella/shigella