agar and organisms Flashcards
bile esculin agar
enterococcus (group D streptococci)
blood agar: hemolytic (green)
streptococcus viridans (mouth flora) and streptococcus pneumoniae
blood agar: -hemolytic (yellow/clear)
group A streptococcus pyogenes and staphylococcus aureus
blood agar: -hemolytic (non-hemolytic)
enterococcus faecalis (formerly group D) any bugs that do not cause hemolysis
blood agar: CAMP positive
streptococcus agalactiae (displays beta hemolysis when grown next to colonies of beta-hemolytic staph)
bordet-gengou agar
bordetella pertussis (whooping cough)
buffered charcoal yeast extract agar
haemophilus influenza and legionella pneumophilia
chocolate agar
non-selective, enriched media for fastidious bugs such as haemophilus influenza and neisseria meningitidis
lowenstein-jensen agar
mycobacterium tuberculosis
MacConkey agar
gram negative and enteric bacilli and assesses lactose fermentation
regan-lowe edit
bordetella pertussis
sabouraud dextrose agar
fungi
sorbitol MacConkey agar
E coli O157:H7 (does not ferment sorbitol)
thayer-martin agar
neisseria spp
thiosulfate citrate bile salts sucrose agar
vibrio spp