Bacterial Colonies and Odor Flashcards
Creamy, buttery gold
Staph aureus
Mauve colored
MRSA
Pinhead white
Staph
Pinpoint gray
Strep
Depressed center
Strep pneumoniae
Hockey puck, wagon wheel
Moraxella catarrhalis
Green metallic sheen (EMB)
E. coli
Fisheye (EMB)
Enterobacter aerogenes
Swarming
Proteus, Clostidium septicum, C. tetani
Stalactite
Yersinia pestis
Iridiscent with greenish hue
Vibrio
Apron like
Aeromonas, Plesiomonas
Bull’s eye
Aeromonas, Yersinia enterocolitica
Tailing, runny, spreading
Campylobacter, Capnocytophga
Wrinked Dry
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Pseudomonas stutzeri
Nocardia
Mycobacterium smegmatis
Neisseria sicca
Feather edge
Alcaligenes
Spreading flat serrated
Pseudomonas
Bluish green red brown
Pseudomonas
Purple gummy
Acinetobacter
Lavender green, light purple
S. maltophilia
Yellow
N. flavescens
N. flava
N. subflava
Aggregatibacter approphilus
Burkholderia cepacia
Capnocythophaga
Cronobacter sakazakii
Escherichia hermanii
Flavobacterium/Chryseobacterium
Green
Pseudomonas fluorescens/putida, Fusobacterium nucleatum
Buff
MTB
P. stutzeri
Pink
Klebsiella
Enterobacter
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Rhodococcus equi
Red (prodigiosin)
Serratia marcescens
S. plymuthica
S. rubidaea
Violet (violacein)
Chromobacterium violaceum
Pitting/corrode
Moraxella lacunata
Eikenella corrodens
Arcanobacterium
Bacteroides ureolyticus
Cardiobacterium hominis
Satellitism
Haemophilus influenzae
S. aureus
NVS
E. coli
Klebsiella
Enterobacter
Yeasts
Dew drop/ Clumpy
Haemophilus influenzae
H. ducreyi
Star shaped
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
Rosette sticklike
Cardiobacterium hominis
Mercury drops/ pear-like
Bordetella
Ground glass/ cut glass
Legionella pneumophilia
Bacillus subtilis
Clostridium difficile
Sticky
Legionella
Irregular swirling
B. anthracis
Medusa head
B. anthracis
Kuthria
C. septicum
Feathery spreading frosted glass
B. cereus
Moist blister
Bacillus pumilus
Black
Coryne
SAU (tellurite)
Brown halo
Coryne
Daisy head
Coryne (gravis)
Fried egg
Coryne (mitis)
S. moniliformis
Mycoplasma
Mulberry
Mycoplasma
Black opaque dot
Arcanobacterium
Umbrella
Listeria monocytogenes
Test tube brush pipe cleaner
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Chalky white
Nocardia
Streptomyces
Velvety waxy bumpy
Nocardia
Breadcrumbs
Nocardia
N. sicca
F. nucleatum
S. moniliformis
Fluffballs
S. moniliformis
Coral like slimy
Rhodococcus equi
Slimy glossy irregular edges
Gordonia
Rhizoid
Tsukamurella
Kuthria
C. septicum
Waxy cerebriform
Actinomadura
Molar tooth
Actinomadura Actinomyces
Spiderlike wooly
Actinomyces
Stormy milk fermentation
Clostridium perfringens
Fluoresce chartreuse
C. difficile
Fusobacterium
Eubacterium
Fluoresce red
Porpyromonas
Prevotella
Veilonella
Clostridium ramosum
Cauliflower
MTB
Yersinia pestis
Wrinkled deep blue
M. marinum
Dark red waxy edges
M. kansasii
Dark dense center
M. kansasii
M. smegmatis
M. xenopi
M. scrofulaceum
M. malmoense
Bird’s nest stick like filamentous branching
M. xenopi
Raspberry like
Leptotrichia
Adherent
Capno
N. sicca
N. mucosa
Burn chocolate powder
Proteus
Sweet honeysuckle butterscotch
Strep anginosus
Fruity grape like/ corn tortilla
PAE
Fruity apple/strawberries
Alcaligenes faecalis
Ammonia
S. maltophilia
Ammonium cyanide
Chromobacterium
Earth dirtlike
B. cepacia
B. pseudomallei
Mousy
Haemophilus, Pasteurella
Bleach like
Haemophilus, Eikenella, Coryne (mitis)
Musty mushroom
Pasteurella
Musty basement
Streptomyces
Musty pungent potato like
Serratia odorifera
Horse stable barn yard
C. difficile
Fishy amine
Gardnerella vaginalis