Basic Flashcards
Bipolar bodies
Safety pin appearance in Wayson stain
Yersinia pestis
Tackhead bacillus
Drumstick/Lollipop appearance
Clostridium tetani
Tumbling motility in Hanging drop test
Listeria
Darting motility in Hanging drop test
Campylobacter
Gliding motility in Hanging drop test
Capnocytophaga
Causative agent of Tetanus/Lock jaw
Clostridium tetani
Toxin produced by Clostridium tetani that causes Tetanus and spasmodic contracions
Tetanospasmin (neurotoxin)
Causative agent of Botulism
Clostridium botulinum
Toxin produced by Clostridium botulinum that causes Botulism and flaccid paralysis
Botulinum toxin (neurotoxin)
Pink to purple colonies with green metallic sheen on EMB
Escherichia coli
Pink colonies with dark center on EMB
Fish eye colonies
Enterobacter
The following are H2S (+) organisms except: Salmonella Proteus Arizona Corynebacterium Edwardsiella
Corynebacterium
SPACEd Salmonella Proteus Arizona Clostridium Edwardsiella
Bulls eye colonies on CIN (Cefsulodin-Irgasan-Novobiocin)
Yersinia enterocolitica
Exhibit satellitism, dew drop, satellite colonies around S. aureus
Mousy or mouse net smell, musty basement odor
Haemophilus influenzae
Preferred medium for isolating Bordetella pertussis
Regan Lowe (enrichment and selective)
Medusa head colonies
Bacillus anthracis
Beaten egg consistency
Bamboo pole arrangement on culture
String of pearls on MHA with penicillin
Bacillus anthracis
Molar tooth appearance
Actinomyces
Fried egg appearance on culture
Lack cell wall
Smallest free living organism
Mycoplasma
No cell wall: Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma
G(+) bacilli, non sporeforming, nonpigmented tan to buff colonies that are dry, warty, granular and rough resembling cauliflowers
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
G(-) bacilli, obligate aerobe, grape like or corn tortilla like odor (production of 2-aminoacetaphenone) with serrated, confluent growth
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (swarming motility)
All enterobacteriaceae are aerogenic except:
Shigella
Biological indicator/Quality control in autoclave
Spores of Bacillus stearothermophilus
Biological indicator/Quality control in oven, dry heat sterilization
Spores of Bacillus subtilis var. niger
Biological indicator/Quality control in Ethylene Oxide (ETO)
Bacillus subtilis var. globigii
Biological indicator/Quality control in Ionizing radiation
Bacillus pumilis
Most abundant normal flora in a throat and nasopharyngeal specimen
Alpha hemolytic Strep: Viridans strep
Most common agent of UTI
Escherichia coli
Exhibits classic starbust pattern on gram stain
Resembles lymphocytes
Cryptococcus neoformans
G(+) cocci in grape like clusters
Creamy white pin head colonies on BAP
Staphylococcus
Beta zone of hemolysin on BAP
Staphylococcus aureus
Golden yellow growth on Loeffler’s Serum Slant (LSS)
Staphylococcus aureus
Lemon yellow growth on Loeffler’s Serum Slant (LSS)
Staphylococcus citreus
Porcelain white growth on Loeffler’s Serum Slant (LSS)
Staphylococcus albus/
Staphylococcus epidermidis