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Characteristic Tests Flashcards

1
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Glucose: color change

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Red to Yellow if fermentation is present

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Glucose: pH indicator

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Phenol Red

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Glucose Fermentation Process

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(1) Fermentation positive

(2) They release acidic byproducts (3) Leading to a color change

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Lactose: color change

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Red to Yellow if fermentation is present

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Lactose: pH indicator

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Phenol Red

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Lactose Fermentation Process

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(1) Fermentation (+)
(2) Acidic byproduct
(3) Color change

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Sucrose: color change

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Red to Yellow

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Sucrose: pH indicator

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Phenol red

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Sucrose: Fermentation Process

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(1) Fermentation (+)
(2) Acidic by product
(3) Color change

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10
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Mannitol: color change

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Red to Yellow

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Mannitol: pH indicator

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Phenol red

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12
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Mannitol: Fermentation Process

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(1) Fermentation (+)
(2) Acidic by product
(3) Color change

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13
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Tryptone: color change

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Clear to Clear with pink ring

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Tyrptone: Reagent

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Kovacs reagent

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Tryptone: Production pathway

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Tryptophan (AA) in media breaks down into indole and pyruvic acid

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16
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MR-VP: color change

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Clear to clear/growth

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17
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MR: what type of pathway

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Mixed Acid Fermentation Pathway

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18
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MR: test for positive and negative

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(1) Straight line of diffused color = positive

(2) Diffused color = negative

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19
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VP: what type of test

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2,3 butanediol production pathway

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Urea: color change

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Yellow/orange to light/hot pink

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21
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Urea: Purpose

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Check for urease enzyme

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22
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Urea: pH indicator

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Phenol Red

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23
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Urea: production pathway

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(1) Urea
(2) To ammonia
(3) pH increases
(4) Turns pink in color

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24
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Simmons citrate: color

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(1) Green to blue

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25
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Simmons citrate: Purpose

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To see if organism can use citrate for growth/ metabolism

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26
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Simmons citrate: pH indicator

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Bromothymol blue

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27
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Simmons citrate: Production pathway

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Citrate to Pyruvic acid

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28
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Phenylalanine slant: color change

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Clear to Green

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29
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Phenylalanine slant: Purpose

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Check for presence of phenylalanine deaminase enzyme

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30
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Phenylalanine slant: Reagent

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Ferric chloride

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31
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Phenylalanine slant: Production pathway

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(1) Phenyl pyruvic acid and ammonia by product from Phenylalanine AA

32
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Kligers Iron: color change

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Red to Red with a black butt

33
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Kligers Iron: Purpose

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Check for presence of Cysteine desulfurase enzyme

34
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Kligers Iron: Production pathway

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Cysteine to H2S and Iron leading to a black butt which is anaerobic

35
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Semi solid agar: color change

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Clear to clear with red streak line

(1) colorless in oxidized state (2) red in reduced state

36
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Semi solid agar: Purpose

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Check for motility

37
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Semi Solid Agar: Checking for what presence

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TTC

38
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Nutrient Agar: color

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Clear to clear with colony growths

39
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Eosin methylene blue

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(1) Purple/red plate to purpleish pink colony growths (2) Green if colony growths/ fermentation is positive (3) Checks for fermentation of lactose (4) pH sensitive dye is methylene blue (5) Selective for gram (-) organisms

40
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Mannitol Salt Agar Plate

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(1) Check for mannitol fermentation (2) pH sensitive dye: phenol red (3) If fermentation is positive the plate turns yellow, if not it turns pink (4) Selects for organisms that can handle high salt concentrations

41
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Blood Agar Plate

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Used for throat culture because the blood agar breaks down hemoglobin to get iron

42
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TSA Plate

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Universal Plate

43
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Partial Lysis Blood cells

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Streptococcal pneumoniae (green pigment)

44
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Complete Lysis Blood cells

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Streptococcal pyrogenes (clear spots)

45
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No lysis Blood cells

A

Enterobacter faecalis

46
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MH plate

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Mueller Hinton, Universal Plate

47
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Brewers Plate

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Contains sodium thioglycollate

48
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Resazurin

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Oxygen indicator in FTG tube and Brewers plate

49
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Agar Deep

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Check to see if organism is anaerobic, aerobic, facultative anaerobic, aero-tolerant anaerobe

50
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FTG Tube

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(1) Fluid thioglycollate, contains sodium thioglycollate, converts O2 to H2O (2) Favors anaerobic

51
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Facultative Anaerobic

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Favors aerobic conditions but will still grow anaerobically

52
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Obligate Anaerobe

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Only grows without oxygen

53
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Aerobe

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Only grows with oxygen

54
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Aerotolerant Anaerobe

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Grows with out without oxygen evenly

55
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UV rays

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Forms pyrimidine dimers to kill organisms (1) 260 nm is most germicidal effect (2) 4nm UV (3) 800 nm is infrared

56
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Quadrant streaking

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Check for contamination

57
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Grams Iodine and Crystal violet

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Forms an insoluble complex in the PG layer in gram +

58
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Catalase

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(1) Purpose: catalase (2) Hydrogen peroxide to H2O and O2 (3) Bubbles

59
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Gram positive characterisitics

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Purple, clustered

60
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Gram negative characteristics

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Pink, linked

61
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Sabouraud Agar

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Low pH so good for skin growing organisms

62
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Antiseptic

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can be used on living tissue

63
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Disinfectant

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can be used on inanimate objects

64
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Antigen

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A foreign substance that enters the body and mounts an immune response

65
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Antigen binding site

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Protein sequence, receptor, epitope

66
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Antibody

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Response of human immune system to any foreign substance is to produce anti-
antigen, antibody it is also referred to as immune response

67
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Immunity Innate vs Acquired

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(1) Innate is born with it its natural (2) Acquired is from mother or from vaccine

68
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Type A

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Antibody B, Antigen A, Receives from A and O

69
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Type B

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Antibody A, Antigen B, Receives from B and O

70
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Type AB

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Antibody none, Antigen AB, Receives from A,B,AB,O

71
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Type O

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Antibody A and B, Antigen: none, Receives from O

72
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IgG

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Passes through placenta

73
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IgM

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Cannot pass through placenta

74
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Rh Factor

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Rh present = positive (Antigen Rh +, Antibody Rh -) , Rh not present = negative ( Antigen Rh - Antibody Rh +)

75
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No clump

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negative

76
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Clump

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Positive

77
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ELISA

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Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbant Assay

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