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Characteristics in Culture media Flashcards

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Ammonia (in BAP)

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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

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2
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Dirt / Putrid / Earth

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Burkholderia species

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Burnt Chocolate/ Burnt Gunpowder

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Proteus spp.

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4
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Strawberry/Apple/Sweet

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Alcaligenes faecalis

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5
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Rotten potato

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Serratia odorifera

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Grape/Tortilla/taco

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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7
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Almond/Ammonium cyanide

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Chromobacterium violaceum

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Mousy, mouse nest

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Haemophilus

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9
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Mushroom

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Pasteurella multocida

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10
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Musty basement

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Streptomyces

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11
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Freshly plowed field

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Nocardia

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12
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Old socks/Stocking

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Staphylococcus aureus

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13
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Cheese

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Brevibacterium

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14
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Butterscotch

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Viridans in Chocolate agar

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15
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Sauerkraut

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Ignavigranum ruoffiae

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16
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Positive for Swarming

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Proteus species, Clostridium tetani, Clostridium septicum, Clostridium sporogenes, Capnocytophaga spp.

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17
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Large Pink Mucoid Colonies in MAC

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Klebsiella spp.

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18
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Red colonies in media

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Serratia marcescens (prodigiosin)

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19
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Hockey pock / Wagon wheel colonies

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Moraxella catarrhalis

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20
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Bull’s eye colonies

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Aeromonas, Yersinia enterocolitica in CIN

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21
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Buff/Yellow Wrinkled colonies

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Pseudomonas stutzeri

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22
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Star-like colonies

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Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

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23
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Fried egg colonies

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Mycoplasma hominis

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24
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Molar tooth colonies

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Actinomyces israelii, Actinomadura spp.

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Breadcrumb colonies

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Fusobacterium nucleatum

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Gray translucent pinpoint or Umbilicate

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Umbonate colonies

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Viridans and Eikenella

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Mercury droplets or Pearl-like

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Bordetella on Bordet Gengou

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Large moist blister colony with amoeboid spreading

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Paenibacillus polymyxa

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Beaded appearance

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Nocardia

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Cauliflower appearance

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Yersinia pestis in BAP, Mycobacterium tuberculosis in L.J.

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Stalactite pattern

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Yersinia pestis in broth

33
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Green metallic sheen

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E. coli on EMB

34
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Fisheye appearance of colony

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Enterobacter on EMB

35
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Double zone of hemolysis

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Clostridium perfringens

36
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Creamy white/ Colony with feet extensions

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Yeasts

37
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Blue-green powdery colonies

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Aspergillus fumigatus

38
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Black powdery colonies

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Aspergillus niger

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Cobweb fluffy (white scattered hyphae)

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Coccidioides

40
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Medium-large pinhead smooth convex opaque creamy yellow, β-hemolytic on BAP

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S. aureus

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MSA Medium-large pinhead smooth convex Yellow colonies with halo

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S. aureus

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Grayish-white, small, translucent, smooth with well-defined β-hemolysis on BAP

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S. pyogenes

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Glossy grayish white and mucoid with small zone of β-hemolysis on BAP

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S. agalactiae

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Alpha-hemolytic, mucoidal, umbilicate colonies on BAP

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S. pneumoniae

45
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Gray Flat Nonhemolytic comet-tail/Medusa-head or ground glass colonies on BAP

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B. anthracis

46
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Large, feathery, spreading Beta hemolytic on BAP

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B. cereus

47
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Brown-Black colonies with gray-brown halo on Tinsdale agar

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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Mucoid orange to red or Salmon-pink non-hemolytic colonies on BAP

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Rhodococcus equi

49
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Medium to large, smooth opaque, iridescent with greenish hue on BAP

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Vibrio spp.

50
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Round, Smooth, Convex appear black or dark purple on BAP

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Chromobacterium violaceum

51
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Comet-like in semisolid media

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Haemophilus aegypticus

52
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Iridescence pigments of yellow, red, green, blue on Levinthal medium

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H. influenzae

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Dry, Violet-purple, Wrinkled colony on Ashdown agar

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B. pseudomallei

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Spreading, flat, serrated edges with metallic sheen (with bluish-green, or red, or brown pigment) on BAP

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P. aeruginosa

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Glistening Ground glass colonies with pink, blue-green (rainbow appearance) BCYE

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L. pneumophila

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Yellow ground glass appearance - CCFA

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C. difficile

57
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Flat, non-hemolytic colonies that has chartreuse fluorescence under UV light on BAP

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C. difficile

58
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Mother-of-pearl or gasoline-on-water appearance on Lipase activity on Egg yolk agar (EYA)

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C. botulinum

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