COLONY MORPHOLOGY Flashcards
trans/ppt base
SBA
serum bactericidal antibody assay
SDA is helpful in presumptive identification especially in
streptococci and enterococci
example of beta hemolysis
streptococcus pyogenes
example of alpha hemolysis
streptococcus pneumoniae
double zone of hemolysis is found in
clostridium perfringens
swarming of colonies
proteus spp.
medusa head colonies
bacillus anthracis
rough colonies
diphtheroid
stars
yeast
serrated
pseudomonas aeruginosa
molar tooth colonies
actinomyces israelli
umbilicate
streptococcus pneumoniae
umbonate
viridans
flat
beta hemolysis streptococci
shiny like a half pear on blood containing bacteria
bordetella pertussis
white
cons
usually gray
enterococcus
buff colored
diphtheroid
blue green
pseudomonas aeruginosa
red
serratia marcescens
blue
kluyvera
violet
chromobacterium violaceum
brown-black
provotella malaninogenica
fish-like
vibrio cholerae