Colony Morphology/Odor/Color Flashcards
Green metallic sheen in BAP
P. aeroginosa
Green mettalic sheen in EMB
E. coli
Fish eye on EMB
Enterobacter
Bull’s eye in CIN
Y. enterolitica
Dew Drops/Sattelitism
Haemophilus
Mercury droplets
B. pertussis
Medusa head
B. anthracis
Molar tooth
Actinomyces israelli
Cauliflower
MTB
Hockey puck colonies
Moraxella
Serrated confluent colonies
P. aeroginosa
Feathery edged colonies
A. faecalis
Brittle, Crumbly, Wrinkled
Nocardia
Smooth, Glistening, Claylike
N. elongata
Dark purple colonies
Chromobacterium violaceum
Musty, Mushroom Odor
P. multocida
Freshly plowed grass
Nocardia
Bleach
Eikenalla
H. influenzae
Grapelike/Corn Tortilla-like
Pseudomonas aeroginosa
Fruity resembling apples & strawberries
A. faecalis
Fishy amine odor
Gardnerella vaginalis
Dirt like
B. cepacia
Putrid/Burnt sugar/Chocolate/Gun powder
Proteus
Old socks
S. aureus
Roses odor
Psycrobacter
Ammonium cyanide/Almond like
Chromobacterium violaceum
Brick red at RT
Serratia
Blue
Kluyvera
Gun metal black colony
C. diphtheriae
Pits the agar
Eikenella corrodens
LARGE zone of beta hemolysis
S. pyogenes
NARROW zone of Hemolysis
S. agalactiae