ENTERICS Flashcards
What are the most clinically identified Enterobacteriaceae
Escherichia
Klebsiella
Enterobacter
Salmonella
Shigella
Proteus
Yersinia
What are the characteristics of Family Enterobacteriaceae
Gram-negative
Short rods
Straight-sided bacilli
Non-sporulating
Facultative anaerobes
Motile
All ferment glucose
All are able to reduce nitrate to nitrite
Catalase; positive
Most are Cytochrome C oxidase; negative
All Enterobacteriaceae are motile except …
Shigella
Klebsiella
and some species of Escherichia, Salmonella, Yersinia
All motile species have what type of flagella
Peritrichous flagella
All species have peritrichous flagella except
Tatumella ptyseos
Tatumella ptyseos have what type of flagella
Monotrichous flagella
All Enterobacteriaceae are catalase positive except
Shigella dysenteriae
Enterobacteriaceae common antigens are
O: outer membrane
H: flagella
K: capsule
Vi: Capsule of Salmonella
What is the protein marker found on the surface of bacteria
Antigens
O antigen is also known as
Somatic antigen
It is heat stable and associated with the lipopolysaccharide or endotoxin moiety of the cell-wall
Somatic antigen
The antigen that makes organism to be virulent
O antigen
Mucus with blood defecating
Dysentery
K antigen is also known as
Envelop or capsular antigen
What kind of antigen is also known as capsular antigen
K antigen
H antigen is also known as
Flagellar antigen
What kind of antigen is also known as flagellar antigen
H antigen
It is an antigen that is heat-labile and protein in nature
H antigen
What are the indole test positive organisms
Klebsiella oxytoca
Citrobacter koseri
Proteus vulgaris
Escherichia coli
Morganella morganii
Providencia
Methyl Red positive organisms
Salmonella spp.
Shigella spp.
Escherichia coli
Proteus spp.
Yersinia
Citrobacter
Methyl Red negative organisms
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Enterobacter spp.
Serratia marcescens
Hafnia spp.
Vogues Proskauer positive organisms
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Enterobacter spp.
Serratia marcescens
Hafnia spp.
Citrate positive organisms
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Enterobacter spp.
Citrobacter freundii
Salmonella spp.
Serratia marcescens
Proteus mirabilis
Providencia
Citrate variable organisms
Proteus mirablis
Vibrio cholerae
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
It is degradation product of the amino acid TRYPTOPHAN together with pyruvic acid and ammonia
Indole test
Enzyme to degrade TRYPTOPHAN
TRYPTOPHANASE
What broth is used in indole test
Tryptophan or peptone broth
What is the reagent of indole test
5 drops of Kovacs reagent containing PDAB
2 methods of indole test
Conventional tube method
Spot indole test
A type of indole test method used for weak indole-producing organism
Conventional tube method
A type of indole test method used to detect rapid indole-producing organism
Spot indole test
What are the 3 most common agar for multitest agar
Sulfide-Indole-Motility (SIM)
Motility-Indole-Urease (MIU)
Motility-Indole-Ornithine (MIO)
It is the detection of end-product glucose fermentation
Methyl Red Test
It is a test that uses Alpha naphthol as a catalyst or color intensifier
Vogues-Proskauer
Acetoin is oxidized to …
Diacetyl
What is the Barrits-B in Vogues Proskauer test
40% KOH or NaOH
Vogues Proskauer must be check/observed within …
1 hour
This test determines if an organism can use sodium citrate as the sole carbon source and ammonia as the nitrogen
Citrate Utilization Test
What is the pH indicator of the Methyl red test
Methyl red
What is the pH indicator of Citrate Utilization Test
Bromthymol Blue
What is the alternative medium of Citrate Utilization Test
Christensen’s medium
Christensen’s medium uses what kind of pH indicator
Phenol red
What sugars are in TSI
Lactose
Sucrose
Glucose
This test is useful for the presumptive identification of gram-negative enteric
Triple Sugar Iron Agar
What is the pH indicator of TSI test
Phenol red
What is the H2S indicator of TSI
Ferrous sulfate and Sodium thiosulfate
What is the sugar ratio of TSI
10:10:1
A/A, Gas + organisms
Escherichia
Klebsiella
Enterobacter
K/A, H2S, Gas organisms
Salmonella
Proteus
Arizona
Citrobacter
Edwardsiella