(F) Lab: Biochemical ID of Enterobacteriaceae Flashcards
Identify microorganism
- TSI: A/A + Gas
- LIA: K/K
- Indole: (+)
- Methyl Red: (+)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (-)
- Citrate: (-)
- Urease: (-)
- Dextrose, Lactose, Maltose: (+)
Escherichia coli
Identify microorganism
- TSI: A/A + Gas
- LIA: K/K
- Indole: (-)
- Methyl Red: (-)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (+)
- Citrate: (+)
- Urease: (+)
- Dextrose, Lactose, Maltose: (+)
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Identify microorganism
- TSI: A/A + Gas
- LIA: K/K
- Indole: (-)
- Methyl Red: (-)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (+)
- Citrate: (+)
- Urease: (-)
- Dextrose, Lactose, Maltose: (+)
Enterobacter aerogenes
Identify microorganism
- TSI: A/A + Gas
- LIA: K/A
- Indole: (-)
- Methyl Red: (-)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (+)
- Citrate: (+)
- Urease: (-)
- Dextrose, Lactose, Maltose: (+)
Enterobacter cloacae
Identify microorganism
- TSI: A/A + Gas + H2S
- LIA: K/K + H2S
- Indole: (-)
- Methyl Red: (+)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (-)
- Citrate: (+)
- Urease: (-)
- Dextrose, Lactose, Maltose: (+)
Arizona spp.
Identify microorganism
- TSI: A/A + Gas + H2S
- LIA: K/A
- Indole: (-)
- Methyl Red: (+)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (-)
- Citrate: (+)
- Urease: (-)
- Dextrose, Lactose, Maltose: (+)
Citrobacter freundii
Identify microorganism
- TSI: A/A + Gas
- LIA: K/A
- Indole: (+)
- Methyl Red: (+)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (-)
- Citrate: (+)
- Urease: (-)
- Dextrose, Lactose, Maltose: (+)
Citrobacter diversus
Identify microorganism
- TSI: K/A + Gas + H2S
- LIA: R/A
- Indole: (+)
- Methyl Red: (+)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (-)
- Citrate: (+)
- Urease: (+)
- Dextrose: (+)
- Lactose: (-)
- Maltose: (-)
Proteus vulgaris
Identify microorganism
- TSI: K/A + Gas + H2S
- LIA: R/A
- Indole: (-)
- Methyl Red: (+)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (-)
- Citrate: (+)
- Urease: (+)
- Dextrose: (+)
- Lactose: (-)
- Maltose: (-)
Proteus mirabilis
Identify microorganism
- TSI: K/A
- LIA: R/A
- Indole: (+)
- Methyl Red: (+)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (-)
- Citrate: (+)
- Urease: (+)
- Dextrose: (+)
- Lactose: (-)
- Maltose: (+)
Providencia rettgeri
Identify microorganism
- TSI: K/A
- LIA: R/A
- Indole: (+)
- Methyl Red: (+)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (-)
- Citrate: (-)
- Urease: (+)
- Dextrose: (+)
- Lactose: (-)
- Maltose: (-)
Morganella morganii
Identify microorganism
- TSI: K/A + H2S (small)
- LIA: K/K
- Indole: (-)
- Methyl Red: (+)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (-)
- Citrate: (-)
- Urease: (-)
- Dextrose: (+)
- Lactose: (-)
- Maltose: (-)
Salmonella typhi
Identify microorganism
- TSI: K/A + H2S (large)
- LIA: K/K
- Indole: (-)
- Methyl Red: (+)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (-)
- Citrate: (+)
- Urease: (-)
- Dextrose: (+)
- Lactose: (-)
- Maltose: (-)
Salmonella typhimurium
Identify microorganism
- TSI: K/A
- LIA: K/A
- Indole: (-)
- Methyl Red: (+)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (-)
- Citrate: (-)
- Urease: (-)
- Dextrose: (+)
- Lactose: (-)
- Maltose: (-)
Shigella dysenteriae
Identify microorganism
- TSI: K/A
- LIA: K/A
- Indole: (+)
- Methyl Red: (+)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (-)
- Citrate: (-)
- Urease: (-)
- Dextrose: (+)
- Lactose: (-)
- Maltose: (+)
Shigella flexneri/boydii
Identify microorganism
- TSI: K/A
- LIA: K/A
- Indole: (-)
- Methyl Red: (+)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (-)
- Citrate: (-)
- Urease: (-)
- Dextrose, Lactose, Maltose: (+)
Shigella sonnei
Identify microorganism
- TSI: K/A
- LIA: K/K
- Indole: (+)
- Methyl Red: (-)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (+)
- Citrate: (-)
- Urease: (+)
- Dextrose, Lactose, Maltose: (+)
Serratia marcescens
Identify microorganism
- TSI: K/K
- Seller’s: Green/Green
- Indole: (-)
- Methyl Red: (-)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (-)
- Citrate: (+)
- Urease: (-)
- Dextrose, Lactose, Maltose: (-)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Identify microorganism
- TSI: K/K
- Seller’s: Blue/Blue
- Indole: (-)
- Methyl Red: (-)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (-)
- Citrate: (+)
- Urease: (-)
- Dextrose, Lactose, Maltose: (-)
Alkaligenes faecalis
Identify microorganism
- TSI: K/K
- Seller’s: Blue/Green + Yellow band
- Indole: (-)
- Methyl Red: (-)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (-)
- Citrate: (+)
- Urease: (-)
- Dextrose, Lactose, Maltose: (-)
Acinetobacter baumanii
Identify microorganism
- TSI: K/K
- Seller’s: Blue/Green
- Indole: (-)
- Methyl Red: (-)
- Vogues-Proskauer: (-)
- Citrate: (+)
- Urease: (-)
- Dextrose, Lactose, Maltose: (-)
Acinetobacter lwoffi
Give the 4 rapid lactose fermenters
- Escherichia coli
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Enterobacter aerogenes
- Enterobacter cloacae
Give the 3 late lactose fermenters
- Arizona spp.
- Citrobacter freundii
- Citrobacter diversus
Give the 4 non-lactose fermenters of the Proteae tribe
- Proteus vulgaris
- Proteus mirabilis
- Providencia rettgeri
- Morganella morganii
Give the 2 non-lactose fermenters of the Salmonella spp.
- Salmonella typhi
- Salmonella typhimurium
Give the 4 non-lactose fermenters of the Shigella spp.
- Shigella dysenteriae
- Shigella flexneri
- Shigella boydii
- Shigella sonnei
Give the 4 non-fermenters that do not belong under Enterobacteriaceae
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Alkaligenes faecalis
- Acinetobacter baumanii
- Acinetobacter lwoffi
Give all of the lactose fermenters (whether rapid or late)
- Escherichia coli
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Enterobacter aerogenes
- Enterobacter cloacae
- Arizona spp.
- Citrobacter freundii
- Citrobacter diversus
Give all of the non-lactose fermenters (regardless of tribe)
- Proteus vulgaris
- Proteus mirabilis
- Providencia rettgeri
- Morganella morganii
- Salmonella typhi
- Salmonella typhimurium
- Shigella dysenteriae
- Shigella flexneri
- Shigella boydii
- Shigella sonnei
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Alkaligenes faecalis
- Acinetobacter baumanii
- Acinetobacter lwoffi
What organism is the only indole (+) in the rapid lactose fermenters group?
Escherichia coli
What organism is the only LIA: K/A in the rapid lactose fermenters group?
Enterobacter cloacae
What organism is the only MR (+) and VP (-) in the rapid lactose fermenters group?
Escherichia coli
What organism is the only Urease (+) in the rapid lactose fermenters group?
Klebsiella pneumonia
What organism is the only Citrate (-) in the lactose fermenters group whether rapid or late?
Escherichia coli
This pattern of TSI and LIA alone is exclusive for what organism?
- TSI: A/A + Gas + H2S
- LIA: K/K + H2S
Arizona spp.
This pattern of TSI and LIA alone is exclusive for what organism?
- TSI: A/A + Gas + H2S
- LIA: K/A
Citrobacter freundii
What is the only late lactose fermenter that DOESN’T produce H2S in TSI?
Citrobacter diversus
What is the only Indole (+) organism in the late lactose fermenters group?
Citrobacter diversus
What are the 2 members of the Proteae tribe that produce Gas and H2S in their TSI?
- Proteus vulgaris
- Proteus mirabilis
What is the only Indole (-) member of the Proteae tribe?
Proteus mirabilis
What is the only Citrate (-) member of the Proteae tribe?
Morganella morganii
What is the only Maltose (+) member of the Proteae tribe?
Providencia rettgeri
What is the test that differentiates S. typhi from S. typhimurium?
Citrate
What is the Salmonella spp. member that is Citrate (-)?
Salmonella typhi
What is the Salmonella spp. member that is Citrate (+)?
Salmonella typhimurium
What are the 2 Shigella spp. members that are Indole (+)?
Shigella flexneri and boydii
All Proteae tribe members test positive for what sugar?
Dextrose
What is the only Lactose (+) non-lactose fermenter?
Shigella sonnei
What is the only Maltose (-) in the Shigella spp. group?
Shigella dystenteriae
Enterobacter aerogenes and cloacae are identical in their battery of tests except for 1, which test it is?
Lysine Iron Agar
- E. aerogenes: K/K
- E. cloacae: K/A