Fermenters Flashcards
Media that is used to detect fermentation/acid production with Bromthymol blue as indicator
OF Media of Hugh and Leifson
Media that is used to detect fermentation/acid production with Phenol red as indicator
OF Media - CDC method
How many tubes are used in OF Media of Hugh and Leifson?
Two (2) tubes
Open (aerobic) and closed (anaerobic)
OF Media of Hugh and Leifson:
- Positive result:
- Negative result:
a. Yellow
b. Blue green/Green
- Positive result – a. Yellow
- Negative result – b. Blue green/Green
Interpretation of result: OF Media of Hugh and Leifson
Open/Closed
- +/+
- +/-
- -/-
a. Oxidizer/Non-fermenters
b. Non-oxidizers/Non-saccharolytic
c. Fermenter
- +/+ = Fermenter
- +/- = Oxidizer/Non-fermenters
- -/- = Non-oxidizers/Non-saccharolytic
How is Triple Sugar Iron dispensed?
As slant & butt
Oxygen requirement of Enterobacteriaceae
Facultative anaerobe
All Enterobacteriaceae are non-fermenters.
a. True
b. False
b. False.
All are fermenters.
Usual media to detect Enterobacteriaceae’s ability to produce acid (ferment)
Triple Sugar Iron
What are the three (3) fermentable carbohydrates in TSI and their corresponding measurement?
- Glucose (1 part)
- Lactose (10 parts)
- Sucrose (10 parts)
TSI media can also be used as H2S indicators.
a. True
b. False
a. True
How can TSI show H2S production?
TSI has two (2) H2S indicators: Ferrous sulfate and sodium thiosulfate
Match: TSI
- Acid pH
- Alkaline pH
a. K
b. A
Slant/Butt color:
- Yellow
- Red
- Acid pH - A - Yellow
- Alkaline pH - K - Red
Manner of reporting of TSI result
Slant/Butt (Slant over butt)
Match the results:
- K/K
- K/A
- A/A
a. Non-lactose fermenter
b. Lactose fermenter
c. Non fermenter
Slant/Butt Color:
- Yellow
- Red
- K/K - Non fermenter - Red/Red
- K/A - Non-lactose fermenter - Red/Yellow
- A/A - Lactose fermenter - Yellow/Yellow
E.coli, Enterobacter, Klebsiella are what type of fermenters?
Lactose fermenters
Shigella spp., Proteus, Providencia and Morganella are what type of fermenters?
Non-lactose fermenters
Citrobacter, Y. enterocolitica, and S. sonnei are what type of fermenters?
Late lactose fermenters
P. aeruginosa is what kind of fermenter?
Non-fermenter
Two possible results of Enterobacteriaceae in TSI
- K/A
- A/A
Four (4) tests that will differentiate Salmonella-Shigella
- Motility test
- H2S production
- Malonate
- Decarboxylase test
Salmonella or Shigella:
- Motile, H2S (+), Malonate and Decarboxylase (+)
Salmonella
Salmonella or Shigella:
Nonmotile, H2S (-), Malonate and Decarboxylase (-)
Shigella
Salmonella and Shigella are what kind of pathogens?
a. Respiratory
b. Oral
c. Genital
d. Intestinal
d. Intestinal pathogens
Both are agents of diarrheal disease
Salmonella and shigella are never normal flora.
a. True
b. False
a. True