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
These characteristics will separates Vibrio spp. from the Genus Aeromonas.
Vibrio spp. - String test (+); Susceptible to Vibriostatic Agent
Aeromonas - String test (-); Resistant to Vibriostatic Agent
Vibriostatic agent is also known as
0/129 agent
Selective differential media for Vibrios
Thiosulfate Citrate Bile salt Media (TCBS)
pH Indicator of TCBS
Thymol blue
Bromthymol blue
What is the carbohydrate present in TCBS?
Sucrose
Color of colonies that are sucrose fermenters
Yellow
Color of colonies that are non-sucrose fermenters
Green
Enrichment media for Vibrios
Alkaline Peptone Water
Vibrio spp. that are non-sucrose fermenters
V. mimicus,
V. parahaemolyticus,
V. vulnificus
(MPV)
Vibrio spp. that are sucrose fermenters
V. alginolyticus
V. cholerae,
V. fluvialis
V. furnissi
V. metschnikovii
(ACFFM)
All Vibrios are halophilic, except:
- V. cholerae
- V. mimicus
Both are non-halophilic
How much salt concentration is required for Vibrios?
8-10%
Other term for Beta-hemolysis due to TDH
Kanagawa phenomenon
Media used to demonstrate Kanagawa phenomenon of V. parahaemolyticus
Wagatsuma agar
Component of Wagatsuma agar
High salt mannitol concentration
Causative agent of Summer Diarrhea in Japan
V. parahaemolyticus
Causative agent of Rice watery stool
V. cholerae
Cholera is what kind of disease, and characterized by?
Diarrheal disease characterized by Rice watery stool
What is TDH?
Thermostable Direct Hemolysis
Characteristic of Vibrio that will separate them from Enterobacteriaceae
Vibrio - Oxidase (+)
Enterobacteriaceae - Oxidase (-)
Characteristic of Vibrio that will separate them from Plesiomonas
Vibrio - Inositol (-)
Plesiomonas - Inositol (+)
Characteristic of Vibrio that will differentiate them from Pseudomonas
Vibrio - Fermenters (all glucose fermenters; lactose (-) except V. vulnificus
Pseudomonas - Non-fermenters
Vibrio spp. that is less virulent, occupational hazard → continuous contact with sea water (fishermen, sailor)
V. alginolyticus
Most significant vibrio
V. cholerae
Species that is Triple Decarboxylase negative (-)
Pantoea agglomerans
Pantoea agglomerans is negative to which amino acids?
Negative to Lysine, Ornithine and Arginine
Species positive in Triple Decarboxylase
Pleisomonas spp.
This test is done to detect if the organism produces decarboxylase enzyme
Decarboxylase test
What are the two (2) ways to do Decarboxylase test?
- Moeller’s broth
- LIA
Carbohydrate and indicator present in Moeller’s broth
Glucose
Bromcresol purple
Color result in Decarboxylase test
(+) purple
(-) yellow
What does decarboxylase enzyme do in decarboxylase test?
Decarboxylase enzyme removes carboxyl group from the amino acid
Match: Decarboxylase Test
Amino acids
1. Lysine
2. Ornithine
3. Arginine
Carboxyl Group
a. Putrescine
b. Citrulline
c. Cadaverine
- Lysine - Cadaverine
- Ornithine - Putrescine
- Arginine - Citrulline
Campylobacter spp. that appears S-shaped or wings of seagulls
C. jejuni and C. coli
Motility of C. jejuni and C. coli
Darting motility
Growth requirement of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli
- Capnophilic
- Microaerophilic
The virulence factor of which organism is production of urease?
Helicobacter pylori
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