hanging drop Flashcards
deamination of acetamide results in a ______ color
(+) blue
(-) green (no color change)
Acetamide Utilization Test
POS Control
NEG Control
P. aeruginosa
E. faecalis
N. gonorrhea
E.coli
POS Control: P. aeruginosa
NEG Control E.coli
Differentiate organism based on their ability to use acetate as a sole source of carbon. Generally differentiates Shigella from E. coli
Acetate utilization
POS result for acetate utilization
NEG result
(+) blue
(-) no color change or green
Acetate Utilization
POS control
NEG control
Shigella sonnei
S. pneumoniae
E. coli
B. mallei
POS control: E. coli
NEG control: Shigella sonnei
Test is used for the presumptive identification of Strep Grp A (S. pyogenes) from other b-hemolytic strep
Staphyloccoccus from Micrococcus
Bacitracin (0.04 unit Taxo A)
POS control: S. pyogenes, Microccus luteus
NEG control: S. agalactiae, S aureus
This test differentiates enterococci and group D streptococci from non-group D viridans strep
acetate utilization
bile solubility test
butyrate disk
bile esculin test
Bile esculin test
Positive result for bile esculin agar
(+) blackening of the slant or medium
brown black precipitate
Bile Esculin Agar
POS control
NEG control
S. agalactiae
E. coli
S. pyogenes
E. faecalis
POS control: E. faecalis
NEG control: E. coli
S. pyogenes
differentiates streptococcus pneumoniae from alpha hemolytic streptococci
bile esculin agar
butyrate disk
bile solubility test
Bile solubility Test
(+) lysed colonies
Bile solubility test
POS control
NEG control
S. agalactiae
E. coli
S. pneumoniae
E. faecalis
POS control: S. pneumoniae
NEG control: E. faecalis
Rapid test to detect enzyme butyrate esterase to aid identification of M. catarrhalis
Butyrate Disk
NEG control = N. gonorrhea
POS = M. catarhhalis
POS result for butyrate disk
blue w/in 5 mins
indigo to violet
Used to differentiate Grp B strep (S. agalactiae from other streptococcal spp.
L. monocytogenes is also positive
CAMP Test
CAMP Test
POS Control
NEG control
S. aureus
S. agalactiae
S. pyogenes
E. coli
POS Control: S. agalactiae
NEG control: S. pyogenes
differentiates microccal and staphylococcal species from streptococcal spp. (neg)
catalase
(+) bubbles, hydrogen peroxide
Catalase
POS control
NEG control
S. aureus
S. agalactiae
S. pyogenes
E. coli
POS control: S. aureus
NEG control: S. pyogenes
Test used to isolate and purify p. aeruginosa
cetrimide
(+) growth
Cetrimide
POS control
NEG control
E. faecalis
P. aeruginosa
Providencia
E. coli
POS control: P. aeruginosa
NEG control: E. coli
Indicator of citrate test
bromthymol blue
(+) blue / growth
Citrate test
POS control
NEG control
E. aerogines
P. aeruginosa
K. pneumoniae
E. coli
POS control: E. aerogines, K. pneumoniae
NEG control: E. coli
Coagulase Test
POS control
NEG control
S. epidermidis
E. coli
S. aureus
POS control: S. aureus
NEG control: S. epidermidis
Differentiate decarboxylase producing enterbacteriaceae from other gram neg rods
decarboxylase test (moeller’s)
LOA
(+) purple
(-) yellow or no color change
POS Control for LOA
Lysine
Ornithine
Arginine
E. aerogenes
K. pneumoniae
E. cloaccae
Lysine: K. pneumoniae
Ornithine: E. aerogenes
Arginine: E. cloaccae
NEG Control for LOA
Lysine
Ornithine
Arginine
E. coli
P. vulgaris
C. freundii
Lysine: C. freundii
Ornithine: P. vulgaris
Arginine: E. coli
DNA hydrolysis pos result
colorless around the test organism
(-) medium remains green = no lysis of dna
DNA Hydrolysis
POS control
NEG control
S. epidermidis
E. coli
S. aureus
POS control: S. aureus
NEG control: E. coli
Test for enterbacteriaceae in which a positive result is black precipitate with no fluorescence
Esculin hydrolysis
(-) No blackening and fluorescence
Esculin Hydrolysis
POS control
NEG control
S. epidermidis
E. faecalis
E. coli
S. aureus
POS control: E. faecalis
NEG control: E. coli
Peptone medium with andrade’s indicator is used to differentiate: ____________
BHI with bromcresol purple indicator is used to differentiate _____________
a. streptococci and enterococci
b. enteric and coryneforms
Peptone medium with andrade’s indicator is used to differentiate: B
BHI with bromcresol purple indicator is used to differentiate: A
a. streptococci and enterococci
b. enteric and coryneforms
Peptone medium with andrade’s indicator
POS result
NEG result
(+) pink with or without gas
(-) no change in color medium (straw colored)
Andrade’s indicator
POS w/ gas
POS w/o gas
E. coli
S. sonnei
S. flexneri
POS w/ gas: E. coli
POS w/o gas: S. flexneri
BHI with bromcresol purple
POS result
NEG result
POS result: yellow
NEG result: no color change (purple)