Important differential Test Flashcards
Differential test positive and negative for Catalase test
Staphylococcus (+)
Streptococcus (-)
Differential test positive and negative for Novobiocin Susceptibility
S. epidermidis (Sensitive)
S. saprophyticus (Resistant)
Differential test positive and negative for Oxidase
Micrococcus (+)
Staphylococcus (-)
Differential test positive and negative for Oxidase (2)
for rod shaped
(+) Vibrio, Non-fermentative (Pseudomonas)
(-) Enterobacteriaceae
Differential test positive and negative oxidase (3)
For bacillus
(+) Alcaligenes (motile)
(-) Acinetobacter (non-motile) and Stenotrophomonas (motile)
Differential test positive and negative bile solubility test, neufel-quellung
(+) S. pneumoniae
(-) Viridans streptococci
Differential test positive and negative camp test
(+) S. agalactiae
(-) Beta hemolytic streptococci
Differential test positive and negative salt tolerance test
(+) Enterococcus
(-) Non-enterococcus
Differential test positive and negative lysozyme sensitivity
(+) Streptomyces
(-) Nocardia
Differential test positive and negative nitrate reduction
(+) M. fortuitum
(-) M. chelonei
Differential test positive and negative Niacin
(+) M. tuberculosis
(-) M. bovis
Differential test positive and negative acetate utilization
(+) E. coli
(-) Shigella
Differential test positive and negative indole (1)
(+) K. oxytoca
(-) K. pneumoniae
Differential test positive and negative indole (2)
(+) P. vulgaris (OX 2, 19)
(-) P. mirabilis
Differential test positive and negative for lysine decarboxylation
(+) Salmonella (NLF)
(-) Citrobacter (LF)