L+ enterobacteria Flashcards
habitat
gut, environment, normal gut flora
morphology
1-3micrometer rods, capsule, fimbria, flagella
shigella and klebsiella are exceptions because they lack what
flagella
staining
gram-
culture
- simple, faculative anaerobic, 10-45degrees (opt 37)
- selective and differential
- selective enrichment -> salmonella
- combined media -
advantage of using combined media
recieve more than one kind of feature of bacterial stain
cell wall features
- peptidoglycan layer is thin
- outer membrane with lipopolysaccharide
- you can remove the blue colour bc of peptidoglycan layer
culture
selective and differential media
types of selective and differential media
- low selective capacity
- medium
- high
low selective capacity media will seperate what
all enterobacteria and other Gr-
low selective capacity media
-crystal violet - lactose - bromo-thymol-blue/litmus/drigalski
, crystal violet-bile salts - lactose - neutral red/MacConkey
medium capacity media will seperate what
salmonella and E coli
medium capacity media examples
-brilliant green - lactose - phenol red
,deoxycholate-citrate - lactose - neutral red/DC
high selective capacity will seperate what
only salmonella
high selective capacity example
bismuth-sulphite agar
colour of salmonella colonies on bismuth agar
black
biochemistry
catalase +
oxidase -
fermentative
cell wall antigens, o
lipopolysaccharide
capsule antigens, k
polysaccharide
flagella antigens, h
protein
fimbria antigens, f
protein
resistance
fair
pathogenicity
- obligate pathogenic
- faculative pathogenic
- saprophytes - majority
genus grouping
biochemical characteristics
species grouping
biochemical and serological characteristics
serogroups grouping
o antigens
serotype grouping
o-k-h-f antigens
lactose positive genera
- escherichia
- klebsiella
- enterobacter
lactose negative genera
-salmonella
-shigella
yersinia
-proteus
-providencia
-edwardsiella
-serratia
-citrobacter
e coli habitat
gut, aerobic, faculative anaerobic glut flora
e coli morphology
2-3micrometer rods, capsule, flagella, fimbria
e coli staining
Gr-
describe e coli under gram staining
- middle sized
- rod shaped
- pink
e coli culture
- capsulated - calf origin
- haemolytic - swine origin
generation time e coli
20mins
ways to differentiate between saprophytic and pathogenic e coli
only pathogenic calf has capsule and only pathogenic swine haemolyses
e coli indol production
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e coli methy red test
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e coli voges-proskauer
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