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MacConkey

Key characteristics

Lactose fermenting organism will have pink colonies

Non-lactose fermenters will have colorless colonies

Inhibit: gram positive (crystal violet, bile salts)

Isolation and Differentiation: lactose fermenting and non-lactose fermenting enteric bacilli

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Hectoen enteric agar- peptone base with bile salts, lactose, sucrose, salicin, and ferric ammonium citrate

Key Characteristics:

Enterics that ferment one or more of the carbohydrates will produce yellow to salmon colored colonies

Non-fermenters will produce blue-green colonies

H2S organisms will produce black or blue-green colonies

Indicators: bromthymol blue and acid fuchsin

Differential and Selective: Salmonella and Shigella from other gram negative enteric baccili

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Xylose lysine desoxycholate (XLD) agar- Yeast extracts with lysine, xylose, lactose, sucrose, and ferric ammonium citrate

Key Characteristics

Enterics that ferment lactose/sucrose produce yellow colonies

Salmonella produces red colonies, some with black centers (H2S positive)

Shigella produces colorless colonies

Inhibits: gram positive (sodium desoxycholate)c

Isolation and Differentiation: Salmonella and Shigella from other gram-negative enteric bacilli

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MacConkey Sorbitol

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MacConkey Sorbitol- MacConkey agar but with sorbitol instead of lacose

Selective and Differentiation: E.coli 0157:H7 in stool

Organisms:

Escherichia coli: only 0157:H7 will grow

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Thiosulfate citrate-bile salts agar (TCBS)- peptone base with bile salts, yeast extract, citrate, sucrose, ferric acid, and thiosulfate.

Key Characteristics:

Non-Vibro H2S Organism produce small black colonies

Sucrose fermenting Vibros produce blue colonies

Other Vibros produce various colors of yellow, green, and blue

Selective and Differential: Vibro spp.

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Tetrathionate broth

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Tetrathionate broth- peptone base broth with enzyme tertethionate

Key Characteristics

Tetrathionate positive organisms will grow (Salmonella, Shigella, Proteus)

Tetrathionate negative organisms are inhibited (E. coli)

Inhibit: gram positive and Enterobacteria (iodine, potassium iodide, bile salts, sodium thiosulfate)

Selective: Salmonella and Shigella (except S. typi)

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Cefsulodin-irgasan-novobiocin agar (CIN)- Peptone base with yeast extract, mannitol, and bile salts, supplemented with cefsulodin, irgasan, and novobiocin.

Key Characteristics:

No Growth of non-Yersinia organisms

Yesrsinia organism appear colorless-pink-red (may have zone of precipitate bile)

Selective: Yersinia spp (may be useful for isolation of Aeromonas)

Organisms:

Yersinia enterocolitica: dark red culls-eye colonies

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SS agar is selective for

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Salmonella and Shigella

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Centrimide agar is selective for

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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BCYE agar grows

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Legionella pneumophilia

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Selenite agar is selctive for

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Salmonella and Shigella

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PC and OFPBL agars grow

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Burkholderia cepacia

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