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Media Types Flashcards

1
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Chocolate Agar

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Cooked horse blood

Haemophilus and Nesseria spp.

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CNA

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Columbia Colistin-Nalidixic Agar

Gram Positive Bacteria

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PEA

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Phenylethyl Alcohol Agar

Gram Positive Cocci &

Anaerobic Gram Negative Bacilli

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SSA

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Streptococcal Selective Agar

Selective for S. pyogenes and S. agalatiae

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EMB

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Eosin Methylene Blue

Selective/Differential

Enteric Gram Negative Bacilli

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MAC

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MacConkey Agar

Selective/Differential

Enteric Gram Negative Bacilli

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SMAC

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MacConkey Sorbitol Agar

Selective for E. coli O157:H7

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HE

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Hektoen Enteric

Selective/Differential

Enteric Bacteria, Inhibits Normal Flora

  • Non-Pathogens are Orange-Salmon Pink
  • Non-Lactose Fermenters are Green-Blue Green
  • H2S colonies produce black precipitate
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XLD

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Xylose Lysine Deoxycholate

Selective/Differential

Salmonella and Shigella from stool

  1. Salmonella: red colonies with black centers
  2. Shigella: colorless or red colonies
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SS

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Salmonella-Shigella Agar

Selective

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GN (Broth)

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Gram-Negative Broth

Selective/Enrichment

Salmonella and Shigella

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Selenite Broth

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Enrichment for Salmonella

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Tetrathionate Broth

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Enrichment for Salmonella

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Campy BA

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Campylobacter Blood Agar

Selective/Enrichment

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TM

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Modified Thayer-Martin

Selective/Enrichment

  1. N. gonorrhoeae
  2. N. meningitidis
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Martin-Lewis

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Selective/Enrichment

  1. N. gonorrhoeae
  2. N. meningitidis
17
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NYC

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New York City Media

Selective/Enrichment

  1. N. gonorrhoeae
  2. N. meningitidis
18
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SBA

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Sheep Blood Agar

Most non-fastidious bacteria

19
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BBE

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Bacteroides Bile-Esculin Agar

Selective/Differential

Bacteroides fragilis: Hydrolysis of esculin indicated by blackening of agar

20
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CDC

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Anaerobic blood agar

Enrichment

Fastidious anaerobes

21
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CCFA

A

Cycloserine cefoxitine fructose egg yolk agar

Selective for Clostridium dificile

22
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Cooked Meat Medium

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Isolation Clostridium

23
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EYA

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Egg Yolk Agar

Lecthinase and lipase production

Clostridia and Fusibacterium

24
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LKV

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Laked Kanamycin-Vancomycin blood agar

Selective

Bacteroides and Prevotella

25
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THIO

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Thioglycollate Broth

Grows anything, separates aerobes from anaerobes from top to bottom of tube

26
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Colony characteristics

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Shape, Appearance, Margins, Color, Size

27
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Cellular Characteristics

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Gram -/+, beading/bipolar staining, spores, size, chains/clusters/ect.

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