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What is a starch hydrolysis test used for?

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To test for the presence of amylase and starch hydrolysis

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What is an oxidative fermentation test used for?

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To test if the organism is using oxidation or fermentation to metabolize glucose

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What is a carbohydrate fermentation test used for?

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If an organism can use a particular carbohydrate as an energy and carbon source

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What is a methyl red (MR) test used for?

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Tests if an organism is doing mixed acid fermentation

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What is a Voges-Proskauer test used for?

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Tests if an organism is doing butanediol fermentation

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What is a citrate test used for?

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Tests for the presence of citrate lyase and if the organism can use citrate for fermentation

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What is a KOH test used for?

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Confirms if an organism is gram-positive or gram-negative

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What is an oxidase test used for?

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Tests for the presence of cytochrome C

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What is an ONPG test used for?

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Tests for the presence of beta-galactosidase and lactose breakdown

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What is an indole test used for?

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Tests for the presence of tryptophanase and indole production

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What is MacConkey agar used for?

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Selects for enteric gram-negative bacteria and differentiates them based on lactose fermentation

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What is EMB agar used for?

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Selects for gram-negative bacteria and differentiates them based on fermentation type

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What is a catalase test used for?

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Detects the presence of catalase to differentiate between the Micrococcaceae and the Streptococcaceae

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What is a nitrate reduction test used for?

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Tests for the ability of an organism to do nitrate reduction

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What is blood agar used for?

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Used to grow fastidious microbes and tests for hemolysis and the production of hemolysins

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What is mannitol salt agar used for?

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Selects for organisms capable of tolerating high salt conditions and differentiates them based on mannitol fermentation

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What are the reagents used in a starch hydrolysis test? (2)

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  1. Nutrient agar + starch

2. Iodine

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What are the reagents used in an oxidative fermentation test? (4)

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  1. Bromothymol blue
  2. Glucose
  3. Peptone
  4. Mineral oil
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What are the reagents used in a carbohydrate fermentation test? (4)

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  1. Durham tube
  2. Carbohydrate of interest
  3. Phenol red
  4. Peptone
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What are the reagents used in a methyl red test? (2)

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  1. Methyl red

2. Nutrient broth

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What are the reagents used in a Voges-Proskauer test? (3)

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  1. Nutrient broth
  2. KOH
  3. Alpha-naphtol
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What are the reagents used in a citrate test? (3)

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  1. Sodium citrate
  2. Agar
  3. Bromothymol blue
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What are the reagents used in a KOH test? (1)

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KOH

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What are the reagents used in an oxidase test? (1)

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ADMA oxalate

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What are the reagents used in an ONPG test? (1)

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ONPG

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What are the reagents used in an indole test? (3)

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  1. Kovac’s reagent
  2. Nutrient broth containing no glucose and with added Trp
  3. DMAB
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What does MacConkey agar contain? (5)

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  1. Bile salts
  2. Neutral red
  3. Crystal violet
  4. Lactose
  5. Peptone
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What does EMB agar contain? (4)

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  1. Eosin
  2. Methylene blue
  3. Peptone
  4. Lactose
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What are the reagents used in a catalase test? (1)

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H2O2

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What are the reagents used in a nitrate reduction test? (5)

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  1. Nitrate broth
  2. alpha-naphylamine
  3. zinc powder
  4. sulfanillic acid
  5. Durham tube
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What does blood agar contain?

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  1. Sheep’s blood
  2. NaCl
  3. Nutrient agar
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What does mannitol salt agar contain?

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  1. Mannitol
  2. NaCl
  3. Peptone
  4. Phenol red

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