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Micro Lab findings Flashcards

1
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Beta-hemolytic bacteria

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S. aureus, S. pyogenes (Group B), S. agalactiae (Group A) and Listeria

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Alpha hemolytic bacteria

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Enterococci, S. pneumo Viridans strep

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Gamma hemolytic bacteria

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Enterococci

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Bile-esculin agar

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Enterococci

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CAMP positive bacteria

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S. agalactiae, Listeria

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Bordet-Gengou agar

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Bordatella pertussis

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BCYE agar

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Legionella

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Chocolate agar

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H. influenza, N. meningitidis

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Lowenstein-Jensen agar

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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MacConkey Agar

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Klebsiella, E. coli (lactose fermenters)

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11
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What is positive when looking at MacConkey Agar

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Pink (positive pink); means the bacteria ferments lactose

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Regan-Lowe agar

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Bordetalla pertussis (has replaced Bordet-Gengou as agar of choice for this)

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Sabouraud dextrose agar

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Fungi

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Sorbitol-MacConkey

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EHEC (does not ferment sorbitol like other E. coli species)

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Thayer-Martin agar

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Neisseria

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Thiosulfate citrate bile salts sucrose agar (TCBS)

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Vibrio spp.

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17
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Eaton medium

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Mycoplasma pneumonia

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18
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Egg yolk agar

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Clostridium perfringens

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Eosin Methylene Blue agar (EMB)

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E. coli; grows as colonies with a green metallic sheen

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Hektoen enteric agar

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Salmonella and Shigella

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Loeffler medium

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Corynebacterium diptheriae

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Mannitol salt agar

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S. aureus (turns agar yellow)

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Tellurite agar

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C. diptheriae

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Xylose-Lysine-Deoxycholate (XLD) agar

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Salmonella and shigella

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The only gram (-) cocci

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Neisseria spp.

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Gram + rods

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Clostridium, corynebacterium, Bacillus, Listeria, Mycobacterium, Gardnerella

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Bacteria that have mycolic acid wall with high lipid content

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Mycobacterium

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Bacteria that contain sterols in the membrane but have no cell wall

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Mycoplasma

29
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Giemsa stain

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Certain Bugs Really Try my Patience;

Chlamydia, Borrelia, Rickettsiae, Trypanosomes, Plasmodium

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Periodic acid-Schiff stain (PAS)

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Trophyrema whipplei

31
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India ink

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Cryptococcus (mucicarmine stain that stains polysaccharide capsule RED)

32
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Silver stain

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Fungi, Legionella, Helicobacter pylori

33
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Obligate aerobes

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Nagging Pests Must Breathe;

Nocardia, Pseudomonas, Mycobacterium TB, Bacillus

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Obligate anaerobes

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Can’t Breathe Air;

Clostridium, Bacteroides, Actinomyces (A. israeli is a facultative anaerobe)

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Obligate intracellular

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Ricketsia, Chlamydia

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Facultative intracellular

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Some Nasty Bugs May Live FacultativeLY;

Salmonella, Neisseria, Brucella, Mycobacterium, Listeria, Francisella, Legionella, Yersinia pestis

37
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Encapsulated bacteria

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SHiNE SKiS;

S. pneumo, H. influenzae type B, N. meningitidis, E. coli, Salmonella, Klebsiella, S. pyogenes (group B Strep)

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Catalase + organisms

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PLACESS;

Pseudomonas, Listeria, aspergillus, Candida, E. coli, S. aureus, Serratia

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Coagulase + organism

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Catalase + coagulase negative organisms

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S. saprophyticus, s. epidermidis

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Novobiocin sensitive organism

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S. epidermidis

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Novobiocin resistant organism

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S. saprophyticus

43
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Bile-esculin +

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Enterococcus

44
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Bile-esculin -

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Viridans strep, strep pneumoniae

45
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Optochin sensitive organism

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Optochin resistance

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Viridans strep

47
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Bacitracin sensitive

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S. pyogenes

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Bacitracin resistant

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S. agalactiae

49
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Doesn’t ferment glucose, oxidase +

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Pseudomonas

50
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Glucose fermenters, oxidase -

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Klebsiella, E. coli, Salmonella, Shigella, Proteus

KESSP

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Lactose fermenters

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Kleb, E. coli

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Lactose non-fermenters

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Salmonella, Shigella, Proteus

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H2S -

54
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H2S +

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Salmonella, Proteus

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Indole +

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Indole -

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Klebsiella

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Urease +

58
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Urease -

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Salmonella

59
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Turns red on mucicarmine stain

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Cryptococcus

60
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E. coli that DOESN’T ferment sorbitol

61
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Flask-shaped ulcer

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Entamoeba histolytica

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