Microorganism Review Flashcards
GPC in clusters Morph: golden, beta or gamma hemolytic Catalase + Coagulase + Staph latex agglutination
Staph aureus
GPC in tetrads
Morph: bright yellow
Catalase +
Microdase (modified oxidase) +
Micrococcus spp
GPC in clusters Morph: bright white Catalase + Coagulase = Novobiocin resistant (< 16 mm)
Staph saprophyticus
GPC in clusters morph: white Catalase + Coagulase = PYR =
Staph epidermidis
GPC in clusters morph: yellow Catalase + Coagulase = PYR +
Staph lugdunensis
Large GPC in pairs and clusters morph: STICKY, gray-white, gamma hemolytic Catalase V Coagulase = Microdase = PYR +
Rothia spp
GPC in chains morph: beta hemolytic Catalase = PYR + Bacitracin sensitive (any zone)
Strep pyogenes (Group A)
GPC in chains morph: soft beta hemolytic Catalase = CAMP + (arrow growth) Hippurate hydrolysis +
Strep agalactiae (Group B)
GPC in chains
morph: true alpha, dimpled or mucoid appearance
bile solubility +
Optochin sensitive (> 14mm)
Strep pneumoniae
GPC pairs or chains
morph: alpha-ish, medium to large gray-white
Catalase =, but can be slow/weak + (pseudo +)
PYR +
Bile esculin +
NaCl +
Vancomycin resistance: acquired
Enterococcus faecium
GPC pairs or chains morph: gamma, medium to large gray-white Catalase =, but can be slow/weak + (pseudo +) PYR + Bile esculin + NaCl + Vancomycin resistance: acquired
Enterococcus faecalis
Intrinsic Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE)
Enterococcus gallinarum, Enterococcus casseliflavus, Enterococcus flavescens
GPC in pairs and chains morph: pinpoint, gamma or weak alpha Catalase = PYR = Bile esculin + NaCl =
Strep gallolyticus (Group D) formerly Strep bovis
GPC in pairs and chains morph: alpha (but may be gamma), wet or dry Catalase = Bile esculin = NaCl =
Viridians Strep
GPC in clusters or tetrads morph: alpha Catalase = Bile esculin = NaCl + PYR + LAP =
Aerococcus viridans
GPC in clusters or tetrads morph: alpha Catalase = Bile esculin = NaCl + PYR = LAP +
Aerococcus urinae
tiny GPC pairs and chains
morph: alpha, tiny, dry, BUTTERSCOTCH odor
Strep anginosus
Group:
Constellatus
Intermedius
Anginosus
GPC in pairs and chains
morph: no growth on BAP, only on CHOC (requires pyridoxal or thiol for growth)
PYR +
Satellite Test +
Nutritionally Variant Strep
Unrelated genus in group: Abiotrophia spp and Granulicatella spp
GNDC morph: small, round, translucent no growth on BAP, growth on CHOC and MTM oxidase + nitrate = carb utilization: glucose + maltose = lactose = sucrose =
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
GNDC morph: small, round, translucent growth on BAP, CHOC, and MTM oxidase + nitrate = carb utilization: glucose + maltose + lactose = sucrose =
Neisseria meningitidis
GNDC morph: yellow colonied growth on BAP, CHOC, and MTM oxidase + nitrate = carb utilization: glucose + maltose + lactose + sucrose =
Neisseria lactamica
GNDC morph: smooth, scoots on agar, "hockey puck" growth on BAP, CHOC, and MTM oxidase + nitrate + DNase + Catarrhalis disk + carb utilization (asaccharolytic): glucose = maltose = lactose = sucrose =
Moraxella catarrhalis
GNCB
morph: no growth on BAP, growth on CHO (mousy odor)
requires growth factor X and V, 5-10% CO2
ALA =
Staph Streak +
non-hemolytic on horse and rabbit blood
Haemophilus influenza
GNCB morph: no growth on BAP, growth on CHO requires growth factor X and V ALA = Beta hemolytic on rabbit blood
Haemophilus influenza biogroup aegyptius
GNCB morph: no growth on BAP, growth on CHO requires growth factor V ALA + Beta hemolytic on rabbit blood (variable)
Haemophilus parainfluenza
GNCB morph: no growth on BAP, growth on CHO requires growth factor X and V ALA = Beta hemolytic on horse and rabbit blood
Haemophilus heamolyticus
GNCB morph: no growth on BAP, growth on CHO requires growth factor V ALA + Beta hemolytic on horse and rabbit blood
Haemophilus parahaemolyticus
GNCB - school of fish morph: no growth on BAP, growth on CHO requires growth factor V ALA = non-hemolytic on horse and rabbit blood
Haemophilus ducreyi
Large GPB boxcar morph: medusa head, ground glass, egg white, nonhemolytic spore-forming Catalase + Nonmotile Lecithinase + No Growth on PEA Bioterrorism agent
Bacillus anthracis
Large GPB boxcar morph: green, feathery, spreading, beta hemolytic spore-forming Catalase + Motile Lecithinase + Growth on PEA
Bacillus cereus
GPB or short, plump coccobacilli morph: soft beta hemolytic Catalase + Tumbling motility Bile esculin + Hippurate hydrolysis + Reverse CAMP + (block growth)
Listeria monocytogenes
GPB - club-shaped, palisading morph: grows on tellurite agar and loeffler media Catalase + Urea = Nitrate +
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
GPB - club-shaped, palisading morph: gray-white, non-hemolytic Catalase + Urea = Nitrate + P 10 disk resistant
Corynebacterium jeikeium
GPB - club-shaped, palisading morph: white, pinpoint, non-hemolytic Catalase + Urea + Nitrate +
Corynebacterium urealyticum
Slender GPB morph: small, greenish discoloration Catalase = Nonmotile H2S + Bile esculin + Nitrate =
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
GPB
morph: alpha hemolytic
Catalase =
Seen primarily in urine cultures (normal flora)
Lactobacillus spp
Gram variable bacilli morph: pinpoint, nonhemolytic V agar: hemolysis on human blood Starch hydrolysis (purple -> yellow) Catalase = Hippurate hydrolysis + Wet prep: Clue cells (> 20%)
Gardnerella vaginalis
GPB morph: small, beta-hemolytic Catalase + Reverse CAMP + Lecithinase +
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum
GPB - club-shaped, palisading (diphtheroid-like)
morph: nonhemolytic, mucoid, turns pink/red/orange after a few days of growth
Catalase +
Partially acid-fast
Rhodococcus spp
GNB morph: shiny, mermaid scales, beta hemolytic, tortilla chip smell MAC: NLF, green colonies Produce pyocyanin fluorescence Oxidase + Motile Nitrate + growth at 42 C
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
GNB morph: no distinct appearance Produces pyoverdin fluorescence Oxidase + Motile Nitrate = No growth at 42 C Gelatin liquified +
Pseudomonas fluorences
GNB morph: no distinct appearance Produces pyoverdin fluorescence Oxidase + Motile Nitrate = No growth at 42 C Gelatin liquified =
Pseudomonas putida
GNB morph: Wrinkled, light yellow or brown Non-fluorescent Oxidase + Motile Nitrate + Variable growth at 42 C Gelatin liquified =
Pseudomonas stutzeri
GNB morph: smooth, gray, translucent MAC: variable growth Oxidase V Motile Nitrate + Gas from nitrate = No growth at 42 C
Burkholderia mallei