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Unit 2 Practical Flashcards

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Skim Milk Agar

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Substrate: Casein

Enzyme: Casease

Product: Amino Acids

Positive Appearance: Clearing

Positive Bacteria: Bacillus

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Tributyrin Agar

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Substrate: Triglyceride

Enzyme: Lipase

Product: Glycerol, Fatty Acids

Positive Appearance: Clearing

Positive Appearance:

Staphylococus aureus

Serratia marcescans

Enterococcus

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Gelatin Agar

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Substrate: Collagen

Enzyme: Gelatinase

Product: Amino Acids

Positive Appearance: Liquid

Positive Bacteria: Bacillus

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Starch Agar

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Substrate: Starch

Enzyme: Amylase

Product: Maltose

Reagent: Iodine

Positive Appearance: Purple w/ Iodine

                                 Iodine binds starch

                                 CLEARING is positive

Positive Bacteria: Bacillus

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DNA Agar

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Methyl Green as a pH indicator

Substrate- DNA

Enzyme- DNAase

Product- Nucleotides

Positive Appearance- Clearing

Positive Bacteria- Serratia

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Phenol Red

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Carbohydrate Broth

phenol red- pH indicator

durham tube to show gas

Substrate- Glucose, Lactose, Sucrose

no enzyme specified

Product- Acid Fermentation- Yellow

           Alkaline Fermentation- Red

           Gas- CO<sub>2</sub>or H<sub>2</sub> - Bubbles

Positive Bacterium:

 E. Coli- Yellow and Gas in Glucose and Lactose          

              Red and no Gas in Sucrose 

 Staph aureus and Enterococcus-   Yellow and no Gas in all

 Pseudomonas- Red and no Gas in all
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Methyl Red

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Substrate- Pyruvate

Enzyme- Not specified

Product- Acid Fermentation

Positive Appearance- Red

Positive Bacteria- E coli

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Voge’s Proskaurer

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Substrate- Pyruvate

enzyme not specified

Product- Acetoin

Reagent- Barritt’s A B and Creatine

Positive Appearance- Red across top

Positive Bacteria- Enterobacter

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SIM test

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Sulfate

Indole

Motility

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Sulfite Test

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Substrate- Peptone iron

enzyme not specified

Product- H2S

Positive Appearance- Black

Positive Bacteria- Salmonella

                          Proteus
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Indole Test

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Substrate- Tryptophan

enzyme not specified

Product- Indole

Reagent- Kovac’s

Positive Appearance- Red

Positive Bacteria- E. coli

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Motility Test

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No Substrate, Enzyme or Product

Positive appearance- cloudy around stab

Positive bacteria- E coli

                          Enterobacter
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Simmon’s Citrate Test

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bromthymol blue- ph indicator

Substrate- Sodium citrate

Enzyme not specified

Product- Ammonia

Positive Appearance- Blue (alkaline)

Positive Bacteria- Enterobacter

                          Klebsiella

                          Pseudomonas

                          Citrobacter
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Nitrate reduction

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Substrate- Nitrate

Enzyme- Nitrite and nitrite reductase

Product- Nitrite and Ammonia or N2

Positive Appearance-

  Nitrite- E coli- Red with Nitrate A and B

  Ammonia or N<sub>2-</sub> Pseudomonas NO COLOR

  No product- Enterococcus Red with zinc
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Triple Sugar Iron

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phenol red- pH indicator

Substrate- Glucose, Lactose, Sucrose

Enzyme not specified

  1. all yellow, cracks- uses all sugars, gas- E coli
  2. all yellow, no cracks- uses all sugars, no gas- Staph, Enterococcus
  3. yellow/red- uses only glucose, no H2S- Shigella
  4. yellow/red/black- only glucose yes H2S- Proteus
  5. all red- alkaline and no H2S- Pseudomonas
  6. red/black- alkaline, yes H2S- Salmonella
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Urea Test

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Substrate- Urea

Enzyme- Urease

Product- Ammonia, CO2

Positive Appearance- Pink (alkaline)

Positive Bacteria- Proteus

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Decarboxylation

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Substrate- Lysine, Arginine, Ornithine

Enzyme- Decarboxylase

Product- Removes acid group from amino acids

3/8” mineral oil to create anaerobic environment

Positive Appearance- Purple

Enterobacter- Positive for Lysine

                    Positive for Ornithine

Klebsiella- Negative for Ornithine

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Deamination

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Substrate- Phenylalanine

Enzyme- Deaminase

Product- Removes amino group

Reagent- Ferric chloride

Positive appearance- Green

Positive bacteria- Proteus

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Skim milk agar

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Gelatin agar

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Starch agar

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DNA agar

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Phenol Red Test

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Methyl Red

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Voges Proskauer Test

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SIM test

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Simmons citrate

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Nitrate Reduction Test

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Triple Sugar Iron test

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Urea

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Decarboxylation

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Deanimation test

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