VIBRIO Flashcards
Test used to identify Vibrio
String Test
String test reagent
sodium deoxycholate
(R) Vibriostatic agent
(-) string Test
Aeromonas
Media used for Vibrio
TCBS - thiosulfate citrate bile salt agar
TCBS what kind of media
Selective differential
TCBS uses what CHO
Sucrose
TCBS indicator
Bromthymol blue
Thymol blue
TCBS colonies color
(+) Yellow
(-) green
Enrichment media for Vibrios
APW
ALKALINE PEPTONE WATER
Non-halophilic vibrios
Mimicus
Cholerae
Non-Sucrose Fermenters Vibrio
MVP
Mimicus
Vulnificus
Parahaemolyticus
Sucrose fermenters Vibrio
FAC-FM
Fluvialis
Alginolyticus
Cholorae
Furnissi
Metschnikovii
Most significant vibrio
V cholorae
Clinical significance V cholorae
Cholera
Stool appearance caused by V cholorae
Rice watery stool
2nd most common vibrio
V parahaemolyticus
Clinical significance of V parahaemolyticus
Summer diarrhea in Japan
Phenomenon associated with V parahaemolyticus
Kanagawa Phenomenon
Kanagawa phenomenon is due to
TDH
Thermostable Direct Hemolysin
Media used for V parahaemolytics
Wagatsuma Agar
Component of Wagatsuma agar
High salt mannitol
Occupational hazard vibrio
V alginolyticus
V alginolyticus is acquired from
Continuous contact with sea water
Test to separate Vibrio from Enterobacteriaceae
(+) Oxidase
Test to differentiate Vibrio from PLESIOMONAS
(+) inositol test
Test to diiferentiate Vibrio from PSEUDOMONAS
CHO Fermentation
- glucose (+) Vibrio and Entero
All Vibrio are lactose negative EXCEPT
V vulnificus
Uses 2 media
Decarboxylase test
Media used in Decarboxylase test
Moellers/LIA
CHO used for Decarboxylase
Glucose
Indicator used for Decarboxylase
Bromcresol purple
3 Amino Acid used in Decarboxylase test
LOA
Lysine - remove cadaverine
Ornithine - detect putrescine
Arginine - remove Citrulline
Color of Result in Decarboxylase test
(+) purple
(-) yellow
Triple Decarboxylase (+)
Plesiomonas
Triple decarboxylase test (-)
Pantoea agglomerans
Motility of C.jejuni and C. Coli
Darting motility
Oxygen requirement of C coli and C jejuni
Microaerophilic
Special requriement of C coli and C jejuni
Capnophilic
Shaped and Appearance of C coli and C jejuni
S shaped
Wings of seagull
Capable of Urease production
Helicobacter pylori