Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Bacterial lab tests
lab tests
12
Biology
Graduate
09/01/2009

Additional Biology Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
S. aureus
Definition
gram +; clusters; beta hemo; cat +; coag+; yellow on MSA
Term
Other Staph
Definition
gram +; clusters; mostly beta; cat +; coag-; not yellow on MSA
Term
S. pyogenes
Definition
gram+; cat-; beta; Group A; bacitracin susc.; PYR-red color; anti-SLO
Term
S. agalactiae
Definition
gram +; cat-; creamy colonies; beta/CAMP; hippurate hydrolysis; Group B
Term
S. pneumoniae
Definition
diplococci; capsular swelling reaction; C polysacch. in urine; cat-; wet-looking colonies; alpha hemo; optochin susc.; bile-soluble
Term
Enterococcus spp.
Definition
pairs and chains; group D; BEA media; PYR+; cat-; 6.5% NaCl; optochin-resistant; E. faecalis: alpha; E. faecium: beta or gamma
Term
B. anthracis
Definition
long, thin gram+; capsule stain; spores; nonmotile; gamma hemolytic
Term
B. cereus
Definition
long, thin gram+; capsule stain; spores; motile; beta hemolytic
Term
L. monocytogenes
Definition
short gram+; no spores or capsule; cat+; motile; uniform shape; beta/CAMP
Term
C. diphtheriae
Definition
club-shaped; gram+; cat+; non-motile; CTBA media: tellurite reduction; cysteine rapid test; Elek test
Term
Nocardia
Definition
gram+; fuzzy colonies; weakly acid fast;obligate aerobe; cat+; BCYE media
Term
Mycobacterium
Definition
gram+; acid fast (Ziehl-Neelsen); non-motile; non-spore;obligate aerobe; PPD; Lowenstein-Jensen media; Middlebrook agar; species-specific molecular probes; nucleic acid sequencing
Supporting users have an ad free experience!