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1.1.2 Culture media commonly used in Mirobiology Lab Flashcards

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A general purpose, nutrient medium used for the cultivation of microbes supporting growth of a wide range of non-fastidious organisms

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Nutrient Agar/Broth

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What are the ingredients of Nutrient agar?

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15g/L Pancreatic digest of casein
5 g/L Papaic digest of soyabean meal
5 g/L Sodium chloride
15 g/L Agar
Final pH at 25 C (7.4 +- 0.2)

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What is the purpose of pancreatic digest of casein and papaic digest of soyabean meal?

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Provides amino acid and long chains peptides for the growth of microorganisms

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What is the purpose of sodium chloride

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Maintains the osmotic balance

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What is the positive control for nutrient agar?

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E. coli
Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(Expected growth at 35)

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A general purpose, nonselective growth medium that supports the growth of most non-fastidious gram-negative and gram positive bacteria as well as many yeast and molds

Can be use for longer storage, Maintenance purposes, Cultivation and transport

Can be use as base if you want to add blood or antibiotics

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Trypticase soy agar/Broth

Tryptone soy agar

Tryptic soy agar

Soybean casein digest agar medium

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What are the ingredients of TSA

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300 g/L Beef infusion
17.5 g/L Casein acid hydrolysate
1.5 g/L Starch
17 g/L Agar
Final pH 7.3 +- 0.2

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What is the purpose of Beef infusion and Casein acid

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Main provider of nitrogenous compounds, sulfur, carbon and etc.

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One of the ingredients that provides a Protective colloid against toxic substance present in the medium

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Starch

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What happen if there is hydrolysis on starch?

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Yields a dextrose

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What is the purpose of dextrose?

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Serves as the source of energy

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Observation for the growth of FASTIDIOUS organisms and study of hemolytic reaction is done after addition of defibrinated sheep blood

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BAP

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What is the procedure in creating a BAP?

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  1. Provide blood agar base (TSA)
  2. Autoclave
  3. Cool down in 45 - 50 C
  4. Add defibrinated sheep blood (5%)
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How to prepare defibrinated sheep blood?

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100ml of TSA molten agar = 5 mL blood

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Blood agar base is has similar ingredient to what agar?

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TSA

Beef infusion
Casein acid hydrolysate
starch
agar

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3 type of hemolytic pattern

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Beta hemolysis (Complete)
Alpha hemolysis (Partial)
Gamma hemolysis (None)

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What is the positive control for BAP?

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Streptococcus pneumoniae (Alpha)
Streptococcus pyogenes (Beta)
Staphylococcus epidermidis (Gamma)

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FASTWhat is the positive control for BAP?

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Streptococcus pneumoniae (Alpha)
Streptococcus pyogenes (Beta)
Staphylococcus epidermidis (Gamma)

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Observation for the growth of FASTIDIOUS organisms is done after addition of defibrinated sheep blood and heated at 80-100 C.

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Chocolate agar plate

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Procedure of CAP is similar to?

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BAP but heated at the end (80-100 C)

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What is the rationale in heating at 80 - 100 C?

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To release growth factors NAD (Factor V) and Hemin (Factor X) for nutrients

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What bacteria uses CAP?

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Neisseria and Haemophilus

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What is the Positive Controls for CAP?

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae (5-10% CO2)
Haemophilus influenzae (5 -10% CO2)

In candle jar (Carbon dioxide enrichment environment)

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Used as selective media for isolating gram-negative bacteria and differential media for the isolation and differentiation of lactose fermenting and non-lactose fermenting enteric bacilli

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MacConkey agar

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2 function of MacConkey agar
Differential (Differentiate Lactose to non Lactose) and Selective (Isolating Gram negative)
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What are the ingredients of MacConkey agar?
3 g/L Peptones (Meat and casein) 17 g/L Pancreatic digest of gelatin 10 g/L Lactose monohydrate 1.5 g/L Bile salts 5.0 g/L Sodium chloride 0.001 g/L Crystal Violet 0.03 g/L Neutral red 13.5 g/L Agar pH 25 = 7.1 +- 0.2
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What is the purpose of Pancreatic digest of gelatin and peptones?
Provides the nutrient such as nitrogenous factors and vitamins
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What is the purpose of Lactose monohydrate
Fermentable source of carbohydrate for the bacteria
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What is the purpose of Bile salts and crystal violet
Use to inhibit most gram positive bacteria
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What is the purpose of Sodium chloride
Maintains the osmotic balance
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What is the purpose of Neutral red
pH indicator
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What is the positive indicator for MacConkey agar?
Pink or Red = Acid (<6.8)
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What is negative indicator for MacConkey agar?
Clear colonies
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What is the positive control for MacConkey?
E. coli (Pink-Red with bile precipitate)
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What is the control for Non-Lactose fermenter
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Can grow in MacConkey)
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What is the negative control for MacConkey?
Gram positive cocci
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Example of Bacteria grows on MacConkey agar
EEK
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Isolation and differentiation of lactose fermenting and non lactose fermenting enteric bacilli
Ethylene methylene blue agar (EMB)
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2 functions of EMB?
Selective and Differential
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What are the ingredients for EMB?
10 g/L Peptic digest of animal tissue 2 g/L Dipotassium phosphate 5 g/L Lactose 5 g/L Sucrose 0.4 g/L Eosin -Y 0.065 g/L Methylene blue 13.5 g/L Agar pH 7.2 +- 0.2
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What is the purpose of peptic digest of animal tissue
Source of nutrients such as carbon, vitamins and minerals
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What is the purpose of dipotassium phosphate
Use as a buffer
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What is the purpose of Lactose and Sucrose
Source of energy by being the fermentable carbohydrates
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What is the purpose of Eosin-Y and Methylene blue
Use to inhibit the growth of gram positive bacteria
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What is the positive control for EMB?
E.coli (Purple colonies with green metallic sheen) Enterobacter aerogenes (Purple growth)
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What is the reason of purple colonies
Lactose fermentation
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What is the negative indicator for EMB?
Colorless or pink colonies
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Used for selective differentiation of staphylococci
Mannitol salt agar
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Mannitol salt agar is what type of agar?
Selective and differential agar
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What are the ingredients of MSA?
5.0 g/L Enzymatic Digest of Casein 5.0 g/L Enzymatic Digest of animal Tissue 1.0 g/L Beef extract 10.0 g/L D-Mannitol 75.00 g/L Sodium chloride 0.025 g/L Phenol Red 15 g/L Agar pH 7.4 +- 0.2
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What is the purpose of Enzymatic digest of Casein and animal tissue, and Beef extract?
Main provider of nutrients such as carbons, nitrogen
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What is the purpose of D-mannitol
Carbohydrate source (Use to differentiate mannitol fermenters)
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What is the purpose of Sodium chloride
Inhibits most bacteria except Staphylococci (Reason for being Selective)
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What is the purpose of Phenol red
pH indicator
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What are the positive control for MSA?
S. aureus (Yellow colonies with yellow halo - Mannitol fermenter) S epidermidis (pink Colonies with pink medium - Non-mannitol fermenter)
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What is the negative control for MSA?
E. coli due to High concentration of MSA
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Used as differential and selective medium for the isolation and differentiation of Salmonella and Shigella spp. from other gram-negative enteric bacilli?
Hektoen Enteric agar
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What are the ingredients for HEA?
12 Protease peptone 3 Yeast extract 12 Lactose 2 Sucrose 9 Saliclin 9 Bile salt mixture 5 Sodium chloride 5 Sodium thiosulfate 1.5 Ferric ammonium citrate 0.1 Acid - fuchsin 0.065 Bromothymol blue 14 Agar pH 7.5 +-0.2
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provide Nutrients such as carbon, nitrogen, and amino acids for growth in HEA
Protease peptone
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What is the Vitamin source for HEA?
Yeast extract
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What is the purpose of Lactose, sucrose, Salicin
Cab source or being fermented
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Inhibits gram positive and HEA
Bile salts acid fuchsin
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What is the purpose of Sodium chloride
Maintain osmotic balance
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What is the purpose of Ferric ammonium citrate
Source of iron, production of hydrogen sulfide (Blackening)
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What is the purpose of Bromothymol Blue
pH indicator
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What is the Positive indicator for HEA?
E. coli (Partial to complete inhibition, Yellow to salmon orange colonies) Shigella flexneri (Green colonies) Salmonella typhimurium (Green colonies with black centers)
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What is the Negative control of HEA?
Enterococcus faecalis
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Selective and differential medium for the isolation of pathogenic enteric bacilli particularly Salmonella and shigella from stool, Food and Clinical Material
Salmonella shigella agar
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What are the ingredients of Salmonella Shigella agar?
5.0 Beef extract 2.5 Enzymatic Digest of casein 2.5 Enzymatic digest of animal tissue 10 Lactose 8.5 Bile salts 8.5 Sodium Citrate 8.5 Sodium Thiosulfate 1.0 Ferric Citrate 0.00033 Brilliant Green 0.025 Neutral red 13.5 Agar pH 7.0 +- 0.2
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What is the source of nutrients for SSA?
Beef extract Enzymatic digest of Casein Enzymatic digest of animal tissue
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What is the carbohydrate source of SSA?
Lactose
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Inhibits gram positive and coliform bacteria, and Swarming motility
Bile salts Sodium citrate Brilliant green
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Ingredients for H2S producers of SSA
Sodium Citrate Sodium Thiosulfate
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pH indicator of SSA
Neutral red
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Unique to SSA from other media?
Does not autoclave
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What is the Positive control for SSA?
Salmonella typhimurium (Colorless colonies with Black centers) Shigella flexneri (Colorless colonies)
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What is the negative control for SSA
Enterococcus faecalis
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Selective differential medium for isolating and cultivating Vibrio cholerae and other Vibrio species from clinical specimens and other materials
TCBS agar
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Ingredients of TCBS agar
5 Yeast extract 5 Enzymatic digest of casein 5 Enzymatic digest of animal tissue 10 Sodium Citrate 10 Sodium Thiosulfate 5 Oxbile 3 Sodium cholate 20 Sucrose 10 Sodium Chloride 1 Ferric Citrate 0.04 Bromothymol blue 0.04 Thymol blue 14 Agar pH 8.6 +- 0.2
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TCBS requires autoclave?
No
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Nutrient provider for TCBS agar
5 Yeast extract 5 Enzymatic digest of casein 5 Enzymatic digest of animal tissue
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Selective agents that creates alkaline pH, suppresses coliform (E.coli) for TCBS agar
Sodium citrate Sodium Thiosulfate Oxbile Sodium Cholate
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Carbohydrate in TCBS
Sucrose
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Act as the indicator for H2S producers in TCBS agar
Sodium Thiosulfate ferric Citrate
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pH indicators for TCBS
Bromothymol blue Thymol blue
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What is the positive Control for TCBS?
Vibrio alginolytious (Yellow, Sucrose fermenter) Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Green, non sucrose fermenter)

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