Bacterial Colonies and Odor

Question 1

Creamy, buttery gold

Answer 1

Staph aureus

Question 2

Mauve colored

Answer 2

MRSA

Question 3

Pinhead white

Answer 3

Staph

Question 4

Pinpoint gray

Answer 4

Strep

Question 5

Depressed center

Answer 5

Strep pneumoniae

Question 6

Hockey puck, wagon wheel

Answer 6

Moraxella catarrhalis

Question 7

Green metallic sheen (EMB)

Answer 7

E. coli

Question 8

Fisheye (EMB)

Answer 8

Enterobacter aerogenes

Question 9

Swarming

Answer 9

Proteus, Clostidium septicum, C. tetani

Question 10

Stalactite

Answer 10

Yersinia pestis

Question 11

Iridiscent with greenish hue

Answer 11

Vibrio

Question 12

Apron like

Answer 12

Aeromonas, Plesiomonas

Question 13

Bull’s eye

Answer 13

Aeromonas, Yersinia enterocolitica

Question 14

Tailing, runny, spreading

Answer 14

Campylobacter, Capnocytophga

Question 15

Wrinked Dry

Answer 15

Burkholderia pseudomallei
Pseudomonas stutzeri
Nocardia
Mycobacterium smegmatis
Neisseria sicca

Question 16

Feather edge

Answer 16

Alcaligenes

Question 17

Spreading flat serrated

Answer 17

Pseudomonas

Question 18

Bluish green red brown

Answer 18

Pseudomonas

Question 19

Purple gummy

Answer 19

Acinetobacter

Question 20

Lavender green, light purple

Answer 20

S. maltophilia

Question 21

Yellow

Answer 21

N. flavescens
N. flava
N. subflava
Aggregatibacter approphilus
Burkholderia cepacia
Capnocythophaga
Cronobacter sakazakii
Escherichia hermanii
Flavobacterium/Chryseobacterium

Question 22

Green

Answer 22

Pseudomonas fluorescens/putida, Fusobacterium nucleatum

Question 23

Buff

Answer 23

MTB
P. stutzeri

Question 24

Pink

Answer 24

Klebsiella
Enterobacter
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Rhodococcus equi

Question 25

Red (prodigiosin)

Answer 25

Serratia marcescens S. plymuthica S. rubidaea

Question 26

Violet (violacein)

Answer 26

Chromobacterium violaceum

Question 27

Pitting/corrode

Answer 27

Moraxella lacunata Eikenella corrodens Arcanobacterium Bacteroides ureolyticus Cardiobacterium hominis

Question 28

Satellitism

Answer 28

Haemophilus influenzae S. aureus NVS E. coli Klebsiella Enterobacter Yeasts

Question 29

Dew drop/ Clumpy

Answer 29

Haemophilus influenzae H. ducreyi

Question 30

Star shaped

Answer 30

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

Question 31

Rosette sticklike

Answer 31

Cardiobacterium hominis

Question 32

Mercury drops/ pear-like

Answer 32

Bordetella

Question 33

Ground glass/ cut glass

Answer 33

Legionella pneumophilia Bacillus subtilis Clostridium difficile

Question 34

Sticky

Answer 34

Legionella

Question 35

Irregular swirling

Answer 35

B. anthracis

Question 36

Medusa head

Answer 36

B. anthracis Kuthria C. septicum

Question 37

Feathery spreading frosted glass

Answer 37

B. cereus

Question 38

Moist blister

Answer 38

Bacillus pumilus

Question 39

Black

Answer 39

Coryne SAU (tellurite)

Question 40

Brown halo

Answer 40

Coryne

Question 41

Daisy head

Answer 41

Coryne (gravis)

Question 42

Fried egg

Answer 42

Coryne (mitis) S. moniliformis Mycoplasma

Question 43

Mulberry

Answer 43

Mycoplasma

Question 44

Black opaque dot

Answer 44

Arcanobacterium

Question 45

Umbrella

Answer 45

Listeria monocytogenes

Question 46

Test tube brush pipe cleaner

Answer 46

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Question 47

Chalky white

Answer 47

Nocardia Streptomyces

Question 48

Velvety waxy bumpy

Answer 48

Nocardia

Question 49

Breadcrumbs

Answer 49

Nocardia N. sicca F. nucleatum S. moniliformis

Question 50

Fluffballs

Answer 50

S. moniliformis

Question 51

Coral like slimy

Answer 51

Rhodococcus equi

Question 52

Slimy glossy irregular edges

Answer 52

Gordonia

Question 53

Rhizoid

Answer 53

Tsukamurella Kuthria C. septicum

Question 54

Waxy cerebriform

Answer 54

Actinomadura

Question 55

Molar tooth

Answer 55

Actinomadura Actinomyces

Question 56

Spiderlike wooly

Answer 56

Actinomyces

Question 57

Stormy milk fermentation

Answer 57

Clostridium perfringens

Question 58

Fluoresce chartreuse

Answer 58

C. difficile Fusobacterium Eubacterium

Question 59

Fluoresce red

Answer 59

Porpyromonas Prevotella Veilonella Clostridium ramosum

Question 60

Cauliflower

Answer 60

MTB Yersinia pestis

Question 61

Wrinkled deep blue

Answer 61

M. marinum

Question 62

Dark red waxy edges

Answer 62

M. kansasii

Question 63

Dark dense center

Answer 63

M. kansasii M. smegmatis M. xenopi M. scrofulaceum M. malmoense

Question 64

Bird's nest stick like filamentous branching

Answer 64

M. xenopi

Question 65

Raspberry like

Answer 65

Leptotrichia

Question 66

Adherent

Answer 66

Capno N. sicca N. mucosa

Question 67

Burn chocolate powder

Answer 67

Proteus

Question 68

Sweet honeysuckle butterscotch

Answer 68

Strep anginosus

Question 69

Fruity grape like/ corn tortilla

Answer 69

PAE

Question 70

Fruity apple/strawberries

Answer 70

Alcaligenes faecalis

Question 71

Ammonia

Answer 71

S. maltophilia

Question 72

Ammonium cyanide

Answer 72

Chromobacterium

Question 73

Earth dirtlike

Answer 73

B. cepacia B. pseudomallei

Question 74

Mousy

Answer 74

Haemophilus, Pasteurella

Question 75

Bleach like

Answer 75

Haemophilus, Eikenella, Coryne (mitis)

Question 76

Musty mushroom

Answer 76

Pasteurella

Question 77

Musty basement

Answer 77

Streptomyces

Question 78

Musty pungent potato like

Answer 78

Serratia odorifera

Question 79

Horse stable barn yard

Answer 79

C. difficile

Question 80

Fishy amine

Answer 80

Gardnerella vaginalis