Gross Colony Char Flashcards
(55 cards)
Smooth, glistening and clay like
A. S. aureus
B. N-elongata
C. Nocardia spp
B. N-elongata
Buttery and creamy yellow
A. S. aureus
B. N-elongata
C. Nocardia spp
S. Aureus
Brittle, crumbly, wrinkled
A. S. aureus
B. N-elongata
C. Nocardia spp
Nocardia
fried egg on BAP
A. Mycoplasma
B.b. pertusis
A. my coplasma
Shiny Half pearls on BAP
COLONIES appearing like “Mercury droplets
A. P. Aeroginosa
B. B. Pertusis
B. Pertusi s
Greenish metallic Sheen on Bap
A. E.coli
B.p.aeruginosa
p-aeruginosa
Serrated confluent growth on Cetrimide
p. aeruginosa
Swarming on SBA /choc Agar
Gram neg
A. C. tetani and C. Septicum
B .Proteus
B. Proteus spp
fastidious
S. pneumoniae
young - colonies of S. pneumoniae 24 hrs)
A) coin with raised rim or Flat with penny edge
B.) domed shaped
c.)head appearing, checker appearanced
B
Semi-opaque colonies -“bull’s eye” appearing, gram(+)
A. S. agalactiae
B. M. catarrhalis
C. B. anthracis
D. C. diphtheriae
A.
Tenacious colonies with beaten egg white consistency
Colonies with “swirling projections” appearing like MEDUSA HEAD, LION HEAD, Colonies with comet tail appearance
A. S. agalactiae
B. M. catarrhalis
C. B. anthracis
D. C. diphtheriae
C. B. anthracis
HOCKEY PUCK COLONIES
Colonies remaining intact when pushed across the plate using inoculating loop; colonies with WAGON WHEEL APPEARANCE
A. S. agalactiae
B. M. catarrhalis
C. B. anthracis
D. C. diphtheriae
B. M. Catarhallis
Gray to black on CTBA and
Black colonies with Brown halo on Tinsdale
A. S. agalactiae
B. M. catarrhalis
C. B. anthracis
D. C. diphtheriae
D. C. diphtheriae
Cauli flower like growth
A. Rhodococcus egui
B. M. tuberculosis
C. M. Xenopi
D. M. bovis
B. M. Tuberculosis
Salmon pink pigmentation on BAP
A. Rhodococcus egui
B. M. tuberculosis
C. M. Xenopi
D. M. bovis
A. Rhodococcus equi
Bird’s nest appearing colonies on Corn meal agar
A. Rhodococcus egui
B. M. tuberculosis
C. M. Xenopi
D. M. bovis
C. M. Xenopi
Water droplet appearing colonies
A. Rhodococcus egui
B. M. tuberculosis
C. M. Xenopi
D. M. bovis
D. M. Bovis
oxidase( -)
Bull’s eye appearing colonies on CIN
Gram(-)
A. Aeromonas spp.
B. Y enterolitica
A. Aeromonas spp.
oxidase(+)
Bull’s eye appearing colonies on CIN
Gram(-)
A. Aeromonas spp.
B. Y enterolitica
A. Aeromonas spp.
Hammered copper colonies on BAP
y. Pestis
Non Fermenter wrinkled Colonies
P. Stutscri
Non-fermenter - Wrinkled colonies with earthy Odor
A. B. pseudomallaei
B. H. influenzae
C. Actinomyces israeli
D. Clostridium septicum
E. F. nucleatum
A. B. pseudomallaei
Molar tooth - appearly colonies
A. Actinomyces israeli
B. Clostridium septicum
C. F. nucleatum
A. Actinomyces