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Indole is an end product of casein hydrolysis?

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False

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Yellow color indicates a positive reaction for Citrate utilization.

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False- blue

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The gas bubble in the Durham tube is hydrogen sulfide released by carbohydrate fermentation.

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False

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A strict Anaerobe will grow_______ in Thioglycollate agar.

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At the bottom

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If you did a Gram stain on a culture that came out looking gram negative even though you knew it should be gram positive, which of the following could have caused the misleading results?

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  • You forgot to add ethanol

- You used too much alcohol during decolorization

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For the Oxidative–Fermentative Test, what does it mean when both tubes are Yellow?

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Fermentative- Acidic pH

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SIM Agar is 3 tests in one tube. What are the tests ?

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Sulfur reduction
Indole
Motility

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Why do we need to check the fermentation broths twice, at 24 and 48 hours?

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Some organisms are fast fermenters and will go after the peptone in the broth after they have fermented the carbohydrates

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How does DNase enzyme help bacteria?

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Hydrolyzes DNA into small fragments

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A strict Aerobe will grow_______ in Thioglycollate agar.

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On the surface

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For the Oxidative–Fermentative Test, what does it mean the tube with no oil is yellow and the tube with oil is green?

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Oxidative

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For the Oxidative–Fermentative Test, what does it mean when both tubes are green?

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Neither fermenter or an oxidizer

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S. aureus:
B. cereus:
E. coli:

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Gram + cocci
Gram + rod
Gram - rod

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In the motility exp, if your organism reduces the 2, 3, 5- triphenyltetrazolium chloride it is:

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Motile, red, and will move away from stab line

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If your organism did not reduce the 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride and is motile:

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Media will be red and hazy/cloudy

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If your organism reduced the 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride and is non-motile you should see:

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A red color in the stab line only

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If your organism is gram + and a non-spore forming rod you will need to do:

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An acid fast stain

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What is the oxygen indicator in the sodium thioglycollate medium?

Controls?

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Resazurin

  • red/pink when O2 is present
  • colorless in the absence of O2
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Why don’t we shake the sodium thioglycollate tube?

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It will disperse the O2 in the tube

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2 experiments using TSA plate?

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  • Pattern of growth

- Catalase

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Hemolysis:

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Lysis of RBC

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3 types of hemolysis:

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  1. Alpha: partial breakdown of RBC-> green color
  2. Beta: complete breakdown of RBC-> clearing
  3. Gamma: No lysis of RBC-> no change
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Purpose of catalase test:

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To produce the enzyme catalase that degrades hydrogen peroxide to O2 and water

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Controls of catalase test:

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Positive: Gas bubbles
Negative: No bubbles

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Controls for methyl red test?
Positive: red/pink color after adding methyl red Negative: orange/yellow color after adding methyl red
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Controls for voges-proskauer test?
Positive: brick red color after the addition of VP A + VP B Negative: copper color after the addition of VP A + VP B
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Used with Barritt's Reagents A + B:
VP test
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Purpose of MR test:
Detects mixed acid end products of glucose metabolism
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Purpose of VP test:
To carry out fermentation of glucose to acetoin and 2, 3 -Butanediol
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Controls of fermentation test? Why?
Positive: Acid/gas and yellow in color due to carbohydrate fermentation and acid production Negative/basic: no color change or pink color change due to deanimation and the production of ammonia
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Purpose of oxidative-fermentative test:
To oxidize or ferment a specific carbohydrate
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Why is oil overlaid in 1 of the tubes in the O/F test?
To create an anaerobic environment
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Purpose of Simmon's citrate test?
To utilize citrate as a sole carbon source
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Control of Simmon's citrate test?
Positive: Green to blue Negative: Yellow or green
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Purpose of nitrate test:
To reduce nitrate to nitrite or nitrogen gas
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The reduction of nitrate to nitrite is done by the enzyme:
Nitrate reductase
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Controls for nitrate test:
Positive: Dark red OR no color change after adding zinc (reagent C) Negative: no color change or dark red color after adding zinc (reagent C)
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Purpose of starch test?
To hydrolyze starch by the production of amylase
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Control for starch test:
Positive: Clearing or halo around margins of growth after adding iodine
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Purpose of skim milk test?
To hydrolyze casein from milk with the enzyme casease
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Control for skim milk test?
Positive: Clearing or halo around margins of growth
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Purpose of spirit blue (lipase) test?
To cleave fatty acids from glycerol using the enzyme lipase
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Controls of spirit blue (lipase) test?
Positive: Dark blue precipitate (hydrolyzes oil and lowers pH) Negative: Lightening of plate
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Purpose of urea test:
To hydrolyze urea into CO2 and ammonia using the enzyme urease
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Control of urea test?
Positive: Pink color
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pH indicator of the fermentation test and urea test?
Phenol red
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pH indicator of spirit blue (lipase) test?
Tributyrin oil and spirit blue dye
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pH indicator of Simmon's citrate test and O/F test?
Bromthymol blue
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Purpose of phenylalanine test?
To deanimate phenylalanine into phenylpyruvic acid and ammonia using the enzyme phenylalanine deaminase
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Control of phenylalanine test?
Positive: Green after addition of ferric chloride Negative: Yellow after addition of ferric chloride
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Purpose of DNase test?
To hydrolyze DNA into small fragments using the enzyme DNase
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Control of DNase test?
Positive: Clearing around the margins of growth
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Indicator of DNase test?
Methyl green
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Purpose of decarboxylase test?
To produce decarboxylase enzyme that will remove a carboxyl group from the amino acid
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pH indicator of decarboxylase test?
Bromcresol purple
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Controls for decarboxylase test?
Positive: Alkaline/purple Negative: Acidic/yellow
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3 amino acids used in decarboxylase test?
Arginine, ornithine, lysine
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Why is oil placed over each tube in the decarboxylase test?
To remove external O2 and promote fermentation
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Purpose of gelatin test:
To hydrolyze gelatin using the enzyme gelatinase
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Control for gelatin test:
Positive: Liquid media Negative: Solid media
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1 drawback of gelatin test?
Gelatin is liquid at temp higher than 28 C so we have to refrigerate tube for 15 minutes to see if it's truly a liquid or solid
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Purpose of indole/SIM test?
To produce the enzyme tryptophanase to hydrolyze tryptophan to produce -> ammonia, indole, and pyruvate
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Control of indole/SIM test?
Positive: Red layer on top of media
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Detection of indole in the indole/SIM test is due to:
Kovac's reagant
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Purpose of sulfur reduction test?
To reduce sulfur to hydrogen sulfide
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Control for sulfur reduction/SIM test?
Positive: Black precipitate
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Purpose of durham tube in fermentation test?
To trap any CO2 as a result of fermentation

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