Memorization!

Question 1

CAPSULE

1. Streptococcus pyogenes (GAS)
2. Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS)
3. Streptococcus pneumoniae
4. Bacillus anthracis

Answer 1

1. Hyaluronic acid
2. Sialic acid
3. Polysaccharide
4. Poly-D-glutamic acid

Question 2

COLONIES

1. Coin with a raised rim
2. Medusa head
3. Fried egg
4. Bull’s eye
5. Hockey puck/ Wagon wheel

Answer 2

1. S. pneumoniae
2. Bacillus anthracis
3. Mycoplasma hominis
4. Yersinia enterocolitica
5. Moraxella catarrhalis

Question 3

COLONIES

1. Pinhead
2. Pinpoint
3. Seagull
4. Pearl like
5. Star shape with four to six point

Answer 3

1. Staphylococcus
2. Streptococcus
3. C. jejuni
4. Bordatella
5. Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

Question 4

COLONIES

1. Wrinkled leathery colony
2. Rosette or sticklike structure
3. Frosted glass appearing
4. Chinese character

Answer 4

1. P. stutzeri
2. Cardiobacterium hominis
3. Bacillus cereus
4. Corynebacterium diptheriae

Question 5

ODOR

1. Old sock
2. Rotten potato
3. Burnt Chocolate
4. Fruity-grape / Corn-taco
5. Earthy
6. Apple-like
7. Mousy
8. Chlorine-Bleach like
9. Fishy amine-like odor

Answer 5

1. S. aureus
2. Serratia odorifera
3. Proteus
4. P. aeruginosa
5. B. pseudomallei
6. A. faecalis
7. H. influenzae
8. E. corrodens
9. Gardenerella vaginalis

Question 6

MOTILITY

1. Shooting Star
2. Darting
3. Twitching
4. Gliding
5. Swarming
6. Tumbling
7. Test-tube brush or bottle brush

Answer 6

1. Vibrio
2. Campylobacter
3. Kingella
4. Capnocytophaga
5. Proteus
6. Listeria monocytogenes
7. Erysipelothrix rhusiipathiae

Question 7

SELECTIVE MEDIA

1. Neisseria spp.
2. Yersinia enterocolitica
3. Plesiomonas
4. Vibrio spp.
5. Campylobacter spp.
6. Legionella
7. Bordetella
8. B. anthracis
9. C. diphtheriae
10. Listeria monocytogenes

Answer 7

1. 1. Thayer-Martin, Modified Thayer-Martin Martin-Lewis, New York City, GC-LECT
2. CIN (Cefsulodin Irgasan Novobiocin)
3. CIN (Cefsulodin Irgasan Novobiocin)
4. TCBS (Thiosulfate Citrate Bile-Salts Sucrose)
5. Skirrow’s, Butzler
6. BCYE (Buffered charcoal Yeast Extract), Feely Gorman
7. Bordet-Gengou
8. PLET
9. Loeffler/Pai Agar, CTBA
10. McBride

Question 8

SELECTIVE MEDIA

1. Lactobacillus acidophilus
2. Gardnerella vaginalis

Answer 8

1. Tomato juice agar
2. Human blood tween 80 agar

Question 9

COMMON NAME

1. Pfeiffer’s bacillus
2. Koch-Weeks bacillus
3. Klebs- Löeffler bacillus

Answer 9

1. Haemophilus influenzae
2. Haemophilus aegyptius
3. Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Question 10

COMMON NAME

1. Canned goods bacillus
2. Tuck head / Drumstick / Lollipop bacillus
3. Hoffman’s bacillus

Answer 10

1. Clostridium botulinum
2. Clostridium tetani
3. Corynebacterium pseudodipthericum

Question 11

SEROLOGICAL TESTS

1. C. diphtheriae
2. L. Monocytogenes
3. Bacillus anthracis
4. Spirochetes

Answer 11

1. Elek’s Test, Schick’s Test, Roemer Test
2. Anton’s Test
3. Ascoli test
4. Western blot, ELISA