Mnemonics Flashcards
TSIA: A/A
Rapid Lactose Fermenter
Mnemonics: “EKE”
Escherichia coli
Klebsiella
Enterobacter
TSIA: K/A H2S (+)
Mnemonics: SPACEd
Salmonella
Proteus
Arizonae
Citrobacter
Edwardsiella
TSIA: K/A H2S (-)
Mnemonics: PMS
Providencia
Morganella
Shigella
TSIA: K/K H2S (-)
Mnemonics: Al PaSEUBo
Alcaligens
Pseudomonas
Borkholderia
H2S (+)
Mnemonics: SPACEd
Salmonella
Proteus
Arizonae
Citrobacter freundii
Edwardsiella
LDC (+)
Mnemonics: KEEESSA
Klebsiella
E. coli
Enterobacter
Edwardsiella
Serratia
Salmonella
Arizona
Catalase Positive Organisms
mnemonics: Cats Need PLACESS to Belch their Hairball
Nocardia
Paseudomonas
Listeria
Aspergillus
Candida
E. coli
Staphylococci
Serratia
B. cepacia
H. pylori
Reagent: 3% H2O2
DNAse Positive
mnemonics: MASSS
Moraxella
Aeromonas
S. aureus
S. marcescens
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Novibiocin Test
mnemonics: NO StREsS at 16
Saprophyticus - RESISTANT
Epidermidis - SUSCEPTIBLE
Reagent: 5 ug of Novobiocin; Positive: 16 mm
Optochin Test
OVeR PaSs
Viridans - Resistant
S. pneumoniae - Susceptible
Bacitracin Test
BR-AS
Group B - Resistant
Group A - Susceptible
Non-lactose Fermenter
mnemonics: SSShY and PEPE Mo
Salmonella
Seratia
Shigella
Yersinia
Providencia
Erwinia
Proteus
Edwardsiella
Morganella
Late Lactose Fermenter
mnemonics: Cit Ser Yer Haf Sa Shi
Citrobacter
Seratia
Yersinia
Haffnia
Salmonella arizonae
Shigella sonnei
Indole Positive (+)
menmonics: Mor PEKPEC Pleis
Morganella
Proteus vulgaris
E. coli,
Klebsiella oxytoca
Providencia
Edwardsiella tarda
Citrobacter koseri,
Pleisiomonas
Rapid Urease (4 hours) Positive (+) of Enterobactericiae
mnemonics: PPM
Proteus
Providencia rettheri
Morganella
Rapid Urease (4 hours)
mnemonics: TPUNCH
T. mentagrophyes
PPM (Providencia, Proteus, Morganella)
Ureaplasma
Nocardia
C. neoformans
H. pylori
Citrate Positive
menmonics: Pro CHEEKS
Providencia
Citrobacter
Haffnia
Eweingella
Klebsiella
Salmonella entiritidis
VP Positive
mnemonics: Pa KEESSSH
Pantoeae agglomerans
Klebsiella
Ewingella
Enterobacter
Serratia
S. aureus
S. schleiferi
Hafnia
Oxidase Positive
mnemonics: PPPVNCH AF BBL
Plesiomonas
Pseudomonas
Pasteurella
Vibrio cholera
Neisseria
Campylobacter
Helicobacter pylori
Aeromonas
Flavobacterium meningiosepticum
Bordetella bronchoseptica
Bordetella pertussis
Legionella pneumophilla
Catalase Positive-Oxidase Negative (CPON)
Staphylococcus
All ENTEROBACTERIACEAE except Pleisiomonas
Francisella
Late Urease Positive
mnemonics: C KEYS
Citrobacter
Klebsiella
Enterobacter
Yersinia
Serratia
Utilization Tests with BLUE as positive color
Acetamide Utilization
Acetate Utilization
Citrate Utilization
Slow Urease Producers
mnemonics: C-KEY
Citrobacter
Klebsiella
Enterobacter
Yersinia
Serratia
PAD (+) Positive
menmonics: PPM
Proteus
Providencia
Morganella
