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FTM useful for studying aero tolerance of given microbe |
Fluid Thioglycollate Medium Excellent for cultivating obligate anaerobes and Microaerophiles |
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Microorganisms with complex nutritional requirements and specific growth conditions |
Fastidious microbes |
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Reazurin |
Dye that turns pink when it is oxidized by oxygen |
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Psychrophile microorganisms |
Grow below 20 degree C |
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Psychrtroph |
Grow between 0-30 degrees C |
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Mesophile |
Grow between 15-45degrees C |
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Thermophile |
Grow above 40 degrees c |
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Extreme thermophile |
Grow above 80 degrees C |
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What is the differential agent in starch hydrolysis test |
Differential agent is Starch used to identify presence of a=amylase and oblige 1 and 6 glucosidase |
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Indicator for starch hydrolysis test is |
Iodine this is added after incubation |
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In a starch hydrolysis test the presence of starch is indicated by ? |
Blue black or dark brown color. Clearing around colony means absence of starch |
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Casein Hydolysis test differential agent is |
Differential agent is milk. Used to identify presence in of cases see which hydro lines casein( primary protein in milk) |
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Casein Hydolysis test differential agent is |
Differential agent is milk. Used to identify presence in of casease which hydrolizes casein( primary protein in milk) |
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Casein hydrolysis test indicator is? |
Indicator is clearing of the “white” color produced by the milk protein casein |
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Lipid hydrolysis testdifferential agent is |
Tributyrine oil used to identify the presence of lipases that hydrolysis lipids or tryglicerides for transport into cells |
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Lipid hydrolysis test indicator is |
Indicator is clearing of the cloudiness originally produced by the presence of oil in the agar |
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Gram positive, groups of cocci, salt tolerant so isolated on MSA, cause food poisoning, toxic shock, pink eye, etc., coagulase positive |
Staphylococcus aereus. |
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Anaerobic, produces endospores, causes intestinal hemorrhaging |
Clostridium sporogenes |
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Aerobe, motile, fruity smelling, produces blue-green pigment on culture plates, has phagocyte resistant slime layer, can infect any part of the body |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
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Gram negative rod, opportunistic pathogen infecting heart valves, CNS, GI, bones, joints ; isolated on Pseudomonas isolation agar |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
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5. Gram-negative rod.. common resident of digestive tract, important for health because it produces vitamins K and B complex, indicator bacterium for fecal contamination |
Escherichia coli |
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Causative agent of common UTI(urinary tract infection), Montezuma’s revenge, food poisoning, strain O157:H7 enterohemohrrahgic that produces a toxin |
Escherichia Coli |
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. Gram positive coccus, commonly found in digestive tract, causes endocarditis, cystitis, wound infections, risky to patients with urinary or intravascular catheterization |
Enterococcus faecalis |