Microbiology Lab Practical Practice

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Motile?
  • Yes
    • Citrobacter freundii
    • Enterobacter aerogenes
    • Escherichia coli
    • Proteus vulgaris
    • Salmonella typhimurium
    • Pseudomonas
  • No
    • Staphylococcus aureus
    • Streptococcus durans
    • Micrococcus luteus
    • Neisseria sicca
    • Klebsiella pneumoniae
    • Shigella sonnei
Hydrogen sulfide?
  • The iron in media reacts with H2S --> dark precipitate
  • +
    • Proteus vulgaris
    • Citrobacter freundii
    • Salmonella enteriditis
    • some Edwardsiella
  • -
    • Escherichia coli
Indole?
  • Tryptophanase production?
  • tryptophan --> NH3+pyruvate+indole
  • +
    • Escherichia coli
    • Edwardsiella tarda
    • Providencia stuartii
    • Proteus vulgaris
  • -
    • Enterobacter aerogenes
    • Salmonella enteriditis
    • Acinetobacter baumannii
    • Listeria innocua
    • Sarcina aurantica
    • Sporosarcina ureae
Citrate?
  • citrate as sole carbon source
  • can it produce citrate permease?
  • +
    • Enterobacter cloacae
    • Citrobacter freundii
    • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    • Providencia stuartii
    • Acinetobactter baumannii
  • -
    • Escherichia coli
    • Edwardsiella tarda
    • Alcaligenes faecalis
    • Listeria innocua
MacConkey plate
  • differentiate between lactose and non-lactose fermenters
  • +
    • Escherichia coli
    • Klebsiella pneumoniae
    • Citrobacter freundii
    • Proteus vularis
    • Providencia stuartii
    • Enterobacter aerogenes
    • Serratia marcescens
  • -
    • Salmonella enteriditis
    • Shigella sonnei
Urease?
  • produce urease?
  • +
    • Proteus vulgaris
    • Providencia stuartii
    • Sporosarcina ureae
Methyl Red
  • pyruvate broken down to mixed acids
    • lactic acid, succinic acid, ethanol acetic acid
  • Reagent: Methyl Red Reagent
  • +
    • Escherichia coli
    • Proteus vulgaris
    • Salmonella enteriditis
    • Providencia stuartii
    • Edwardsiella tarda
    • Morganella morganii
    • Hafnia alveoli
    • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • -
    • Shigella sonnei
    • Citrobacter freundii
    • Klebsiella pneumoniae
    • Yersinia, Acinetobacter, Listeria, Sporosarcina, Alcaligenes, Sarcina, Enterobacter
LDC (lysine decarboxylase)
  • +
    • Enterobacter aerogenes
    • Edwardsiella tarda
    • Salmonella enterditis
    • Citrobacter freundii
    • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    • Acinetobacter baumannii
  • -
    • ​Proteus, Providencia. Shigella, Alcaligenes, Morganella, Bacillus, Listeria, Sporosarcina, Sarcina
ODC (ornithine decarboxylase)
  • +
    • Edwardsiella tarda
    • Salmonella enterditis
    • Citrobacter freundii
    • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    • Shigella sonnei
    • Morganella morganii
    • Acinetobacter baumannii
  • -
    • Proteus, Providencia, Alcaligenes, Bacillus, Listeria, Sporosarcina, Sarcina
Vogues Proskeur
  • pyruvate converted to acetoin (end prod) + CO2
  • butanediol fermentation
  • Reagents: A (alpha-napthol) and B (KOH)
  • +
    • Enterobacter aerogenes
    • Serratia marcescens
    • Erwinia carotovora
  • -
    • ​Escherichia coli
    • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Nitrate Reduction
  • can reduce nitrate to nitrite in anaerobic condition
  • Reagents: A (sulfanilic acid) & B (dimethyl-alpha-napthylamine)
  • color change after AB addn --> (+)
  • clear after zinc addn --> (+)
  • clear but color change after zinc addn --> (-)
  • +
    • Escherichia coli
    • Edwardsiella tarda
    • Morganella morganii
    • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    • Sprosarcina ureae
  • -
    • ​Alcaligenes faecalis
    • Acinetobacter baumannii
    • Listeria innocua
    • Sarcina aurantica
NaCl Tube
  • growth in salt environment?
  • +
    • Enterococcus faecalis
  • -
    • ​Streptococcus bovis
Mannitol Durham Tube
  • phenol red indicator change color when acid is produced --> lower pH
    • yellow indicates that sugar was fermented and acid was produced
    • red indicates no sugar fermentation
  • Durham tube --> gas production
Starch
  • produce amylase?
  • Reagent: iodine
  • if no amylase, starch should be present and form complex with iodine (negative result) --> dark
  • if positive for amylase production, iodine has no starch to form complex with --> clear zone around growth
  • +
    • Bacillus cereus
    • Staphylococcus aureus
  • -
    • ​Escherichia coli
Casein
  • caseinase production?
  • +
    • Bacillus cereus
    • Staphylococcus aureus
    • Micrococcus luteus
  • -
    • ​Alcaligenes faecalis
    • Acinetobacter baumannii