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D Bac Exam 2

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Enterobacteriaceae   gram postive rods, non spore forming, grow on peptone media, grow on macconkey agar, usually faculatative anaerobes, ferment glucose with gas production, catalase +, oxidase -, reduce nitrate.  
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Friedlander's Bacillus ("brick red" sputum)   K. pneumoniae  
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endotoxin shock (symptoms)   fever, leucopenia, capilary hemorrhage, hypotension, circulatory collapse  
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limulus lysate assay   reagent prepared from the ameboctytes of the horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus). Tests for endotoxin shock  
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lipid A   toxic portion of lipopolysaccharide of gram negative cell wall that produces endotoxin  
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Flagellar antigen   H antigen  
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Capsular antigen   K antigen  
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Somatic antigen   O antigen  
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Ewig   developed the concept of tribes with Enterobacteriaceae  
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tribe I   Eschericheae  
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tribe II   Edwardsielleae  
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tribe III   Salmonelleae  
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tribe IV   Citrobactereae  
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tribe V   Klebsielleae  
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tribe VI   Proteeae  
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tribe VII   Yersinieae  
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Methyl Red Test   tests for mixed acid fermentation (red below pH 4.4 and yellow above pH 6.2)  
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Voges Proskauer Test   tests for butanediol fermentation  
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Embden-Meyerhof pathway   series of glycolytic cleavages that result in the production of pyruvic acid from glucose  
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ONPG-galactose test   tests for beta galactosidase and beta galactoside permease, (+ = yellow, - = colorless)  
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enzyme needed for fermentation of lactose   beta galactoside permease and beta galactosidase  
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Kligler Iron Agar (KIA)   contains lactose and glucose (10:1), ferrous sulfate, and phenol red  
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KIA: alkaline slant (red)/ alkaline butt(red)   no carbohydrate fermentation  
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KIA: alkaline slant (red)/ acid butt (yellow)   glucose fermented but lactose not (ex. Shigella)  
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KIA: alkaline slant (red)/ acid butt (black)   glucose fermented but lactose not, production of hydrogen sulfide (Salmonella, Citrobacter, and Proteus)  
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KIA: acid slant (yellow)/ acid butt (yellow)   glucose and lactose fermented (ex. E. coli, Klebsiella, and Enterobactor)  
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MacConkey Agar   differential media for selection and recovery of Enterobacteriaceae  
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MacConkey Agar: red colonies   strong lactose fermenters (ex. Escherichia, Klebsiella, Enterobactor)  
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MacConkey Agar: pink colonies   weak lactose fermenters (ex. Citrobactor, Providencia, Serratia, and Hafnia)  
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MacConkey Agar: colorless colonies   Non lactose fermenters (ex. Proteus, Edwardsiella, Salmonella, Shigella)  
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Eosin Methylene Blue Agar   differentiates between lactose and non lactose fermenters (similar to MacConkey Agar in the detection and differentiation of Enterobacteriaceae)  
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Eosin Methylene Blue Agar: green black colonies with metallic sheen   Strong lactose fermenters (E. coli)  
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Eosin Methylene Blue Agar: purple colonies   weak lactose fermenters  
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eosin methylene Blue Agar: purple to black colonies   sucrose fermenters and non lactose fermenters (ex. Yersinia enterocolitica)  
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Hektoen Agar   highly selective for recovery for Enterocacteriaceae (green media). Good for enhanced recovery of Salmonella and Shigella from material with heavy numbers of normal flora.  
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Hektoen Agar: bright orange, pink   rapid lactose fermenters (E. coli)  
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Hektoen Agar: blue green colonies with black centers   Salmonella  
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Hektoen Agar: more green colonies   Shigella  
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Xylose lysine deoxycholate agar   highly selective media for isolation of enterics, less inhibitory than HE agar (low conc. of bile salts), designed to detect shigellae in feces after enrichment in gram-negative broth.  
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Selenite Broth   used for recovery of Salmonella and Shigella from feces or sewage. maintain predominant E. coli in lag phase  
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ingredient in Selenite broth that inhibits E. coli   sodium selenite  
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indole   produced by the breakdown of trptophan, also produce is pyruvate and ammonia  
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tryptophanase   enzyme that breaksdown tryptophan  
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Kovac's reagent   p-dimethylaminobenxaldehyde, used in the detection of indole (red = +)  
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Citrate utiliatization   tests ability of strain to utilize citrate as a sole carbon and energy source  
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Citrate utilization: positive result   blue color  
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E. coli   indole +, methyl red +, VP -, Citrate -  
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Enterobacter aerogenes   indole -, methyl red -, VP +, citrate +  
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