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Corynebacterium
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the three main pathogens and which is the most significant? | 1) Corynebacterium diptheriae: most significant 2) Corynebacterium jeikeium 3) Rhodococcus equi |
| What are the selective media for C. diptheriae and what do the colonies look like? | 1) Cystine-Tellurite Blood Agar: black/gray colonies with garlic odor 2) Modified Tinsdale Agar: black with dark brown halo's 3) Loeffler's: minute gray colonies, granules inside the cells called Babes-Ernst bodies which can be seen with Alberts Stain. |
| What test is used to demonstrate that a C. diptheriae organism can produce the exotoxin? | The ELEK test |
| What test can measure the degree of immunity to diptheria? | The Schick Test |
| What is one way to differentiate C. diptheriae from C. jeikeium biochemically? | C. diptheriae is nitrate positive while C. jeikeium is nitrate negative but pyrazinamidase positive |
| Which organism produces a salmon-pink colony on BAP agar? | Rhodococcus eqi |