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Clinical Micro 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Staphylococcus aureus | Catalase: pos Coagulase: pos Trehalose: pos Mannitol: pos Maltose: pos Sucrose: pos Mannose: pos Beta hemolysis Smooth, creamy yellow colonies Gram pos cocci in clusters |
| Staphylococcus saprophyticus | Catalase: pos Coagulase: neg Urea: pos Novobiocin: resistant Trehalose: pos Mannitol: delayed pos Maltose: pos Sucrose: pos Mannose: neg No hemolysis Glossy, smooth, convex, white/yellow colonies Gram positive cocci in clusters |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | Catalase: pos Coagulase: neg Urea: pos Novobiocin: susceptible Trehalose: neg Mannitol: neg Maltose: pos Sucrose: pos Mannose: delayed pos No hemolysis Glossy, smooth, convex, white/yellow colonies Gram pos cocci in clusters |
| Micrococcus spp. | Catalase: pos Coagulase: neg Microdase: pos Bacitracin: susceptible No hemolysis Opaque, convex, white/yellow/tan colonies Gram positive cocci in tetrads |
| Streptococcus pyogenes | Catalase: neg Motile: neg PYR: pos CAMP: neg Beta hemolysis Gram positive cocci in chains |
| Streptococcus agalactiae | Catalase: neg Motile: neg PYR: neg CAMP: pos Beta hemolysis Gram positive cocci in chains |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | Catalase: neg Motile: neg Optochin: susceptible Alpha hemolysis Gram positive lancets singly or diplococci |
| Alpha Viridans streptococci | Catalase: neg Motile: neg PYR: pos Optochin: resistant |
| Enterococcus spp. | Catalase: neg Motile: neg Bile esculin: pos Alpha/gamma hemolysis Gram positive cocci singly or in pairs |
| Bacillus anthracis | Catalase: pos No hemolysis Dry, irregular, round glass colonies Gram pos bacilli Inhalation of endospores/exposure to animals/food-borne illness |
| Bacillus cereus | Catalase: pos No hemolysis Dry, irregular, round glass colonies Gram pos bacilli Exposure to soil/food borne illness/possible GI/eye infections |
| Corynebacterium spp. | Catalase: pos Gray/white colonies Gram positive bacilli in palisades diphtheriae: brown halo on tellurite agar |
| Listeria monocytogenes | Catalase: pos Motile: pos, umbrella pattern VP: pos CAMP: pos Bile esculin: pos Ferments glucose Narrow zone of beta hemolysis Gram positive rods, possible in chains |
| Arcanobacterium | Catalase: neg Gelatinase: neg Gram positive rods, curved with pointed ends |
| Lactobacillus | Catalase: neg Gram positive rods in long chains, pleomorphic |
| Erysipelothrix | Catalase: neg TSI: H2S Gram positive short and long rods |
| Gardnerella vaginalis | Catalase: neg Beta hemolysis Small, pleomorphic gram variable or gram negative coccobacilli Small, gray, opaque colonies |
| Trueperella | Catalase: neg Gelatinase: pos Gram positive rods with pointed ends, irregular |
| Haemophilus influenzae | Gram negative diplococci or rods Unencapsulated: small, smooth, translucent colonies Encapsulated: larger, mucoid colonies with mousy odor No hemolysis X and V factor |
| Haemophilus parainfluenzae | Gram negative diplococci or rods large, rough, serrated edges, wrinkled, off-white to yellow colonies V factor only |
| Haemophilus ducreyi | Gram negative diplococci or rods Small, flat, gray, smooth, translucent to opaque colonies Slight beta hemolysis X factor only |
| Haemophilus aegyptius | Gram negative diplococci or rods Small, flat, smooth, convex, translucent colonies X and V factor |
| Neisseria gonorrhoeae | gram negative diplococci Glucose: pos Lactose: neg Maltose: neg Sucrose: neg Small, gray/white, convex, translucent, smooth or irregular colonies |
| Neisseria meningitidis | gram negative diplococci Glucose: pos Lactose: neg Maltose: pos Sucrose: neg Medium, smooth, round, moist, gray to white colonies |
| Neisseria lactamica | gram negative diplococci Glucose: pos Lactose: pos Maltose: pos Sucrose: neg Small, nonpigmented or yellowish, smooth, transparent colonies |
| Neisseria sicca | gram negative diplococci Glucose: pos Lactose: neg Maltose: pos Sucrose: pos Large, nonpigmented, wrinkled, coarse and dry colonies |
| Moraxella catarrhalis | gram negative diplococci Oxidase: pos Glucose: pos Lactose: neg Maltose: pos Sucrose: pos Large, pinkish to brown, opaque, smooth, friable, hockey puck colonies |
| Asaia spp. | Oxidase: pos Pale and pink colonies Do not fluoresce |
| Eikenella corrodens | Oxidase: pos Moist, clear centers with flat, spreading growth colonies May pit the agar surface Bleach odor |
| Weeksella virosa | Oxidase: pos Mucoid, tan to brown colonies |
| Bergeyella zoohelcum | Oxidase: pos Sticky, tan to yellow colonies |
| Methylobacterium spp. | Oxidase: pos Pink to coral colonies Dark pink under UV light |
| Escherichia coli | Gram negative rods Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Glucose: pos Nitrate: pos Lactose: pos Sorbitol: pos |
| Escherichia coli O157:H7 | Gram negative rods Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Glucose: pos Nitrate: pos Lactose: pos Sorbitol: neg |
| Plesiomonas shigelloides | Gram negative rods Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Glucose: pos Nitrate: pos Indole: pos Motile: pos Lactose: neg Lysine: pos Ornithine: pos Arginine: pos |
| Salmonella Enteritidis | Gram negative rods Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Glucose: pos Nitrate: pos Indole: neg MR: pos Lactose: neg Sorbitol: pos H2S: pos Citrate: pos LDC: pos ODC: pos |
| Salmonella Typhi | Gram negative rods Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Glucose: pos Nitrate: pos Indole: neg MR: pos Lactose: neg Sorbitol: pos H2S: pos Citrate: neg LDC: pos ODC: neg |
| Shigella sonnei | Gram negative rods Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Glucose: pos Nitrate: pos Indole: neg Lactose: neg MR: pos Citrate: neg ODC: pos ONPG: pos KIA: K/A |
| Shigella spp. | Gram negative rods Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Glucose: pos Nitrate: pos Indole: neg Lactose: neg MR: pos Citrate: neg ODC: neg ONPG: neg KIA: K/A |
| Yersinia pestis | Gram negative rods Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Glucose: pos Nitrate: pos MR: pos Citrate: neg ODC: neg Urea: neg ONPG: pos Rough, cauliflower like colonies Safety pin staining |
| Yersinia enterocolitica | Gram negative rods Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Glucose: pos Nitrate: pos MR: pos Citrate: neg ODC: pos Urea: pos ONPG: pos Bulls eye colonies Safety pin staining |
| Citrobacter freundii | Indole: neg MR: pos Citrate: pos Lactose: pos ODC: neg H2S: pos |
| Citrobacter koseri | Indole: pos MR: pos Citrate: pos Lactose: pos ODC: pos |
| Edwardsiella tarda | Indole: pos MR: pos H2S: pos Urea: neg LDC: pos ODC: pos ONPG: neg Sorbitol: neg |
| Enterobacter spp. | Lactose: pos KIA: A/A gas ODC: pos VP: pos Citrate: pos Urea: weak pos Smooth, convex, gray colonies Non hemolytic |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | Indole: neg Lactose: pos VP: pos Citrate: pos Urea: pos ODC: neg Decarboxylate lysine: pos Mucoid colonies |
| Klebsiella oxytoca | Indole: pos Lactose: pos VP: pos Citrate: pos Urea: pos ODC: neg Decarboxylate lysine: pos Mucoid colonies |
| Proteus mirabilis | Indole: neg MR: neg VP: pos Citrate: pos PAD: pos Swarming colonies |
| Proteus vulgaris | Indole: pos MR: pos VP: neg Citrate: neg PAD: pos Swarming colonies |
| Morganella morganii susp. morganii | Indole: pos MR: pos VP: neg Citrate: neg PAD: pos |
| Providencia spp. | Indole: pos MR: pos VP: neg Citrate: pos PAD: pos |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Gram negative bacilli Lactose: neg Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Motile: pos Glucose: pos Xylose: pos Mannitol: pos ADH: pos LDC: neg ODC: neg Gelatin: neg Nitrate: pos Beta hemolysis Mucoid colonies |
| Pseudomonas fluorescens | Gram negative bacilli Lactose: neg Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Motile: pos Glucose: pos Xylose: pos ADH: pos LDC: neg ODC: neg Gelatin: pos Nitrate: neg Beta hemolysis |
| Pseudomonas putida | Gram negative bacilli Lactose: neg Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Motile: pos Glucose: pos Xylose: pos ADH: pos LDC: neg ODC: neg Gelatin: neg Nitrate: neg Beta hemolysis |
| Pseudomonas stutzeri | Gram negative bacilli Lactose: neg Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Motile: pos Glucose: pos Xylose: pos Mannitol: pos ADH: neg LDC: neg ODC: neg Gelatin: neg Nitrate: pos Beta hemolysis |
| Burkholderia cepacia | Gram neg bacilli Lactose: neg Oxidase: weak pos Motile: pos Glucose: pos Xylose: V Mannitol: pos ADH: pos LDC: V ODC: neg Nitrate: V Gelatin: V Dirt smell |
| Burkholderia pseudomallei | Gram neg bacilli Lactose: neg Oxidase: pos Motile: pos Glucose: pos Xylose: pos Mannitol: pos ADH: pos LDC: neg ODC: neg Nitrate: pos Gelatin: pos Earthy odor |
| Burkholderia mallei | Gram neg bacilli Lactose: V Oxidase: weak pos Motile: pos Glucose: pos Xylose: V Mannitol: neg ADH: pos LDC: neg ODC: neg Nitrate: pos Gelatin: neg |
| Actinobacillus spp. | Short, gram negative rods singly, in pairs, or in chains Bipolar staining Catalae: neg Oxidase: pos Urea: pos Bile esculin: neg |
| Aggregatibacter spp. | Pleomorphic gram negative bacilli Catalase: pos Indole: neg Oxidase: pos Urea: pos Bile esculin: neg |
| Cardiobacterium spp. | Pleomorphic gram negative rods Catalase: neg Indole: pos Oxidase: pos Nitrate: neg Slight alpha hemolysis May pit agar |
| Kingella spp. | Short, plump, gram negative coccobacilli with square ends Catalase: neg Indole: neg Oxidase: pos Nitrate: neg Beta or gamma hemolysis May pit agar |
| Capnocytophaga spp. | Gram negative fusiform bacilli, tapered end Catalase: neg Oxidase: neg Flat colonies with hazy edges |
| Acinetobacter spp. | Gram negative plump coccobacilli Catalase: pos Oxidase: neg Motile: neg Lactose: neg Smooth, opaque, raised, creamy colonies Purple pigmentation on MAC |
| Bordetella spp. | Gram negative coccobacilli or rods Lactose: neg |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | Gram negative rods Catalase: pos Oxidase: neg Motile: pos Lactose: neg Decarboxylase lysine: pos Gelatin: pos DNAse: pos Nitrate: V Large, smooth, glistening, uneven edges, lavender-green to light purple pigmented colonies Ammonia odor |
| Achromobacter spp. | Gram negative bacilli Oxidase: pos Motile: pos Glucose: pos Xylose: pos Lactose: neg Nitrate: pos |
| Alcaligenes spp. | Gram negative rods or coccobacilli Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Motile: pos Urea: neg Glucose: pos Lactose: neg Nitrate: neg Gelatin: V Green apple odor |
| Shewanella putrefaciens | Gram negative bacilli Oxidase: pos Glucose: V Lactose: neg Nitrate: pos TSI: H2S Brown/Tan pigment |
| Ochrobactrum spp. | Gram negative bacilli Oxidase: pos Glucose: pos Xylose: pos Mannitol: pos Lactose: neg Nitrate: pos Beta galactosidase: neg |
| Rhizobium spp. | Gram negative bacilli Oxidase: pos Glucose: pos Xylose: pos Mannitol: pos Lactose: neg Nitrate: pos Beta galactosidase: pos Red/orange pigment |
| Campylobacter coli | Curved, seagull shaped, gram negative rods Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Hippurate: neg Cephalothin: resistant Naladixic acid: suceptible |
| Acrobacter spp. | Curved gram negative rods Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Urea: neg |
| Helicobacter spp. | Curved gram negative rods Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Urea: pos Nitrate: pos |
| Campylobacter fetus | Curved, seagull shaped, gram negative rods Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Hippurate: neg Cephalothin: susceptible Naladixic acid: resistant |
| Campylobacter jejuni | Curved, seagull shaped, gram negative rods Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Hippurate: pos Cephalothin: resistant Naladixic acid: susceptible |
| Elizabethkingia meningoseptica | Gram negative bacilli Oxidase: pos Indole: pos Motile: neg Glucose: pos Mannitol: pos Lactose: neg ONPG: pos Gelatin: pos Bile esculin: pos Yellow colonies Fruity odor |
| Moraxella catarrhalis | Gram negative coccobacilli Oxidase: pos Indole: pos Motile: neg Glucose: pos Lactose: neg Yellow colonies |
| Vibrio | Gram negative rods Oxidase: pos Indole: pos Lactose: neg LDC: pos |
| Aeromonas | Gram negative rods or coccobacilli Oxidase: pos Indole: pos Motile: pos Sucrose: pos Lactose: neg ADH: pos LDC: pos Gelatin: pos Bile esculin: pos Beta hemolysis |
| Pasteurella spp. | Gram negative rods Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Urea: neg Indole: pos ODC: pos Nitrate: pos |
| Bartonella spp. | Gram negative rods Catalase: neg Oxidase: neg Urea: neg |
| Brucella spp. | Gram negative rods Catalase: pos Oxidase: pos Urea: pos Nitrate: pos |