Staining
Gram Positive
Gram Negative
Biochemical
Media
100

What is the name of the primary stain

Crystal Violet

100

Gram positive cocci, catalase positive, coagulase positive

S. aureus

100

Gram negative rod, strong lactose fermenter, metallic sheen on EMB. 

E. coli

100

Most non-fermenters are ____ positive?

Oxidase

100

What media is used to screen for gram negatives

MAC/EMB

200

What acts as a mordant

Iodine

200

Gram positive cocci, catalase negative, beta hemolytic, bacitracin susceptible 

S. pyogenes

200

Possesses a capsule, lactose fermenter, citrate positive

Klebsiella species

200

What biochemical is often used to tell the difference between K.pneumoniae and K. oxytoca? 

Indole

200

What agar is used in Cystic Fibrosis sputum cultures to isolate Burkholderia cepacia?

BCSA

300

Reagent used as decolorizer

Acetone/Alcohol 

300

Gram positive cocci, catalase negative, narrow zone of hemolysis, CAMP positive

S. agalactiae

300

Swarming motility, indole positive

Proteus vulgaris

300

Gram positive cocci, ferments bile esculin
(think back to our lab with the BEA plate)

Enterococcus species

300

What plate is used to screen for E.coli 0157: H7?

SMAC

400

Color that WBC's should appear

Pink

400

Gram positive cocci in lancet shapes, mucoid alpha hemolytic colonies, bile soluble, and optochin sensitive

S. pneumoniae

400

Oxidase positive Enterobacterales stool pathogen

Plesiomonas species

400

Oxidase negative, biochemically inert, associated with ventilator nosocomial infections, difficult to treat

A. baumanii 

400

What plate is used to screen for Yersenia, which is kept at 23 degree celsius?

CIN

500

Why won't mycoplasma stain with a gram stain?

They lack a cell wall

500

Second most common cause of UTI's in sexually active females, routinely susceptible to nitrofurantoin

S. saprophyticus

500

H2S production on HE/XLD, stool pathogen

Salmonella species

500

PAD positive, NLF

Proteus, Morganella, Providencia

500

What media is used for the isolation of Vibrio, which causes rice water stools?

TCBS