Bacterial Culture Media in Plate & Tube
Bacterial Culture Media in Plate & Tube
Bacterial Culture Media in Plate & Tube
Outdated human blood or 5% defribinated sheep blood (preferred) Trypticase Soy Agar or Nutrient agar
Beta hemolysis { Nonselective agar for Hemolysis Differentiation } PINHEAD Staphylococcus PINPOINT - Streptococcus
Complete lysis with colorless zone [diffusion of hemoglobin into the surrounding medium] S. pyogenes S. agalactiae
Gamma hemolysis
Nonhemolytic
Hemolytic Lysed red blood cells Trypticase Soy Agar or Nutrient agar X factor (hemin) V factor or NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucletide, coenzyme) {Nonselective agar for Hemolysis Differentiation} PINHEAD Staphylococcus PINPOINT Streptococcus **S. aureus - 1 src. of X factor
Nonhemolytic
{Selective & Differential agar} Gram (-) inhibitor Inhibits swarming of Proteus
MSA Mannitol salt agar {Selective & Differential agar} Inhibits Gram (-)
Mannitol
7.5% NaCl
Phenol red
Beef extract
EMB Eosin methylene blue agar {Selective & Differential agar} Inhibits Gram (+) Lactose Eosin Methylene blue
Pink to purple colonies with Green metallic sheen w/ or w/o black center (fisheye) Pink to purple colonies, mucoid
{Differential agar} Inhibits Gram Lactose Crystal violet Bile salts Neutral red
Salmonella typhi Shigella sonnei Proteus vulgaris Psedomonas aeroginosa RLF: Escherichia, Enterobacter, Klebsiella LLF: Citrobacter, Serratia, Hafnia alvei, Y. enterocolitica, S. arizonae, S. sonnei NLF: Proteus, Providencia, Morganella, Edwardsiella Salmonella (r/o) arizonae Shigella (r/o) sonnei Yersenia (r/o) enterocolitica Citrobacter freundii Salmonella arizonae E. coli Klebsiella pneumonia Enterobacter aerogenes Shigella sonnei Serratia marcesens Providencia rettegri Morganella morganii Shigella dysenteriae Salmonella typhi Proteus vulgaris Proteus mirabilis
(+) HEA Hektoen Enteric agar {Selective & Differential agar} Inhibits normal flora coliform of the lower GI tract [Salmonella and Shigella species from other Gram (-) enteric organisms] Bromthymol blue [H2S: ferric ammonium chitrate; sodium thiosulfate] Yellow to orange w/ black center Yellow to orange w/o black center
XLD Xylose-lysine deoxycholate {Selective & Differential agar} Inhibits normal flora coliforms Xylose [Partially E. coli & swarming of Proteus]
Phenol red [H2S: ferric ammonium chitrate; sodium thiosulfate] Na+ Deoxycholate [Lysine AA Lysine decarboxylase ] (+)LDC = CADAVERIN (pH)
Yellow colonies w/ black center (acid) Yellow colonies w/o black center (acid)
Citrobacter freundii Proteus vulgaris Proteus mirabilis E. coli Klebsiella pneumonia Enterobacter aerogenes Providencia retteri Serratia marcesens
Red colonies w/ black center (alk) Red colonies w/o black center (alk) Pink to red colonies (LF)
Salmonella typhi Shigella dysenteriae Normal flora coliforms *Shigella sonnei *Salmonella arizonae (w/ black center) Shigella dysenteriae Shigella flexneri Shigella boydii Salmonella typhi V. cholera V. alginolyticus V. parahaemolyticus V. vulnificus Aeromonas Psuedomonas
{Selective & Differential agar} Inhibition of normal flora coliforms Inhibits Gram (+) & (-)
Lactose
Yellow to colorless w/o black center Yellow to colorless w/ black center Yellow colonies Blue-green colonies
TCBS Thiosulfate Citrate Bile salt Sucrose agar {Selective & Differential agar} Isolate Vibrio sp. Sodium citrate Sodium thiosulfate Oxgall
Sucrose
Salmonella typhi
{Selective & Differential agar} Isolate Salmonella sp. Inhibit Gram (+), lactose fermenter & shigellase
CYSTEINE TELLURITE AGAR (CTA) >gray to black colonies Corynebacterium diptheriae MODIFIED TYNSDALE AGAR >black colonies with brown halos LOEFFLER SERUM SLANT >enhance METACHROMATIC granules BLOOD CYSTEIN GLUCOSE AGAR BUFFERED CHARCOAL YEASE EXTRACT (BYCE) With L-cysteine CYCLOSERINE CEFOXITIN FRUCTOSE AGAR (CCFA) (Brucella) LAKED KANAMYCIN VANCOMYCIN 5% SHEEP BLOOD AGAR (LKV) BIPHASIC (2 phased media) >SEPTI-CHECK & OLD CASTAEDA *ideal for airborne microbes
Francisella tularensis Legionella pneumophilia Clostridium difficile Prevotella melaninogenica 5-6 wks: LEPTOSPIRA 3-4 wks: BRUCELLA 2-3 wks: MYCOBACTERIUM BACTERIOLOGY 231
FORMATION
CARBOHYDRATE
pH INDICATOR
H2S INDICATOR
RESULT A/AG
Butt Slant
Phenol red
E. coli Enterobacter aerogenes Pantoea agglomerans Klebsiella pneumonia Serratia Salmonella arizonae Citobacter freundii Salmonella arizonae Hafnia alvei Morganella morganii Morganella freundii Citrobacter koseri Serratia marcescens Hafnia alvei Proteus vulgaris Proteus mirabilis Salmonella paratyphi Salmonella choleraesuis Edwardsiella tarda Yersinia entericolitica Shigella sonnei Shigella dysenteriae Shigella flexneri Shigella boydii Salmonella typhi Pseudonmonas aeroginosa Alcaligenes
A/AG+ or K/AG+
A/AG or K/AG
K/AG+
K/A+ K/K
FORMATION
AMINO ACID
CARBOHYDRATE
RESULT E. coli Enterobacter aerogenes Klebsiella pneumonia Serratia marcescens Hafnia alvei Pantoea agglomerans Citobacter freundii Shigella dysenteriae Shigella flexneri Shigella boydii Proteus Providencia Morganella Salmonella typhimurium Salmonella arizonae Salmonella typhi Salmonella parayphi Salmonella choleraesuis Edwardsiella tarda
Butt Slant
Lysine
Glucose
K/K
K/A
R/A *deaminase(+)
K/AG+
MEDIA
PRINCIPLE The organism oxidized tryptophan by trytophanase tryptophan pyruvic acid amino acid indol
FORMATION
MEDIUM
Butt
Tryptone broth
REAGENT Ehrlichs Add: EtOH and/or XYLENE (xtract indol) then p-dab Kovacs p-aminodimethyl benzaldehyde (p-dab) Spot Indole: rapid detection filter paper:1% pdab in 4 hours.
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
Red Ring
Yellow/Brown Ring
The organism ferments glucose to pyruvic acid resulting in mixed acid products leading to decreased pH (4.55.5) of the medium and takes the color of the indicator
Butt
Red solution
Yellow solution
The organism ferments glucose producing acetylmethylcarbinol (acetoin) and converted to dimethyl/diacetyl in the presence of oxygen and KOH. KOH reacts w/ GUANIDINE = color
Butt
MRVP
VP Reagent A: Alpha napthol in absolute methyl alcohol VP Reagent B: 40% KOH with 0.3% creatine
Yellow or copper-like
MEDIA
PRINCIPLE The organism utilizes the citrate (sole src. of carbon) producing ammonia and converted to ammonium hydroxide. This alkaline compound raises the pH of the medium and takes the blue color. Urease splits the urea molecules into ammonia, carbon dioxide and water. Ammonia reacts in solution to form alkaline compound, ammonium carbonate, which results in an increased pH of the medium and a color change in the indicator to pink-red.
FORMATION
MEDIUM
INDICATOR
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
Slant
Bromthymol blue
Green color
Urease Test
Butt (Broth)
Urea broth
Phenol red
Pink-red
No color change
Butt (Semisolid)
Motile (growth Nonmotile pattern (growth away from pattern is inoculation confined) line) H2S production (Blackening of the butt) Indol production (red ring)
Water Analysis Testing >sanitary supply of water >suitability for general use Method: Multiple Fermentation Tube Technique PRESUMPTIVE TEST: LACTOSE BROTH CONFIRMED TEST: BGBL, EMB, ENDO AGAR COMPLETED TEST: LACTOSE BROTH Uninocculated