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Which of the following would be a positive result for the production of the enzyme coagulase?
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the formation of a clot in the test tube
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True or False: The rapid Staphylococcus aureus test is based on antigen/antibody reactions.
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true
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Which of the following organisms produces tryptophanase?
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E. Coli
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Suppose you are given an unknown sample that you need to identify as either Salmonella or Shigella. To accomplish this, you decide to use the rapid ID test. When you added the Shigella antiserum to your sample, white clumps were produced while the Salmonella antiserum resulted in a cloudy sample with no clumps. Based on these results, what was the identity of your unknown?
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shigella
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Which of the following organisms is resistant to the antibiotic novobiocin?
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staphylococcus saprophyticus
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True or False: When trying to identify a bacterium as a member of Streptococcus Group A, B, C, or D, testing for susceptibility to the antibiotic bacitracin will give you sufficient information to identify the organism.
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false
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Which of the following organisms causes β hemolysis on blood agar?
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staphylococcus aureus
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Which of the following organisms ferments lactose?
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E. coli
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What would a positive test for the rapid detection of Streptococcus pyogenes look like?
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two pink lines
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Which of the following organisms utilizes citrate?
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salmonella
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True or False: the only member in group B streptococcus is streptococcus agalactiae.
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true
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staphylococci are ___________ while streptococci are ______.
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catalase positive; catalase negative
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what is one disease that streptococcus pyogenes can cause?
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strep throat
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in lab, we tested streptococcus pneumoniae and streptococcus viridans for susceptibility to:
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optochin
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what is one disease that streptococcus pneumoniae can cause?
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pneumonia
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Which group of streptococci is responsible for the formation of dental plaque?
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Viridans group
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Which of the following organisms is a member of Group D streptococcus?
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Enterococcus faecalis
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Which of the following test did you preform on your staphylococcus unknown (MSA Plate) last period?
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Coagulase
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Which of the following tests did you preform on your Enterobacteriaceae unknown (MAC plate) last period?
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catalase and coagulase
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True or False: to test for starch hydrolysis, the reagent iodine was added to the plate after incubation.
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true
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Which of the following organisms is used as an indicator of fecal contamination of water?
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E. coli
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The reagent used to test for phenylalanine deamination is _____; the reagent turns ___ as a positive result
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Ferric Chloride, green
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What is the term that is used if water is coliform free and drinkable?
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potable
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Which types of media did you use to isolate your unknown organisms?
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MacConkey agar and Mannitol salt agar
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What is one illness caused by staphylococcus saprophyticus?
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urinary tract infection
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which of the following organisms are never part of the normal flora of the skin, mucous membrane, and throat?
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staphylococcus saprophyticus
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A negative test for the utilization of citrate would result in ________.
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a green color
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True or False: shigella can cause typhoid fever.
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false
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Which of the following is part of the definition for a coliform?
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fermentation lactose to acid and gas, gram negative, facultative anaerobes
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A durham test is used to detect ____ produced by carbohydrate fermentation.
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gas
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How does alpha hemolysis appear on blood agar?
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a green/brown zone surrounding the colony
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The enzyme phenylalanase converts phenylalanine into
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ammonia and phenylpyruvic acid
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True or False: a mannitol fermenter appears pink on mannitol salt agar (MSA)
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false
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SIM media detects the production of hydrogen sulfide, indole production, and motility. A positive indole test indicates the enzyme _____ was produced by the bacterial strain
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tryptophanase
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Carboyhydrate fermentation __________.
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May produce gas and produces acids
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_______ is the enzyme responsible for digesting starch
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amylase
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The urease converts urea into carbon dioxide and ______
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a. oxygen
b. starch
c. tryptophan
d. none of the above
d
b. starch
c. tryptophan
d. none of the above
d
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A positive oxidase result _____
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bubbles
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What color will a lactose fermenter appear on Eosin Methylene Blue agar (EMB)?
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green metallic
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Partial hemolysis on blood agar plate is called _______
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alpha
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Blood agar plate are ___ for hemolysis
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differential
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Which type of media is not differential?
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phenylethanol agar
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Phenylethanol agar is used ____________.
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Select for gram positive bacteria
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True or False: MacConkey (MAC) agar is enriched with salt.
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false
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Eosin Methylene Blue agar is selective for _________ and differential for _________.
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gram negative organisms, lactose fermentation
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Mannitol Salt agar is selective for ______ and differential for _______.
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salt tolerant organisms, mannitol fermentation
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which of the following types of agar would be the most helpful for isolating and differentiating staphylococcus aureus from other types of organisms
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mannitol salt agar
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An __________ medium contains one or more compounds to distinguish between microbes in the medium. while an _________ medium contains one or more additives to encourage the growth of fastidious microbes.
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Differential, enriched
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MacConkey agar is differential for ________ fermentation.
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lactose