MICROBIOLOGY LAB PRACTICAL – FINAL EXAM 2026|2027 QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS| LATEST UPDATE
Streptococcus pneumonia - Correct Answer -GPC in pairs
Strep pyogenes - Correct Answer -GPC in chains
Neisseria - Correct Answer -GN diplococcus
Hemophilus - Correct Answer -GN pleomorphic rod
Mycoplasma - Correct Answer -neg for Gram Rxn
Mycobacterium - Correct Answer -Neg or variable for Gram Rxn
MSA - Correct Answer -Mannitol Salt Agar
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,MAC - Correct Answer -MacConkey Agar
Salmonella - Correct Answer -GNR
Shigella - Correct Answer -GNR
Serratia marcescens - Correct Answer -GNR
Staphylococcus aureus - Correct Answer -GPC (in clusters)
Staph epidermidis - Correct Answer -GPC in pairs and tetrads
Staph saprophyticus - Correct Answer -GPC in single or pairs
Streptococcus - Correct Answer -GPC
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,Strep agalactiae - Correct Answer -GPC in long chains
EMB - Correct Answer -Eosin Methylene Blue Agar
MSA agar - selects for? - Correct Answer -gram positive b/c gram negative cannot grow in presences of
salt
MSA agar selective agent - Correct Answer -7.5% salt
MSA differential agent - Correct Answer -mannitol and phenol red
MSA - purpose of mannitol? - Correct Answer -test for fermentation of sugars
MSA - purpose of phenol red - Correct Answer -pH indicator
low pH - yellow
neutral pH - orangish red
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, high pH - pinkish red
MSA - example bacteria - Correct Answer --Staphylococcus aureus - yellow (low pH) - (+) for
fermentation
- Staphylococcus epidermis - pink (high pH) - (-) for fermentation
MAC agar contents - Correct Answer -bile salts
neutral red
lactose
MAC agar selective agent - Correct Answer -bile salts - support gram negative
MAC agar differential agents - Correct Answer -neutral red
lactose
MAC agar - purpose of neutral red - Correct Answer -pH indicator
low pH - red/purple/pink colonies
neutral - colorless
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WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS| LATEST UPDATE
Streptococcus pneumonia - Correct Answer -GPC in pairs
Strep pyogenes - Correct Answer -GPC in chains
Neisseria - Correct Answer -GN diplococcus
Hemophilus - Correct Answer -GN pleomorphic rod
Mycoplasma - Correct Answer -neg for Gram Rxn
Mycobacterium - Correct Answer -Neg or variable for Gram Rxn
MSA - Correct Answer -Mannitol Salt Agar
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,MAC - Correct Answer -MacConkey Agar
Salmonella - Correct Answer -GNR
Shigella - Correct Answer -GNR
Serratia marcescens - Correct Answer -GNR
Staphylococcus aureus - Correct Answer -GPC (in clusters)
Staph epidermidis - Correct Answer -GPC in pairs and tetrads
Staph saprophyticus - Correct Answer -GPC in single or pairs
Streptococcus - Correct Answer -GPC
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,Strep agalactiae - Correct Answer -GPC in long chains
EMB - Correct Answer -Eosin Methylene Blue Agar
MSA agar - selects for? - Correct Answer -gram positive b/c gram negative cannot grow in presences of
salt
MSA agar selective agent - Correct Answer -7.5% salt
MSA differential agent - Correct Answer -mannitol and phenol red
MSA - purpose of mannitol? - Correct Answer -test for fermentation of sugars
MSA - purpose of phenol red - Correct Answer -pH indicator
low pH - yellow
neutral pH - orangish red
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, high pH - pinkish red
MSA - example bacteria - Correct Answer --Staphylococcus aureus - yellow (low pH) - (+) for
fermentation
- Staphylococcus epidermis - pink (high pH) - (-) for fermentation
MAC agar contents - Correct Answer -bile salts
neutral red
lactose
MAC agar selective agent - Correct Answer -bile salts - support gram negative
MAC agar differential agents - Correct Answer -neutral red
lactose
MAC agar - purpose of neutral red - Correct Answer -pH indicator
low pH - red/purple/pink colonies
neutral - colorless
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