UAMS Microbiology exam 3 questions &
answers 2024/2025
-ANABAP - hemolysis
-PEA-K - selective for GP MO's, inhibits GN
-LKV - Laked blood with Kanamycin and Vancomycin, detects pigmented prevotella and porphyromonas
-BBE - Isolation from Bacteroides fragilis, BEA +
-Thio broth- - ANSWERSWhat are the anaerobic medias and their purposes?
-Lecthinase-opaque zone
-Lipase-iridescent sheen
-Proteolysis-clear zone - ANSWERSWhat are the different patterns on Egg yolk agar?
-V. cholerae
-V. alinolyticus
-yellow - ANSWERSWhich Vibrio species are sucrose fermentors and what color is the reaction?
-V. vulnificus
-V. parahaemolyticus
-blue-green - ANSWERSWhich Vibrio species are non-sucrose fermentors and what color is the reaction?
-Vibrio vulnificus - ANSWERS***Problematic for patients with liver disease***
Acinetobacter baumanii - ANSWERS-GN coccobacilli
-Most common isolate from human specimens
-Most common for HAI**
, Acinetobacter baumanii ID tests - ANSWERS-Slight pink on MAC
-Oxidase =
-Nitrate =
-OF glucose-saccharolytic (A. baumanii)
-OF glucose-asaccharolytic(A. lowfii)
Actinomyces spp - ANSWERS-Anaerobic GP branching rods
-***Molar tooth colonies
-"sulfur granules" within tissue
Aermonas spp - ANSWERS-Straight GNB
-Beta hemolysis
-Oxidase +
-Ferment glucose and some ferment lacotse
-Salt tolerance test - does not need the increased salt content to grow
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans - ANSWERS-GN coccobacilli
-Co-infection with actinomyces
-***Star-shaped colonies***
Anaerobic ID tests (antibiotic susceptibility) - ANSWERSColistin
Kanamycin
Vancomycin
Bile disk
Anaerobic ID tests (catalase) - ANSWERS-15% catalase
Anaerobic ID tests (Spot indole) - ANSWERS1% dimethyaminocinnamaldehyde
+ = color change
answers 2024/2025
-ANABAP - hemolysis
-PEA-K - selective for GP MO's, inhibits GN
-LKV - Laked blood with Kanamycin and Vancomycin, detects pigmented prevotella and porphyromonas
-BBE - Isolation from Bacteroides fragilis, BEA +
-Thio broth- - ANSWERSWhat are the anaerobic medias and their purposes?
-Lecthinase-opaque zone
-Lipase-iridescent sheen
-Proteolysis-clear zone - ANSWERSWhat are the different patterns on Egg yolk agar?
-V. cholerae
-V. alinolyticus
-yellow - ANSWERSWhich Vibrio species are sucrose fermentors and what color is the reaction?
-V. vulnificus
-V. parahaemolyticus
-blue-green - ANSWERSWhich Vibrio species are non-sucrose fermentors and what color is the reaction?
-Vibrio vulnificus - ANSWERS***Problematic for patients with liver disease***
Acinetobacter baumanii - ANSWERS-GN coccobacilli
-Most common isolate from human specimens
-Most common for HAI**
, Acinetobacter baumanii ID tests - ANSWERS-Slight pink on MAC
-Oxidase =
-Nitrate =
-OF glucose-saccharolytic (A. baumanii)
-OF glucose-asaccharolytic(A. lowfii)
Actinomyces spp - ANSWERS-Anaerobic GP branching rods
-***Molar tooth colonies
-"sulfur granules" within tissue
Aermonas spp - ANSWERS-Straight GNB
-Beta hemolysis
-Oxidase +
-Ferment glucose and some ferment lacotse
-Salt tolerance test - does not need the increased salt content to grow
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans - ANSWERS-GN coccobacilli
-Co-infection with actinomyces
-***Star-shaped colonies***
Anaerobic ID tests (antibiotic susceptibility) - ANSWERSColistin
Kanamycin
Vancomycin
Bile disk
Anaerobic ID tests (catalase) - ANSWERS-15% catalase
Anaerobic ID tests (Spot indole) - ANSWERS1% dimethyaminocinnamaldehyde
+ = color change
