what are the three color possibilities for the results on the HE plate and what do they mean? - correct
answers yellow/orange= ferments lactose or sucrose with moderate acid production: coliform
Blue/green with black precipitate= reduces sulfur and does not ferment lactose or sucrose: salmonella
Blue/green= does not ferment lactose/sucrose: shigella
what type of clinical problem is the he plate particularly useful for? - correct answersid food poisoning
What three test could you use to help id gram positive bacteria - correct answersMsa, bile esculin,
hemolysins
what are the color possibilities on an emb plate and what do they mean - correct answerspink mucoid=
ferments lactose sucrose and little acid prod.: coliform
purple/black w or no green metallic sheen= ferments lactose sucrose and high acid prod.: E. coli
colorless= does not lactose or sucrose non coliform
what is a environmental problem that an emb would help figure out - correct answerssampling areas
have been contaminated by sewage
what types of bacteria are selected for on mac, emb and he plate - correct answersgram -
would you use a mac, emb, or he plate to figure out what you think is staph aureus - correct answersno
because staph aureus is a gram +