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yes sucrose can be used to identify coliforms because coliforms can ferment sucrose faster then lactose resulting in an earlier color change and therefore earlier detection.

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What selective growth media is best suited for isolation of coliform bacteria?

MacConkey's agar is a selective growth media that is best suited for isolation of coliform bacteria. This bacterial is red and is gram negative. The agar plate inhibits the growth of gram positive organisms and allows gram negative organisms to grow.


How would you recognize a coliform on desoxycholate and EMB agar?

Coliforms can be recognized on desoxycholate agar by their ability to ferment lactose, resulting in red to pink colonies due to acid production. On eosin methylene blue (EMB) agar, coliforms typically produce colonies that are pink to purple, with some strains exhibiting a metallic green sheen due to strong lactose fermentation. Both media suppress the growth of non-coliforms, allowing for clearer identification of coliform bacteria.


What is mcConkey agar?

MacConkey agar is a selective medium designed to grow Gram negavite bacteria and stain them for lactose fermentation. It contains bile salts[to inhibit most Gram negative bacteria and some species of Staphlococcus], crystal violet dye, neutral red dye ,lactose and peptone. It was first developed by Alfred Theodore MacConkey. It is used to distinguish between lactose fermenting bacteria and non lactose fermenting bacteria. By utilising the lactose available in the medium, Lac+ bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Enterobacter and Klebsiella will produce acid, which lowers the pH of the agar below 6.8 and results in the appearance of red/pink colonies. Non-Lactose fermenting bacteria such as Salmonella, Proteus species and Shigella cannot utilize lactose, and will use peptone instead. This forms ammonia, which raises the pH of the agar, and leads to the formation of white/colorless colonies


What reaction would you predict from an organism growing in litmus milk that has the following results in other media?

Assuming that you are asking about other media such as milk agar, PR lactose broth, purple lactose broth, and PR glucose broth, the answer you are looking for is as follows: A. A clear zone around the growth on a milk agar plate: indicates hydrolysis of casein, so should be clarification of medium present B. A/- in PR lactose broth: indicates lactose fermentation with acid and no gas produced, so should be pink litmus with acid clots and reduction of litmus in lower portion of medium C. A/G in purple lactose broth: indicates lactose fermentation with acid and gas produced, so should have pink litmus on top, acid clot, reduction of litmus, and fissures in the clot D. K in PR glucose broth: indicates peptone degradation with alkaline end products, so litmus should be blue


What color would tsi media be after 48 hours incubation with pseudomonas aeruginosa?

The color of TSI media after 48 hours incubation with Pseudomonas aeruginosa would typically be yellow. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a non-lactose fermenting bacterium, so it does not produce acid in the medium. This results in the production of a yellow color due to the pH indicator in the TSI media.

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What selective growth media is best suited for isolation of coliform bacteria?

MacConkey's agar is a selective growth media that is best suited for isolation of coliform bacteria. This bacterial is red and is gram negative. The agar plate inhibits the growth of gram positive organisms and allows gram negative organisms to grow.


How would you recognize a coliform on desoxycholate and EMB agar?

Coliforms can be recognized on desoxycholate agar by their ability to ferment lactose, resulting in red to pink colonies due to acid production. On eosin methylene blue (EMB) agar, coliforms typically produce colonies that are pink to purple, with some strains exhibiting a metallic green sheen due to strong lactose fermentation. Both media suppress the growth of non-coliforms, allowing for clearer identification of coliform bacteria.


What conclusions may be drawn if no growth appeared on MacConkey agar and emb agar after inoculation of the media and an incubation period?

The conclusion drawn if no growth appeared on MacConkey agar and EMB agar after inoculation of the media and an incubation period could be the bacteria used was possibly a Gram positive non-enteric sample.


What is proteus sp?

PROTEUS SP IS A COLIFORM WHICH HAS A CHARACTERISTIC SMELL AND SWARMS WHEN CULTURED, UNLESS AN ELECTROLITE DEFFICIENT MEDIA IS USED. THIS ORGANISM OFTEN CAUSES UTI'S. PROTEUS SP IS A COLIFORM WHICH HAS A CHARACTERISTIC SMELL AND SWARMS WHEN CULTURED, UNLESS AN ELECTROLITE DEFFICIENT MEDIA IS USED. THIS ORGANISM OFTEN CAUSES UTI'S.


Is macconkey agar a synthetic media?

No, MacConkey agar is not a synthetic media. It is a selective and differential media used for the isolation and differentiation of Gram-negative bacteria based on their ability to ferment lactose. It contains natural ingredients such as peptones, bile salts, and lactose.


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Which growth media will give a red colony of Escherechia coli?

Eosin methylene blue (EMB) agar is a growth medium that can produce red colonies of Escherichia coli. This medium contains dyes that inhibit the growth of Gram-positive bacteria and allow for the detection of lactose fermentation, resulting in the characteristic red colonies of E. coli.


Does enterococcus faecalis ferment lactose?

Yes. Therefore it grows on CLED media together with other gram negative organisms so you would see yellow colonies.


Why does the ecoli and pseudomonas are different on the MacConkey agar?

MacConkey's agar is a differential media used to differentiate between lactose fermenting and lactose non-fermenting bacteria. E.coli is a lactose fermenter whereas Pseudomonas is a lactose non-fermenter.MacConkey's agar contains lactose as fermentable sugar and when it is fermented the pH of the medium decreases which is registered by neutral red (a pH indicator).Lactose fermenters such as E.coli produce pink colonies whereas lactose non-fermenters such as Pseudomonas produces colorless colonies. So the colors of E.coli and Pseudomonas colonies are different on MacConkey's agar.


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