Use Of Colony Morphology For The Presumptive Identification Of Microorganisms - Diagnostic Microbiology | Biology+

Course

Microbiology

Study Pack

Set 1: Bacterial Cell Structure, Physiology, Metabolism, and Genetics

Set 2: Hostparasite Interaction

Set 3: The Laboratory Role in Infection Control

Set 4: Control of Microorganisms

Set 5: Performance Improvement in the Microbiology Laboratory

Set 6: Specimen Collection and Processing

Set 7: Microscopic Examination of Materials From Infected Sites

Set 8: Use of Colony Morphology for the Presumptive Identification of Microorganisms

Set 9: Biochemical Identification of Gram-Negative Bacteria

Set 10: Immunodiagnosis of Infectious Diseases

Set 11: Applications of Molecular Diagnostics

Set 12: Antimicrobial Agent Mechanisms of Action and Resistance Mechanisms

Set 13: Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

Set 14: Staphylococci

Set 15: Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and Other Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Cocci

Set 16: Aerobic Gram-Positive Bacilli

Set 17: Neisseria Species and Moraxella Catarrhalis

Set 18: Haemophilus, Hacek, Legionella, and Other Fastidious Gram-Negative Bacilli

Set 19: Enterobacteriaceae

Set 20: Vibrio, Aeromonas, and Campylobacter Species

Set 21: Nonfermenting and Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacilli

Set 22: Anaerobes of Clinical Importance

Set 23: The Spirochetes

Set 24: Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and Similar Organisms

Set 25: Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma

Set 26: Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

Set 27: Medically Significant Fungi

Set 28: Diagnostic Parasitology

Set 29: Clinical Virology

Set 30: Agents of Bioterror and Forensic Microbiology

Set 31: Biofilms: Architects of Disease

Set 32: Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

Set 33: Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

Set 34: Gastrointestinal Infections and Food Poisoning

Set 35: Infections of the Central Nervous System

Set 36: Bacteremia and Sepsis

Set 37: Urinary Tract Infections

Set 38: Genital Infections and Sexually Transmitted Infections

Set 39: Infections in Special Populations

Set 40: Zoonotic Diseases

Set 41: Ocular Infections

Set 8 Use Of Colony Morphology For The Presumptive Identification Of Microorganisms

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Set 8 Use Of Colony Morphology For The Presumptive Identification Of Microorganisms

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Which of the following descriptions will directly facilitate identification of bacteria?

A) Environmental growth temperature
B) Physical characteristics of colony morphology
C) Environmental growth atmosphere
D) Colony color

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Swarming is

A) many bacterial colonies crowded together at one place on the agar plate.
B) when colonies on a BAP have a "halo" around the bacterial colony.
C) when a bacterial colony on a BAP grows over the top of the erythrocytes it hemolyzed.
D) a hazy blanket of growth on the surface of the agar that extends way beyond the streak lines.

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

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A microbiologist is reading stool culture plates. She sees an organism that has a dry, pink colony with a surrounding "halo" of pink on MAC. What is a good presumptive identification of this organism?

A) Enteric pathogen
B) Escherichia/Citrobacter-like organism
C) Klebsiella/Enterobacter-like organism
D) Haemophilus influenzae

Answer