Organism | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
---|---|---|---|
Staphylococcus aureus | gram | pos | 100%
|
morphology | coccus | 77%
| |
Staphylococcus epidermidis | gram | pos | 73%
|
coagulase | neg | 70%
| |
oxidase | neg | 70%
| |
catalase | pos | 70%
| |
coagulase | pos | 67%
| |
morphology | coccus | 63%
| |
catalase | pos | 63%
| |
Staphylococcus saprophyticus | gram | pos | 60%
|
morphology | coccus | 53%
| |
Streptococcus agalactiae (group B) | gram | pos | 53%
|
Streptococcus pyogenes (Lancefield group A) | gram | pos | 53%
|
morphology | coccus | 50%
| |
mrophology | coccus | 50%
| |
coagulase | neg | 50%
| |
oxidase | neg | 50%
| |
catalase | neg | 50%
| |
catalase | pos | 50%
| |
Micrococcus spp. | gram | pos (variable) | 50%
|
morphology | coccus | 47%
| |
Peptostreptococcus spp. | gram | pos | 47%
|
novobiocin | resistant | 47%
| |
novobiocin | susceptible | 47%
| |
morphology | coccus | 43%
| |
catalase | neg | 43%
| |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | gram | pos | 43%
|
bacitracin | susceptible | 43%
| |
morphology | coccus | 40%
| |
morphology | coccus | 40%
| |
morphology | coccus | 40%
| |
oxygen requirement | facultative anaerobe | 40%
| |
oxidase | pos | 40%
| |
Hippurate | pos | 40%
| |
Enterococcus faecalis (group D) | gram | pos | 40%
|
catalase | pos | 40%
| |
Enterococcus faecium (group D) | gram | pos | 40%
|
Clostridium spp. (diphtheriae, tetani, botulinum, perfringens) | gram | pos | 40%
|
furazolidone | resistant | 40%
| |
bacitracin | susceptible | 40%
| |
morphology | coccus | 37%
| |
catalase | neg | 37%
| |
catalase | neg | 37%
| |
catalase | neg | 37%
| |
PYR | neg | 37%
| |
CAMP | pos | 37%
| |
PYR | pos | 37%
| |
arabinose | pos (yellow) | 37%
| |
bacitracin | resistant | 37%
| |
hemoylsis pattern | beta | 33%
| |
morphology | coccus | 33%
| |
oxygen requirement | facultative anaerobe | 33%
| |
catalase | neg | 33%
| |
arabinose | neg (purple) | 33%
| |
bile esculin | pos | 33%
| |
Streptococcus bovis (group D) | gram | pos | 33%
|
Corynebacterium diphtheriae | Gram | pos | 33%
|
bile-esculin | pos | 33%
| |
PYR | pos | 33%
| |
growth in NaCl at 37C | pos | 33%
| |
Nocardia spp. | gram | pos (weak) | 33%
|
optochin | resistant | 33%
| |
optochin | susceptible | 33%
| |
morphology | bacillus | 30%
| |
morphology | bacillus | 30%
| |
morphology | bacillus | 30%
| |
oxygen requirement | facultative anaerobe | 30%
| |
catalase | neg | 30%
| |
growth in NaCl at 37C | neg | 30%
| |
oxygen requirement | obligate anaerobe | 30%
| |
Actinomyces spp. (israeilii) | gram | pos | 30%
|
catalase | pos | 30%
| |
bile esculin | pos | 30%
| |
catalase | pos | 30%
| |
PYR | pos | 30%
| |
growth in NaCl at 37C | pos | 30%
| |
Listeria monocytogenes | gram | pos | 30%
|
Bacillus anthracis | gram | pos (variable) | 30%
|
hemolysis pattern | alpha | 27%
| |
morphology | bacillus (clubbed) | 27%
| |
hemolysis pattern | beta | 27%
| |
morphology | coccus | 27%
| |
hemolysis pattern | gamma (sometimes alpha) | 27%
| |
PYR | neg | 27%
| |
oxygen requirement | obligate aerobe | 27%
| |
hippurate | pos | 27%
| |
growth at 4-10C | pos | 27%
| |
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae | gram | pos | 27%
|
CAMP | pos | 27%
| |
hemolysis pattern | alpha | 23%
| |
morphology | bacillus | 23%
| |
morphology | beaded, branching filamentous bacilli | 23%
| |
morphology | branching filamentous bacilli | 23%
| |
hemolysis pattern | gamma (sometimes alpha) | 23%
| |
oxidase | neg | 23%
| |
catalase | neg | 23%
| |
oxygen requirement | obligate aerobe | 23%
| |
oxygen requirement | obligate anaerobe | 23%
| |
catalase | pos | 23%
| |
catalase | pos | 23%
| |
Bacillus cereus | gram | pos | 23%
|
viridans group Streptococcus spp. | gram | + | 20%
|
oxygen requirement | facultative anaerobe | 20%
| |
oxygen requirement | facultative anaerobe | 20%
| |
oxygen requirement | facultative anaerobe | 20%
| |
oxygen requirement | facultative anaerobe | 20%
| |
oxygen requirement | facultative anaerobe | 20%
| |
motility | no | 20%
| |
spore formation | yes | 20%
| |
oxygen requirement | facultative anaerobe | 17%
| |
oxygen requirement | facultative anaerobe | 17%
| |
oxygen requirement | facultative anaerobe | 17%
| |
oxygen requirement | facultative anaerobe | 17%
| |
oxygen requirement | facultative anaerobe | 17%
| |
oxygen requirement | facultative anaerobe | 17%
| |
oxygen requirement | facultative anaerobe (grows best anaerobic) | 17%
| |
hemolysis pattern | gamma (sometimes alpha) | 17%
| |
acid fast stain | neg | 17%
| |
spore formation | no | 17%
| |
spore formation | no | 17%
| |
spore formation | no | 17%
| |
spore formation | yes | 17%
| |
spore formation | yes | 17%
| |
motility | yes (tumbling) | 17%
| |
hemolysis pattern | beta (narrow zone) | 13%
| |
motlity | no | 13%
| |
motility | no | 13%
| |
motility | yes | 13%
| |
hemolysis pattern | beta | 10%
| |
hemolysis pattern | gamma | 10%
| |
acid fast stain | partial | 3%
| |
TSI | H2S production | 0%
| |
oxygen requirement | microaerophile | 0%
| |
selective growth medium | tellurite/tinsdale (black colonies with a brown halo) | 0%
|
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