Your Name _______________________ First Unknown
Unknown Number _______ Species: ____________________ ____________________
Broth Characteristics ____________________________________________________________
Circle your results:
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Test |
Positive |
Negative |
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Motility |
Spread away from stab mark |
Near stab mark. |
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Glucose Broth – Acid |
Yellow |
Orange or Red |
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TSI – Only uses glucose |
Red Slant /Yellow Butt |
Other than Red/Yellow |
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Glucose Broth – Gas |
Bubble in Durham Tube |
No Bubble |
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TSI – Gas |
Split Agar, Bubbles in Agar |
No Split or Bubbles |
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TSI – Lactose/Sucrose Acid |
Yellow Slant/Yellow Butt |
Other than Yellow/Yellow |
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Lactose Broth - Acid |
Yellow |
Red or Orange |
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Lactose Broth - Gas |
Bubble in Durham Tube |
No Bubble |
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MacConkey Gram Positive |
Absence of Colonies |
Presence of Colonies ** |
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MacConkey Lactose |
Red, Pink Colonies |
Colonies not Red, Pink |
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Gelatin Hydrolysis |
Liquid after ice, Room Temp. |
Solid after ice, Room Temp. |
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TSI - Hydrogen Sulfide |
Black |
Not Black |
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Catalase – Hydrogen Peroxide |
Bubbles |
No Bubbles |
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Citrate Utilization |
Any Blue (colony growth) |
Green, no colony growth |
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Oxidase Deep |
Pink/Purple at 10 to 30 seconds |
Not Pink/Purple |
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Indole Deep |
Red at 10 to 30 seconds |
Not Red |
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Thioglycolate Tube |
Aerobic |
Anaerobic |
Facultatively Anaerobic |
**Don’t circle if colonies are not present.
Draw Pictures
Streak Plate (nutrient agar or brain/heart agar)
Colony Shape ___________________ Colony Margin ______________
Colony Elevation _________________
Other Colony Characteristics ______________________
Gram Stain at 100x with oil
Color ______________ Cell Shape ____________ Cell Arrangement ___________
Gram Positive or Gram Negative? ____________