Nutrient Broth Cultures Staphylococcus epidemidis Pseudomona
Solution
7.a. No growth of staphylococcus aureus on macconkey agar indicates that it is a gram +ve organism
b.
Nutrient agar: creamcolor colonies
PEA: cream color colonies
Blood agar: large, round, golden-yellow colonies with Beta hemolysis
Macconkey: no growth
EMB: Small, circular colonies
Mannitol salt agar: colonies are colour less and media changes from lite pink to yellow.
Cetrimide: no growth
8. a.No growth of staphylococcus epidermis on macconkey agar indicates that it is a gram +ve organism
b.
Nutrient agar: creamcolor colonies
PEA: cream color colonies
Blood agar: alpha on blood agar
Macconkey: no growth hemolysis
EMB: Small, circular colonies
Mannitol salt agar: colonies are colour less and no change in colour of media.
Cetrimide: no growth
9.a. Growth of E.coli on emb and macconkey agar indicates that it is a gram -ve organism
b.
Nutrient agar: creamcolor colonies
PEA: growth is normal
Blood agar: Gamma-hemolytic (nonhemolytic) colonies on blood agar
Macconkey: no growth
EMB: very dark color colonies
Mannitol salt agar: colonies are colour less and no change in colour of media.
Cetrimide: no growth
10.a. Growth on cetrimide agar indicates it is p.aeroginosa.
b.
Nutrient agar: Growth is normal
PEA: growth is normal
Blood agar: Gamma-hemolytic (nonhemolytic) colonies on blood agar
Macconkey: colourless colonies
EMB: color less colonies
Mannitol salt agar: colonies are colour less and no change in colour of media.
Cetrimide: growth is observed

