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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{2.5305 cm} x{7.0854 cm} x{7.2541 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Types of Enteric Media}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Levines} EMB & -Gram negative Bacilli\{\{nl\}\}-Ferments lactose\{\{nl\}\}-Capable of fermenting glucose\{\{nl\}\}-Would not be chosen as a possible enteric pathogen & -Gram negative bacilli\{\{nl\}\}-Does not ferment lactose (from this info we can't tell if its capable of fermenting glucose or note\{\{nl\}\}-Uses peptones for growth\{\{nl\}\}-Chosen as a possible enteric pathogen \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 13) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{MacConkey} Agar & -Gram negative Bacilli\{\{nl\}\}-Ferments lactose\{\{nl\}\}-Capable of fermenting glucose\{\{nl\}\}-Would not be chosen as a possible enteric pathogen & -Gram negative bacilli\{\{nl\}\}-Does not ferment lactose (from this info we can't tell if its capable of fermenting glucose or note\{\{nl\}\}-Uses peptones for growth\{\{nl\}\}-Chosen as a possible enteric pathogen \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 13) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} SS Agar & -Gram negative Bacilli\{\{nl\}\}-Ferments lactose\{\{nl\}\}-Capable of fermenting glucose\{\{nl\}\}-Would not be chosen as a possible enteric pathogen & -Gram negative bacilli\{\{nl\}\}-Does not ferment lactose (from this info we can't tell if its capable of fermenting glucose or note\{\{nl\}\}-Uses peptones for growth\{\{nl\}\}-Chosen as a possible enteric pathogen \tn % Row Count 39 (+ 13) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{2.5305 cm} x{7.0854 cm} x{7.2541 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Types of Enteric Media (cont)}} \tn % Row 3 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} XLD & -Gram negative bacilli\{\{nl\}\}-Ferments lactose and or sucrose and or xylose\{\{nl\}\}-Since it ferments at least one of these carbs it is capable of fermenting glucose\{\{nl\}\}-Would not be chosen as a possible enteric pathogen\{\{nl\}\}-H2S is negative & -Gram negative bacilli\{\{nl\}\}-Does not ferment lactose, sucrose or xylose (from this info we can't tell if its capable of fermenting glucose or note\{\{nl\}\}-Uses peptones for growth\{\{nl\}\}-Chosen as a possible enteric pathogen \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 16) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{white} HE Agar & -Gram negative bacilli\{\{nl\}\}-Ferments lactose and/or sucrose and/or salicin\{\{nl\}\}-Since it ferments at least one of these carbs it is capable of fermenting glucose\{\{nl\}\}-Would not be chosen as a possible enteric pathogen\{\{nl\}\}-H2S is negative & -Gram negative bacilli\{\{nl\}\}-Does not ferment lactose, sucrose or salicin(from this info we can't tell if its capable of fermenting glucose or note\{\{nl\}\}-Uses peptones for growth\{\{nl\}\}-Chosen as a possible enteric pathogen\{\{nl\}\}- H2S producing (some colonies are black) \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 16) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{4.3175 cm} x{12.9525 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Differential Media}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Purpose & allow differentiation of bacteria based upon some characteristic\{\{nl\}\}- usually based upon s biochemical reaction \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} pH \seqsplit{indicators} & register the difference \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{7.5988 cm} x{9.6712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Enriched Media}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Growth factors (micronutrients) & blood, carbohydrates, amino acids, vitamins, NaCl \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Fastidious bacteria & Need additional nutrients in media or environment \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Auxotroph & Bacterium which has mutatued (from the parent prototroph) and developed a specific growth requirement \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Halophile & Bacterium needing NaCl in media \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Contrast with Enrichment media & - Suppresses normal flora while enhancing growth of pathogens\{\{nl\}\}- Usually for stool specimens \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{5.7358 cm} x{5.5671 cm} x{5.5671 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Selective Media}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Purpose & Selects for the growth of some bacteria while inhibiting others & \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Enteric Media & - Designed to isolate pathogens from the intestine\{\{nl\}\}- All are selective for gram negative bacilli (inhibit gram positives and gram negative cocci)\{\{nl\}\}- Different classifications\{\{nl\}\}-\textgreater{} Differ in their ability to inhibit intestinal normal flora & \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 20) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{Low Selectivity}} & {\emph{Moderate Selectivity}} & {\emph{Highly Selective}} \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Allow ALL gram negative bacilli to grow, whether intestinal pathogen or normal flora & Allow intestinal pathogenic gram negative bacilli to grow while inhibiting some intestinal normal flora gnb & Allow intestinal pathogenic gram negative bacilli to grow while inhibiting virually all intestinal normal flora gnb \tn % Row Count 36 (+ 9) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \end{document}