Mucoid

... identify an unknown bacteria. We inoculated 3 plates a Nutritional Agar plate, Blood Agar, and endo Agar. The morphology was convex, more circular(mucoid on the blood agar), even margins, and a whitish/clear color. In the nutrient broth, in a test tube, there was sediment, turbidity, the color ...

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... you!!!! 1) Blood agar: greenish-brownish, flat, beta haemolytic, colony edge become dry after 24hr but the middle of the colony is still mucoid. gram stain: gram positive, short rod catalase +ve, oxidase -ve, indole -ve, urease -ve, motility -ve. tsi: A/A, no H2S and gas. 2) Blood agar: ...

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... Methyl red (-) Voges-proskauer (-) Litmus milk- Alkaline (Incubated 5 days) Starch (-) Nutrient agar plate- Circular, flat, entire, amorphious, mucoid Oxidase (-) Casein hydrolysis (-) Nitrate (-) Tryptone broth (-) Spirit blue agar plate (-) DNase (-) May or may not be positive for spore formation. ...

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... my answers - expect more of these from me :P Q.) Several Patogenic Bacteria (e.g., Baccilus anthracis, the cause of anthrax) produce an outermost mucoid layer called a capsule. Capsules may be composed of polysaccharide or protein. What effect do you think this coat would have on a bacteriums ...

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... large, smooth, with flat edges and an elevated appearance. Another type, frequently obtained from respiratory and urinary tract secretions, has a mucoid appearance, which is attributed to the production of alginate slime. The smooth and mucoid colonies are presumed to play a role in colonization ...

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