Pre Lab Quiz 7

Front 1

Which of the following statements about the BBL Enterotube test you will be performing in the BIO 203 lab is /are NOT correct?

Back 1

any bacterial isolate can be determined with this test
All incubations in the multi-chambers are performed anaerobically

Front 2

The fermentation of which of the following carbohydrates is tested with the BBL Enterotube?

Back 2

Glucose, lactose, and arabinose

Front 3

Which of the following chambers of the BBL Enterotube allows you to determine whether your bacterium under investigation generates gas from the amino acid phenylalanine?

Back 3

Chamber 1
(from blue cap side)

Front 4

Which of the following parameters is NOT tested with the BBL Enterotube test.

Back 4

all of the above are tested

Front 5

Which of the following chambers of the BBL enterotube test has/have to be pierced before incubation of this testing strip?

Back 5

Chambers 5 through 12

Front 6

A BBL enterotube was used to identify an unknown bacterium isolated from a patient . The tube showed following results 24 hours after inoculation of the tube: Glucose positive, gas was produced, lysine negative, ornithine positive , no H2S production, indole positive, adonitol negative, lactose postive, arabinose negative, sorbitol negative, dulcitol positive, phenylalanine negative, urea positive and citrate negative . Which of the following identification code (bicode) do you determine for the bacterium under investigation.

Back 6

32512

Front 7

In the BBL enterotube analysis the chamber labeled "phenylalanine"tests for which of the following?

Back 7

Deamination