Microbiology: Mnemonic #1

CULTURE PLATES

BBE (Bacteroide-Bile Esculin) - Bacteroides fragilis

CCFA (Cycloserine Cefoxitin Fructose Egg Yolk) - Clostridium difficile

EYA (Egg Yolk Agar) - Clostridium & Fusobacteria (Lecithinase & lipase prod)

LKV (Laked Kanamycin-Vanco) - Bacteroides & Prevotella

Thio - Aerobe, facultative anaerobe

Martin Lewis - Neiserria (CO2 ↑) BCYE (Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract) - Legionella & Tularemia Regan Lowe + Bordet-Gengou - Bordettella pertussis Rabbit BA/Horse - Haemophilus TCBS - Vibrio LIM Broth (Todd Hewitt) + Colistin & Nalidixic - GBS Human blood tween agar (HBT) - G. vaginalis CIN (Cefsulodin-Irgason Novobiocin) - Y.enterocolitica (Aeromonas & Plesiomonas) XLD (Xylose-lysine deoxycholate) - Salmonella & Shigella HE (Hektoen enteric) - Enteric pathogen (stool) Cystine-tellurite BA - C. diptheriae (black colonies) Loeffler medium - C. diptheriae Tinsdale agar - C. diptheriae

Microbiology: Mnemonic #1

So this mnemonic only makes sense for Filipino students (sorry).  This is a funny and graphic way of remembering organisms that yield a positive reaction for H2S may it be in the TSI. 

H2S Positive :  Si Ed poop Salmonella.

• Si  :     Citrobacter
• Ed:      Edwardsiella
• Poop:  Proteus
• Salmonella typhi
• H2S (+) is black and a poop is somehow black