Alpha-hemolytic cocci Alpha-hemolytic cocci, +quellung Bacitracin resistant betahemolytic cocci Bacitracin sensitive betahemolytic cocci Blue-black colonies

on eosin-methylene blue agar Brown colonies on Lowenstein-Jensen agar Cat-, gram positive cocci Cat+, Coag+ gram positive cocci (species) Cat+, gram positive cocci (genus) Catalase positive bacteria

Streptococcus pneumoniae, viridans streptococci [Viridan = green]

Streptococcus pneumoniae [Quellung = capsule]

group B Beta-hemolytic strep (S. agalactiae) [Group B Beats Bacitracin]

group A Beta-hemolytic strep (S. pyogenes) [Group A Avoids Bacitracin]

E. Coli [Feeling blue with the cold (coli)]

Mycobacterium tuberculosis [Jensen's "buff, rough, and tough"]

Streptococcus []
Staphylcoccus aureas [A gold (aurum) medal for stopping the bleeding]

Staphylcoccus [A CAT on the house STAFF]

Staphylcoccus aureas, Serratis, Pseudomonas, Actinomyces, Candida, E. Coli [SSPACE for your Cat. A CAT on the house STAFF.]

Encapsulated bacteria Facultative intracellulars Giemsa stained organisms Gram positive, branching, aerobic, acid fast Gram positive, branching, anaerobic Grows on Bordet-Gengou (potato) agar Grows on Eaton's agar Grows on Loeffler's media Grows on Thayer-Martin (VPN) media Has A protein

Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus B, Neisseria meningtidis, Salmonella, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Strep Group B [SHiN SKiS (Type B)]

Salmonella, Neisseria, Brucella, Mycoplasma, Listeria, Francisella, Legionalla, Yersinia [Some Nasty Bugs May Live FacultativeLY]

Borrelia, Parasites (Plasmodium, trypanosomes, Chlamydia) [BP and the Gulf]

Nocardia [] Actinomyces [Anti-oxygen] Bordetella pertussis [Bordet] Mycoplasma pneumoniae []

Corynebacterium diphtheriae [Who took my "lover's" CD?]
Neisseria gonorrhoeae [Connect to Neisseria using your VPN client] Staphylococcus aureas ["Anti-Munch" factor (prevents phagocytosis)]

Has IgA protease Has M protein India ink positive organisms No hemolysis cocci Obligate aerobes Obligate anaerobes Obligate intracellulars PAS+ organism Pathway of heat-labile toxin Pathway of heat-stable toxin

Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus B, Neisseria meningtidis [SHiN]

Group A streptococcus ["Anti-Munch" factor (prevents phagocytosis)]

Cryptococcus neoformans [India is such a cryptic nation]

Enterococcus, S. bovis []
Nocardia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Bacillus [Nasty Pests Must Breathe]

Clostridium, Bacteroides, Actinomyces [Can't Breathe Air]

Rickettsia, Chlamydia [RC cars stay indoors]

Tropheryma whippelii (Whipple's disease) [PASs the sugar and whipping cream]

Increased cAMP secretion ["Labile in the Air, Stable on the Ground"] Increased cGMP secretion ["Labile in the Air, Stable on the Ground"]

Pink colonies on MacConkey agar Produces blue-green pigment Produces red pigment Produces yellow pigment Secretes heat-labile toxin Secretes heat-stable toxin Secretes shiga/shiga-like toxins Silver stained organsism Urease positive bacteria Ziehl-Neelsen stained organisms

E. Coli, Enterobacter, Klebsiella [EK/E/K] Pseudomonas aeruginosa [Aerugula is green] Serratia marcescens [Maraschino cherries] Actinomyces israelii [Israel = Yellow sand]
Enterotoxigenic E. Coli ["Labile in the Air, Stable on the Ground"]
Enterotoxigenic E. Coli, Yersinia Pestis ["Labile in the Air, Stable on the Ground"]

Shigella, Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli [SHIGella] Legionella [Roman legionnaires wearing silver armor]
Proteus, ureaplasma, nocardia, cryptococcus, Heliobacter pylori, Klebsiella [Ur PUNCH? K.]

Acid-fast organisms []