Anaerobes

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Do not grow in the presence of O2

Able to replicate in the absence of oxygen

Oxygen reduced to 5% or less

Killed in the presence of oxygen

Preferentially use oxygen if available but can grow well without oxygen

Increased carbon dioxide (CO2) (5% to 10%), reduced oxygen (O2) to 15%

Anaerobic organisms lack the ff.: (2 answers)

Survive some oxygen exposure but performs metabolic processes only into an anaerobic environment

Foul odor upon opening an anaerobic jar or bag (3 answers)

Presence of sulfur granules (3 answers)

Brick-red fluorescence (2 answers)

Indicator used in transport media (2 answers)

Clinical specimens unsuitable for anaerobic culture (3 answers)

Strong indication of presence of anaerobes (3 answers)

most frequently used system for creating an anaerobic atmosphere

meaning of PRAS

non-selective for determination of lecithinase and lipase production by clostridia and fusobacterium

selective for inhibition of enteric gram-negative rods and swarming by some clostridia

Selective for clostridium difficile

nonselective for cultivation of anaerobic organisms (3 answers)

nonselective for isolation of anaerobes and facultative anaerobes

selective for isolation of prevotella and bacteroides

can be used for gas-liquid chromatography (2 answers)

good for presumptive identification of Bacteroides fragilis group