Friday, 17 June 2011

Micro mnemonics



Neisseria fermentation
Which Neisseria ferments What??
Maltose, Glucose & Sucrose fermentation is a common assessment criteria to indentify & differentiate between bacterial populations.
N.MeninGitidiS has letters M,G,S in its spelling-ferments all three sugars- Maltose, Glucose and Sucrose....
whereas 

N.Gonorrhoea has only G in its spelling, it ferments only Glucose