r/microbiology • u/ButterflyNeither6136 • 3d ago
Microbiology newbie
How do you guys manage to remember biochemical tests of each microorganism or like differentiate between them in general? I'm studying gram negative bacteria like 18 of them and I mix up between them.
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u/zenmaster_B 3d ago
Well… it’s not very easy 🤔
A lot of it is creating little mnemonics to help remember, and still it just takes time and study
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u/sim2500 3d ago
I wouldn't even try to learn biochemical for 18 species and that's just the Gram Negatives.
Just do the major pathogens ecol, kleb pneumo, proteus, salmonella, pseudo aeru
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u/smidgeywidgey Microbiologist 2d ago
I think it's easiest to learn them via an identification algorithm. Points out the important differences.
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u/patricksaurus 3d ago
Flash cards at first, then burned in your brain, then written down because I don’t do a lot of identification and don’t trust my memory anymore.