Medium : Mannitol salt agar
Indicator: Phenol red
Selective ingredient: Increased salt
Sugar fermented: Mannitol
Common reservoir: Nose
Positive (+) reaction: Yellow color, Species: S. aureus - (A & C)
Negative (-) reaction: No change (pink color), Species: S. epi - (B)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cestode
(long ribbon-like bodies)
Species: Tapeworm
Scolex - Head
Proglottid - Segments
*Platyhelminthes is the collective name for Flatworms
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematode
(round worms, cylinder bodies, separate sexes)
Species: Ascaris
A1 – Male
A2 – Female
*Nemahelminthes is the collective name for roundworms
