30. Identify the Bacteria Flashcards
Can use independent or host ATP
Rickettsia
“Fried egg” colonies
Class Mollicutes
Granular colonies
M. pneumoniae
Transovarian passage occurs
Rickettsia
Causes the most common zoontic infection worldwide
Leptospira spp.
Small-greenish droplike colonies
F. tularensis
Biochemically inert
F. tularensis
Produces β-lactamase
L. pneumophila
Causes cat scratch disease
B. henselae
Cultures not recommended
B. henselae
Will not satellite on Blood agar
H. ducreyi
Frequent in infections from human bites
E. corrodens
Satellites around S. aureus on SBA
H. influenzae
Does not need V factor
H. ducreyi
Most common vector-borne disease in the USA
Lyme borreliosis
Resembles Corynebacterium in morphology and arrangement
Propionibacterium
Infection caused by Propionibacterium acnes
Acne vulgaris (pimples)
Gram-positive bacillus that may form branches or have a beaded appearance
Actinomyces israelii
Causes Parrot fever
C. psittaci
Found in hot tubs, plumbing fixtures, cooling towers, spas, and airconditioning units
L. pneumophila
Associated with long-term use of intrauterine devices
A. israelii
Causes cystic fibrosis
- B. cepacia
- Alcaligenaceae (Achromobacter & Alcaligenes)
- P. aeruginosa
Found in humans only
M. catarrhalis
C. pneumoniae
C. trachomatis
Most common bacterial STD pathogen
C. trachomatis
Nitrate reduction negative
Acinetobacter spp.
Partially-lactose fermentating on MAC
Acinetobacter
Resistant to decontaminating agents (alcohol, iodine)
B. cepacia
Causes Lyme disease
B. burgdorferi
Infection mostly from cat bites
P. multocida
Causes Relapsing fever
B. hermsii
Found intracellularly
L. pneumophila
Rickettsia
Chlamydiaceae
Infects unciliated columnar cells
C. trachomatis
Reported from fowl cholera
P. multocida
Lacks cell walls
Family Mycoplasmataceae
Produces pyocyanin
P. aeruginosa
Can be seen in fluid as sulfur granules
A. israelii
Spindle-shaped
Fusobacterium spp.
Black-pigmented colonies
Prevotella melaninogenica
Purple-pigmented bacilli agar
Porphyromonas spp.
Does not have a characteristic gram-negative endotoxin
B. fragilis
Produces pyoverdin
P. aeruginosa
P. fluorescens
Causes several economically significant veterinary diseases
P. multocida
Corkscrew motility
T. pallidum
Causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMFS)
R. rickettsii
Requires nicotinic acid
Family Alcaligenaceae
Cultured on McCoy cells
C. pneumoniae
Causes Leptospira
L. interrogans
Causes pseudomembranous colitis
C. difficile
Causes syphilis
T. pallidum
Gray-green, convex, nonhemolytic colonies
P. multocida
Green-lavender or yellow pigment growth on blood and chocolate agar
S. maltophilia
Grows on BCYE media
L. pneumophila
Causes antibiotic-associated colitis
C. difficile
School of fish pattern microscopically
H. ducreyi
Anaerobic counterpart of the aerobic Neisseria
Veillonella
Has no genes for glucose metabolism, lipid and amino acid synthesis
Rickettsia
Most common food source of this bacteria is honey
C. botulinum
Causes late-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia
A. baumannii
Coiled rods with hooks
Leptospira spp.
Natural reservoir can be any species of bird
C. psittaci
Gram-negative-like cell wall; has LPS
Rickettsia
Causative agent of several economically significant veterinary diseases
P. multocida
Causes glanders
B. mallei
Uses Warthin-Starry silver staining
B. henselae
Causes lymphoid follicle formation and fibrosis
C. trachomatis
Weakly oxidase positive
B. cepacia