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30. Identify the Bacteria Flashcards

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Can use independent or host ATP

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Rickettsia

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“Fried egg” colonies

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Class Mollicutes

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Granular colonies

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M. pneumoniae

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Transovarian passage occurs

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Rickettsia

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Causes the most common zoontic infection worldwide

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Leptospira spp.

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Small-greenish droplike colonies

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F. tularensis

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Biochemically inert

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F. tularensis

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Produces β-lactamase

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L. pneumophila

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Causes cat scratch disease

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B. henselae

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Cultures not recommended

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B. henselae

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Will not satellite on Blood agar

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H. ducreyi

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Frequent in infections from human bites

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E. corrodens

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Satellites around S. aureus on SBA

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H. influenzae

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Does not need V factor

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H. ducreyi

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Most common vector-borne disease in the USA

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Lyme borreliosis

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Resembles Corynebacterium in morphology and arrangement

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Propionibacterium

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Infection caused by Propionibacterium acnes

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Acne vulgaris (pimples)

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Gram-positive bacillus that may form branches or have a beaded appearance

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Actinomyces israelii

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Causes Parrot fever

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C. psittaci

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21
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Found in hot tubs, plumbing fixtures, cooling towers, spas, and airconditioning units

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L. pneumophila

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Associated with long-term use of intrauterine devices

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A. israelii

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Causes cystic fibrosis

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  • B. cepacia
  • Alcaligenaceae (Achromobacter & Alcaligenes)
  • P. aeruginosa
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24
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Found in humans only

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M. catarrhalis
C. pneumoniae
C. trachomatis

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Most common bacterial STD pathogen

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C. trachomatis

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Nitrate reduction negative
Acinetobacter spp.
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Partially-lactose fermentating on MAC
Acinetobacter
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Resistant to decontaminating agents (alcohol, iodine)
B. cepacia
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Causes Lyme disease
B. burgdorferi
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Infection mostly from cat bites
P. multocida
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Causes Relapsing fever
B. hermsii
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Found intracellularly
L. pneumophila Rickettsia Chlamydiaceae
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Infects unciliated columnar cells
C. trachomatis
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Reported from fowl cholera
P. multocida
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Lacks cell walls
Family Mycoplasmataceae
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Produces pyocyanin
P. aeruginosa
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Can be seen in fluid as sulfur granules
A. israelii
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Spindle-shaped
Fusobacterium spp.
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Black-pigmented colonies
Prevotella melaninogenica
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Purple-pigmented bacilli agar
Porphyromonas spp.
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Does not have a characteristic gram-negative endotoxin
B. fragilis
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Produces pyoverdin
P. aeruginosa | P. fluorescens
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Causes several economically significant veterinary diseases
P. multocida
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Corkscrew motility
T. pallidum
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Causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMFS)
R. rickettsii
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Requires nicotinic acid
Family Alcaligenaceae
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Cultured on McCoy cells
C. pneumoniae
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Causes Leptospira
L. interrogans
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Causes pseudomembranous colitis
C. difficile
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Causes syphilis
T. pallidum
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Gray-green, convex, nonhemolytic colonies
P. multocida
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Green-lavender or yellow pigment growth on blood and chocolate agar
S. maltophilia
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Grows on BCYE media
L. pneumophila
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Causes antibiotic-associated colitis
C. difficile
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School of fish pattern microscopically
H. ducreyi
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Anaerobic counterpart of the aerobic Neisseria
Veillonella
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Has no genes for glucose metabolism, lipid and amino acid synthesis
Rickettsia
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Most common food source of this bacteria is honey
C. botulinum
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Causes late-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia
A. baumannii
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Coiled rods with hooks
Leptospira spp.
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Natural reservoir can be any species of bird
C. psittaci
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Gram-negative-like cell wall; has LPS
Rickettsia
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Causative agent of several economically significant veterinary diseases
P. multocida
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Causes glanders
B. mallei
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Uses Warthin-Starry silver staining
B. henselae
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Causes lymphoid follicle formation and fibrosis
C. trachomatis
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Weakly oxidase positive
B. cepacia

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