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aerobic (+) bacilli Flashcards

1
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Largest bacteria

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Bacillus anthracis

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2
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Bacillus anthracis is also known as ______

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Anthrax bacillus

causative agent of anthrax (infection)

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B. anthracis size

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2-5 um

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4
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Since B. anthracis is 2-5 um gram (+) bacilli in chain, they have ____

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Bamboo square end

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5
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Is B. anthracis a non-motile bacteria?

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Yes

(differentiate from B. cereus)

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6
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T OR F
B. anthracis is a spore-forming bacteria

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True

(only spore-forming organism

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7
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The location of spores of B. anthracis

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central or subterminal

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8
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Two virulence factor of B. anthracis

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Plasmids:
* pXO1
* pXO2

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9
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What type of Plasmid (virulence factor) is a lethal factor (LF), edema factor (EF) and
protective antigen (PA)?

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pXO1

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10
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What type of Plasmid (virulence factor) is a poly-D-glutamic acid capsule that inhibits phagocytosis (also for capsule development)

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pXO2

B. anthracis is an encapsulated bacteria

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11
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3 infection caused by B. anthracis

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  1. Malignant pustule (Cutaneous anthrax)
  2. Woolsorter’s disease (Rag picker’s disease)
  3. Gastroenteritis (GIT)
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12
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It is a type of Cutaneous anthrax (most common)

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Malignant pustule

Infection caused by B. anthracis

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13
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It has a charcteristic of a Black eschar which a vesicle ruptures, resulting in a necrotic (dead
cells) lesion that continues to grow

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Malignant pustule

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A characteristic malignant pustule

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Black eschar

necrotic (dead cells) lesion

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It is a type of a respiratory infection (located in the sternum) that has a characteristic of infection called mediastinitis

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Woolsorter’s disease

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16
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A characteristic of Woolsorter’s disease infection

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Mediastinitis

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17
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Other term of woolsorter’s disease

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Rag picker’s disease

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18
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B. anthracis infection causing a bloody diarrhea

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Gastroenteritis (GIT)

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19
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Specimen collection if the infection is a cutaneous anthrax

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  • Vesicular fluids
  • Swabs from under the edge of the crust of the eschar (used for fluid absence)
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20
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Specimen collection if the infection is a GI & Respiratory anthrax

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Blood

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21
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Hemolytic pattern of B. anthracis in BAP

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non-hemolytic pattern

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22
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Appearance of B. anthracis in a BAP culture media

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Medusa Heads

has irregular margin

23
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What culture medium does B. anthracis appear as medusa head?

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BAP

24
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B. anthracis appearance in a tube gelatin medium

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Inverted pine tree

25
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What culture medium does B. anthracis appear as inverted pine tree?

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tube gelatin medium

26
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Selective medium used for B. anthracis

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PLET

27
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What does the acronym PLET means?

selective medium for B. anthracis

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Polymyxin-lysozyme-EDTA-thallous-acetate

28
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Catalase reaction of B. anthracis

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(+)

differentiates from Clostridium spp.
(catalase negative)

29
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Serologic precipitation test for B. anthracis

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Ascoli test

30
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Diagnostic of B. anthracis in Ascoli test

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(+)

(has precipitin ring)

31
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Other test used for B. anthracis

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  • String of pearl test (0.05 U of PEN) on BAP
  • PCR
  • Fluorescence Ab test
  • ELISA
32
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Penicillin susceptibility test reaction of B. anthracis

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Susceptible

(10 U Penicillin)

33
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It is also known as the “Fried rice bacillus”

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Bacillus cereus

34
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Infection caused by B. cereus when consuming contaminated fried rice

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Food poisoning

35
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Two types of Enterotoxin caused by B. cereus

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  1. Diarrheal
  2. Emetic
36
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What type of Enterotoxin when foods like meat or poultry, vegetables, and pastas is ingested with B. cereus?

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Diarrheal

37
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What type of Enterotoxin when foods like contaminated fried rice which causes nausea and vomiting is ingested with B. cereus?

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Emetic

38
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Hours it take for it to become diarrheal

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8-16 hours

39
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Hours it take for it to become emetic

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1-5 hours

40
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An enterotoxin of B. cereus that is indistinguishable from watery diarrhea by Clostridium perfringens

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Diarrheal

41
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Infective dose of B. cereus

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10^5 or (100,000 bacterial cells) *B. cereus * cells/gram of food

42
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Virulence factors of B. cereus

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Exotoxin

(similar to cholera)

43
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Hemolytic pattern for B. cereus

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β-hemolytic

44
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β-hemolytic appearance of B. cereus

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Frosted glass-appearing
colony

45
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T OR F

B. cereus is a MOTILE organism

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True

peritrichous flagella

46
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A Bacillus specie that can grow on a 45°C

A

B. cereus

47
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Penicillin susceptibility test reaction of B. cereus

in a 10 U Penicillin

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Resistant

48
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Common differential characteristics between B. anthracis and B. cereus are distinguished by their ____ and _____

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motility and capsule

49
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Spore location of B. subtilis

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Central

50
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It is a common laboratory contaminant, an opportunistic pathogen, source of antibiotics and used for quality control

A

Bacilus subtilis

51
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Two types of quality control (QC) used for the detection of B. subtilis serotypes

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  1. Oven
  2. ETO gas
52
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Biological indicator for oven in quality control

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Bacillus subtilis var.
niger

53
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Biological indicator for ETO gas in quality control

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Bacillus subtilis
subsp. globigii

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