ANAEROBES Flashcards
provide anaerobic environment
GASPAK jar
Substance added to provide oxygen free environment
Pallidum catalyst
Indicators used for anaerobic bacteria
Rezusarin
Methylene blue
Emit foul odor
C. Difficile
Fusobacterium
Porphyromonas
Brick red fluorescence; black pigment
Porphyromonas
Prevotella
Vellonella
Red fluorescence; rapidly fade
Fusobacterium nucleatum
Chartreuse fluorescence, yellow fluorescence
Actinomyces, Propionibacterium, Cutibacterium, Eubacterium nodatum
Sulfur granules
Microscopic: fusobacterium nucleaticum
Taperred ends, toothpick appearance
Microscopic: Bifidobacterium
Bifid ends/ dog bone biscuit shaped
Bile tolerant, cause of aspiration pneumonia
Bacteroides fragilis
Appearance of B.fragilis microscopically
Pin shaped
B.fragilis is resistant to
KVC
kanamycin
Vancomycin
Colistin
Clinical significance of Propionibacterium
Anaerobic diptheroid
Spot indole test positive color
Blue/ green
Spot indole test (+) organism
Cutibacterium
Spot indole test (-) organism
Propionibacterium