Anaerobic Gram POSITIVE COCCI

Question 1

Black to olive green

Answer 1

Peptococcus niger

Question 2

pigment fades with oxygen exposure

Answer 2

Peptococcus niger

Question 3

Finegoldia magna

Answer 3

large GPC of the intestine

Question 4

colonies have donut appearance

Answer 4

Fingoldia magna

Question 5

most pathogenic of anaerobic GPCs and most frequently isolated in PURE culture

Answer 5

Finegoldia magna

Question 6

small GPC with slight B hemolysis

Answer 6

Parvimonas micra

Question 7

Parvimonas micra —normal flora:

Answer 7

mouth and upper respiratory tract

Question 8

Elongated GPC

Answer 8

Peptostreptococcus anaerobius

Question 9

Peptostreptococcus anaerobius: GLC pattern

Answer 9

a…iC

Question 10

Peptostreptococcus anaerobius: SPS disk test

Answer 10

> or equal to 12 mm zone of inhibition (susceptible)

Question 11

Peptostreptococcus anaerobius: Normal flora

Answer 11

nose throat and intestine

Question 12

Staph. saccharolyticus:

Answer 12

blood and CSF cultures/ normal flora of skin

Question 13

Strep intermedius

Answer 13

1 brain abscess isolate…. (aerotolerant)