Bacillus Flashcards
easily grown in
bap
can be isolated from?
soil
flagella formation
peritrichous
can survive in what temp
-5c to 75c
bacillus anthracis aka
anthrax bacillus
diseases for b. antracis
malignant pustule
woolsorter’s
gastroenteritis
gram neg or pos
positive
b. anthracis requires ________ for growth
thiamine
B1
for counter terrorism
b. anthracis
virulence factor for b. antracis
EXOTOXIN (edema and lethal)
CAPSULE (D-glutamate-bicarbonate medium)
it enhances capsule formation in b. antracis
D-glutamate-bicarbonate medium
reaction for capsular stain in b. anthracis
Mc Fadyean’s
cutaneous antrax
malignant pustule
spore rice grain
b. cereus
stain for Mc Fadyean’s
methylene blue
pulmonary anthrax
woolsorter’s
virulence factor for b. cereus
exotoxin (cholera like toxin)
b. subtilis is a QC for
hot air oven
respiratory infection (rag pickers) via inhalation
woolsorter’s
medusa head colony or inverted pine tree in gelatin medium
b. anthracis
bloody diarrhea
via ingestion
gastroenteritis
common lab contaminant
b. subtilis
b. antracis is catalase _____
positive
ferments SALICIN
b. cereus
string of pearl test
b. anthracis
0.5 units of penicillin
BAP
selective medium for b. antracis
PLET
Polymixin Lysozyme EDTA Thallous acetate
pptn test for b. antracis
ascoli test
gram positive rod in chain
b. subtilis
positive result of ascoli test
precipitin ring
best method of diagnosis for b. anthracis
PCR
fluorescence Ab test
elisa
penicillin G resistant
b. cereus
penicillin susceptibility test is for
b. antracis
positive
it is mistaken as pseudomonas on culture media
b. subtilis
b. subtilis growth on bap
large flat beta hemolytic
ground glass
penicillin susceptibility test uses
10 units penicillin
b. cereus aka
fried rice bacillus
best specimen for testing b. cereus
suspected food
spore formation for b. cereus
terminal spores
2 forms of food poisoning for b. cereus
diarrheal
emetic
only non motile bacillus
b. anthracis
heat labile enterotoxin
diarrheal type
non motile
b. anthracis
gelatin hoh and pea positive
b. cereus
moist on culture media
pseudomonas
dry colony on culture media
b. subtilis
QC for radiation
b. pumilus
growth of b. pumilis on bap
large, moist, blister colony, may be beta hemolytic
QC for autoclave
b. stearothermophilus
flat sour spoilage
acid without gas
b. stearothermophilus
thermostable bacteria
b. stearothermophilus
b. subtilis causes
eye infection among heroine addicts
spore formation of b. subtilis
central
opportunistic bacteria
b. subtilis
grows at 45C
b. cereus
intestinal anthrax
gastroenteritis
source of bacitracin
b. subtilis
black eschar through contact and soil
malignant pustule
what happen in gelatin medium? (b. cereus)
liquifaction
with capsule
b. anthracis
serologic test for b. antracis
ascoli test
chain bamboo
square end
b. anthracis