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