Bacteria Flashcards
mycoplasma vs mycobacteria
plasma: sterol. bacateria: mycolic acid
keratin coat
spore
glycocalyx
polysaccharide which enables adherene to surfaces
where in the cell are beta-lactamases?
periplasm (between cyto and outer membrane) in gram negative
Endotoxin/LPS location
just under capsule in gram negative
which has thick peptidoglycon layer?
gram-positive
lipoteichoic acid
gram positive
bugs that don’t gram stain
These Rascals May Microscopically Lack Color:
Treponema, Rickettsia, Mycobacteria, Mycoplasma, Legionella, Chlamydia
Giemsa stained
Certain Bugs Really Try my Patience:
Chlamydia, Borrelia, Rickettsiae, Trypanosomes, Plasmodium
PAS stain (periodic acid-schiff)
stains glycogen to diagnose Whipples (Tropheryma whipplei)
Acid fast bugs
Nocardia, Mycobacterium
India Ink
Cryptococcus neoformans
Silver stain
Fugni (P jeruvici), Legionella, H pylori
chocolate agar
H influ
VPN media (vanco, polymyxin, nystatin)
nesseria (gonorrhoeae and meningitidis)
Potato agar
B. pertussis
Eaton agar
M pneumoniae
Pink colonies on MacConkeys agar
lactose-fermenting enterics (E. coli and Klebsiella)
Green metallic sheen colonies on EMB media
E. coli
Charcoal yeast estract agar
legionella
Sabouraud’s agar
Fungi
burn infxn
pseudomonas aeruginosa
obligate aerobes
Nagging Pests Must Breath: Nocardia, Pseudomonas, Mycobacteria tub, Bacillus
obligate anaerobes
Can’t Breath Air: Clostridium, Bacteroides, Actinomyces
________ cannot kill anaerobes
aminoglycosides
obligate intracellular
RC: Rickettsia, Chlamydia
facultative intracellular
Some Nasty Bugs May Live FacultativeLY: Salmonella, Neisseria, Brucella, Mycobacterium, Listeria, Francisella, Legionella, Yersinia pestis
The spleen clears which bacteria
encapsulated ones
Encapsulated bacteria
SHiNE SKiS: Strep pneumo, H influ, Nesseria men, E coli, Salmonella, Klebsiella pneum, group B Strep (agalactiae)
vaccines for encapsulated bacteria
capsule (polysaccaride) + protein. to promote t-cell activation and class switching. these are “conjugated’
quellung rxn
encapsulated bacteria swell when given correct antisera
Catalase-positive organisms
PLACESS for your CAT: Pseudomonas, Listeria, Aspergillus, Candida, E coli, S. aureus, Serratia
catalase positive organisms tend to infect people with
chronic granulomatous disease
urease-positive bugs
Urinate yourself, CHuck norris hates PUNKSS: Cryptococcus, H. pylori, Proteus, Ureaplasma, Nocardia, Klebsiella, S. epidermidis, S saprophyticus
yellow sulfur granules
actinomyces israelii
yellow/gold piment
staph aureus
blue-green pigment
pseudomonas aeruginosa
red pigment
serratia marcescens
S aureus protein A
binds Fc of Ig to prevent
secretion of IgA protease
S. pneumo, H. influ, Neisseria
group A strep M protein
prevents phagocytosis
Endotoxin bacteria type and other name
gram neg. LPS
what are exotoxins made from vs endotoxin
Exo: protein Endo: lipopolysaccharide
genes of exo vs endo toxin
exo: plasmids or phage. Endo: chromosomal
LPS effects
induces TNF and IL-1 causing fever and shock. Heat stable too
Diphtheria toxin mech
inactivate EF2
Exotoxin A (pseudomonas aeruginosa) mechanism
inactivation of EF2
Shiga toxin mechanism
inactivate 60S by removing adenine from rRNA
shiga-like toxin mechanism
same as shiga toxin: inactivate 60S ribosome
O157:H7 is
EHEC strain
LT (Heat-labile) toxin from ETEC mechanism
activate adenylate cyclase (secretion)
ST (heat stabile) toxin from ETEC mechanism
overactivate guanylate cyclase (high cGMP). decrease NaCl resorption
anthrax edema factor mechanism
mimic adenylate cyclase
cholera toxin mechanism
activates adenylate cyclase to increase cAMP
pertussis toxin mechanism
overactivates adenylate cyclase by inhibiting Gi and impares pagocytosis
tetanospasmin mechanism
tetanus toxin: cleave SNARE protein to prevent GABA hence no inhibition and muscles spasm
botulinum toxin mechanism
Cleave SNARE for prevention of ACh release (stimulatory)
alpha toxin (clostridum perfinges) mechanism
phospholipase that degrades tissue and cell membranes
Streptolysin O (strep pyogenes) mechanism
degrades cell membrane
Toxic shock syndromes toxin (TSST-1) -S. aureus: mechanism
super antigen: brings MHC II and and TCR together causing hella INF-gama and IL-2
Exotoxin A (strep pyogenes) mech
super antigen: brings MHC II and and TCR together causing hella INF-gama and IL-2
Endotoxin effects
ENDOTOXIN: Edema, Nitric oxide, DIC/Death, Outermembrane, TNF-alpha, O-antigen, Xtremely heath stable, IL-1, Neutrophil chemotaxis
catalase + and coagulase + gram +
S. aureus
gram +, catalase +, coagulase -
Staph epideridis (novobiocin sen), staph saprophyticus (novobiocin resistant)
gram +, catalase -
Strep
how does S auerus make an abscess?
it has coagulase which lets it make a protective clot around itself
gram + cocci clusters
staph
gram + cocci chains
strep
staph aureus toxins
Protein A (binds Fc of IgG) and TSST-1 (super antigen) and enterotoxin causing rapid food posioning (MAYO)
why is MRSA so bad?
beta-lactam resistant do to altered penicillin-binding protein
Staph epidermidis
normal skin flora, infects prosthetics and catheters by producting biofilms. contaminates blood cultures
lancet-shaped gram-positive diplococci
strep pneumo
strep pneumo causes what most commonly
1 cause of MOPS: Meningitis, Otitis media (children), Pneumonia, Sinusitis
rusty sputum
strep pneumo
sepsis in sickle cell/splenectomy
strep pneumo
special about strep pneumo capsule (2 thangs)
contains IgA protease, and no virulence w/o capsule