Bacteria-Important features Flashcards
Bacillus
gram (+) rods obligate pathogenic spore, capsule (CO2) S colonies, flagella (not B. anthracis) Ascoli test long in soil
Chlamydia
former virus obligatory IC elementary + reticulate bodies gram (-) coccoid rods gram (-), stamp, giemsa
Fungi phyla
zygomycota ascomycota basidiomycota deutermycota mycophytophyta
Dermatophytes
within ascomycota
arthrospores, inactive for months
Brachyspira
part of spirochaetes
obligate anaerobic
fuchsin, giemsa (hard)
fastidious, blood agar
Dimporphic fungi
histoplasma
sporothrix
coccidoides
blastomyces
Blastomyces
B. dermatitis: blastomycosis, soil, human, dog
Spirochaetes list
have periplasmatic flagella often cannot be stained with gram (vago, silver impregnation, giemsa) borrelia leptospira brachyspira treponema
Lawsonia
gram (-) curved rod
microaerophilic
IC
Actinobacillus
part of Pasteurellaceae
gram (-) bipolar rods
sulphur granules
aerobic, facultative anaerobic
Brucella
not gram Köster (+) Ziehl Neelsen (+) small coccoid rods no flagella CO2 urease (+)
Actinomyces
gram (+) no acid fast part of actinomycetaceae anaerobic but aerotolerant, blood agar no spore or flagella
Enterobacteriaceae
Lactose (+) Escherichia Klebsiella Enterobacter Lactose (-) Salmonella Yersinia Shigella Proteus Providencia Edwardsiella Serratia Citrobacter
Fusobacterium
gram (-) anaerobic rod
polymorph, no flagella
fastidious
CO2
Renibacterium
gram (+) rods, short chains
aerobic, fastidious
IC
Dermatophilus
gram (+) coccoid filaments
obligate aerobic, CO2
fastidious blood agar, haemolysis
Clostridium
gram (+) rods
anaerobic
flagella
no capsule
Lactococcus
gram (+) coccus
used in dairy products
L. lactis ssp lactis
L. plantarum: silage
Citrobacter
part of Enterobacteriaceae lactose (-)
gram (-) rods
KCN+ (only difference from Salmonella
saprophytes
Yersinia
part of Enterobacteriaceae lactose (-)
gram (-) rods, flagella at 22*C, except Y. pseudo tuberculosis
Pasteurella
part of Pasteurellaceae
gram (-) bipolar coccoid rods
fastidious
no low pH
Histophilus
part of Pasteruellaceae
gram (-) rods, need CO2
fastidious
Rickettsiaceae
Rickettsia, Coxiella, Ehrlichia, Neorickettsia, Anaplasma
Coxiella
all cell types
Anaplasma
lymphoid cells, erythrocytes
Bartonella
gram (-) slightly curved rods
Acholeplasma
no cholesterol needed
Yeasts list
candida
cryptococcus
malassezia
Malassezia
M. pachydermatis: bottle shaped cells, dog, cat dermatitis, otitis externa
Coccidoides
C. immites: soil, systemic mycosis (lung) dog, cat, human horse
Campylobacter
gram (-) curved rod with flagella
catalase (+)
microaerophilic
Helicobacter
gram (-) microaerophilic curved, helical rod
no flagella
microaerophilic
fastidious
Riemerella
similar to Pasteurellaceae
gram (-) bipolar rods
fastidious, chocolate agar
CO2
Moraxella
gram (-) coccoid rods in pairs
capsule