Bacteria of Resp tract: Morphology>Bacteria Flashcards
small gram negative rods
require heme and NAD for growth
polysaccharide capsule
use pili and OMPs to bind epeithelial
H influenzae morphology
gram positive
pallisades
morphology corynebacterium diptheriae
gram negative rod
opportunistic
single polar flagellla
morphology Legionella pneumophila
Gram neg coccobacillis
strict aerobe
morphology Bordetella pertusis
gram neg diplocci
oxidase pos
polysaccharide capsule
pili
morphology neisseria meningitidis
location
gram negative rod
single polar flagella
oxidase positive
form biolfilms
opportunistic
morphology pseudomonas aeruginosa
Group A lancefield
Gram pos cocci chains
catalase neg
betahemolytic
M proteins
hyaluronic acid capsule
morphology stetococus pyogenes (group a strep)
no lancefield designation
Gram pos
cocci (often diplococci)
alpha hemolytic (partial lyse, green colonies)
morphology strep pneumoniae
acid fast rods (gram postive)
wall containign mycolic acids and lipoarabinomannan
morphology mycoacterium tuberculosis
gram pos cocci
clusters
catalase pos
polysaccharide capsule with surface protein A
staph aureas morphology
no cell wall (no gram stain)
coccoid
obligate aerobe
produces P1 adhesion
morphology mycoplasma pneumoniae