Bacteria Powerpoint Flashcards
Gram-positive, non-motile, pigmented, and harmless
Micrococcus
Gram positive, grape like clusters, nosocomial infections, can include s. aureus, s. internedius, or s. epidermis and can cause pneumonia, osteomyelitis, endocarditis, and coagulates.
Staphylococcus
Multi-drug resistance, methicillin resistance, specifically staph. aureus, treatable, expensive antibiotics.
MRSA
Vancomycin resistant to staph. aureus, side effects may include thrombocytopenia, elevates liver enzyme, and severe GI upsets.
VRSA
Cocci’s that form a chain, translucent to opaque colonies, gram-positive, and aerotolerant.
Streptococcus
Partial destruction, reduces RBC, and green zone
Alpha
Complete destruction, severe
Beta
No change in blood agar
Gamma
Gram-positive, ubiquitous(common in nature) flora, endospore, mostly in soil, found in antibiotics
Bacillus
Gram-positive, obligate anaerobes, spore former, found in soil, 4 different kinds of clinical samples, secretes powerful exotoxins
Clostridium
Gram positive, club shaped rods w/ swollen ends, causative agent for Diphtheria
Corynebacterium
Gram-positive, lactic producing, found in vagina, intestinal tract, orally and is used for yogurt, buttermilk and pickles.
Lactobacillus
Weak gram-positive, rod shaped, and causes tuberculosis
Mycobacteria
Gram-negative, helical shaped corkscrew, axial flagella and causes syphilis and Lyme disease
Spirochetes
Gram-negative, rods that have motile polar flagella, opportunistic pathogens and can grow on soaps and antiseptics
Pseudomonas
Gram-negative, likes moist environments, associated with water and cooling systems, and cause pontiac fever and legionnaire’s diseases.
Legionella
Gram-negative, always in pairs, non-motile diplococci, in mucous membranes of mammals, and can cause meningitis and gonorrhea.
Neisseria
Gram-negative, rod shaped, can live in a mammal or a parasite, and causes bordetella pertussis (whopping cough).
Bordetella
Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, potentially pathogenic, inhabits GI of mammals, can causes food poisoning and salmonella typhi (typhoid fever).
Salmonella
Opportunistic pathogen, enteric bacteria, common in human GI tract, and can cause E. Coli.
Escherichia
Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic rods, opportunistic pathogen, and nosocomial.
Enterobacter
Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic rods, opportunistic pathogens, and is found in swarms.
Proteus
Gram-negative, rod-shaped, opportunistic pathogens, are transmitted by rodents (fleas, rats), and are the cause of the bubonic plague.
Yersinia
Gram-negative, opportunistic pathogen, produces red pigmentation, can be found in catheters or sterile solution, and causes urinary and respiratory infections.
Serratia
Gram-negative, curved rods w/ polar rods and cause vibrio cholera.
Vibrio
Gram-negative, rod-shaped, facultative anaerobe, nonmotile, needs blood as a nutrient, commonly found in the mouth, vagina, and GI tract, and causes Haemophilus influenza, meningitis, epiglottis, and septic arthritis.
Haemophilus
Gram-negative, anaerobic rods, motile and nonmotile, normal flora, and causes bacteroids fragilis.
Bacteroids
Gram-negative, small, obligate intracellular parasite, uses fleas, mice, and ticks as a carrier and causes rocky mountain spotted fever
Rickettsia
Gram-negative, small, parasitic, obligate intracellular parasite, and the source of the STD, Chlamydia
Chlamydias
