Bacteria Powerpoint

Question 1

Gram-positive, non-motile, pigmented, and harmless

Answer 1

Micrococcus

Question 2

Gram positive, grape like clusters, nosocomial infections, can include s. aureus, s. internedius, or s. epidermis and can cause pneumonia, osteomyelitis, endocarditis, and coagulates.

Answer 2

Staphylococcus

Question 3

Multi-drug resistance, methicillin resistance, specifically staph. aureus, treatable, expensive antibiotics.

Answer 3

MRSA

Question 4

Vancomycin resistant to staph. aureus, side effects may include thrombocytopenia, elevates liver enzyme, and severe GI upsets.

Answer 4

VRSA

Question 5

Cocci’s that form a chain, translucent to opaque colonies, gram-positive, and aerotolerant.

Answer 5

Streptococcus

Question 6

Partial destruction, reduces RBC, and green zone

Answer 6

Alpha

Question 7

Complete destruction, severe

Answer 7

Beta

Question 8

No change in blood agar

Answer 8

Gamma

Question 9

Gram-positive, ubiquitous(common in nature) flora, endospore, mostly in soil, found in antibiotics

Answer 9

Bacillus

Question 10

Gram-positive, obligate anaerobes, spore former, found in soil, 4 different kinds of clinical samples, secretes powerful exotoxins

Answer 10

Clostridium

Question 11

Gram positive, club shaped rods w/ swollen ends, causative agent for Diphtheria

Answer 11

Corynebacterium

Question 12

Gram-positive, lactic producing, found in vagina, intestinal tract, orally and is used for yogurt, buttermilk and pickles.

Answer 12

Lactobacillus

Question 13

Weak gram-positive, rod shaped, and causes tuberculosis

Answer 13

Mycobacteria

Question 14

Gram-negative, helical shaped corkscrew, axial flagella and causes syphilis and Lyme disease

Answer 14

Spirochetes

Question 15

Gram-negative, rods that have motile polar flagella, opportunistic pathogens and can grow on soaps and antiseptics

Answer 15

Pseudomonas

Question 16

Gram-negative, likes moist environments, associated with water and cooling systems, and cause pontiac fever and legionnaire’s diseases.

Answer 16

Legionella

Question 17

Gram-negative, always in pairs, non-motile diplococci, in mucous membranes of mammals, and can cause meningitis and gonorrhea.

Answer 17

Neisseria

Question 18

Gram-negative, rod shaped, can live in a mammal or a parasite, and causes bordetella pertussis (whopping cough).

Answer 18

Bordetella

Question 19

Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, potentially pathogenic, inhabits GI of mammals, can causes food poisoning and salmonella typhi (typhoid fever).

Answer 19

Salmonella

Question 20

Opportunistic pathogen, enteric bacteria, common in human GI tract, and can cause E. Coli.

Answer 20

Escherichia

Question 21

Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic rods, opportunistic pathogen, and nosocomial.

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Enterobacter

Question 22

Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic rods, opportunistic pathogens, and is found in swarms.

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Proteus

Question 23

Gram-negative, rod-shaped, opportunistic pathogens, are transmitted by rodents (fleas, rats), and are the cause of the bubonic plague.

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Yersinia

Question 24

Gram-negative, opportunistic pathogen, produces red pigmentation, can be found in catheters or sterile solution, and causes urinary and respiratory infections.

Answer 24

Serratia

Question 25

Gram-negative, curved rods w/ polar rods and cause vibrio cholera.

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Vibrio

Question 26

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.

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Haemophilus

Question 27

Gram-negative, anaerobic rods, motile and nonmotile, normal flora, and causes bacteroids fragilis.

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Bacteroids

Question 28

Gram-negative, small, obligate intracellular parasite, uses fleas, mice, and ticks as a carrier and causes rocky mountain spotted fever

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Rickettsia

Question 29

Gram-negative, small, parasitic, obligate intracellular parasite, and the source of the STD, Chlamydia

Answer 29

Chlamydias