Bacterial Diversity

Question 1

Streptococcus

Answer 1

Gram-Positive Cocci (B-hemolytic [subclassified into A, B, C, D, F, and G], a-hemolytic [streptococcus pneumoniae], y-hemolytic)

Question 2

Staphylococcus

Answer 2

Gram-Positive Cocci

Question 3

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Answer 3

Gram-Negative (Gonorrhea)

Question 4

Neisseria meningitidis

Answer 4

Gram-Negative (Meningitis and Septicemia)

Question 5

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Answer 5

Gram-positive Rods (Diphtheriae)

Question 6

Bacillus anthracis

Answer 6

Gram-positive Rods (Anthrax)

Question 7

Clostridium difficile

Answer 7

Gram-positive Rods (Pseudomembranous colitis)

Question 8

Clostridium botulinum

Answer 8

Gram-positive Rods (Botulism)

Question 9

Clostridium tetani

Answer 9

Gram-positive Rods (Tetanus)

Question 10

Clostridium perfringens

Answer 10

Gram-positive Rods (Gas gangrene)

Question 11

Listeria monoytogenes

Answer 11

Gram-positive Rods (Enteric pathogen)

Question 12

Escherichia coli

Answer 12

Gram-negative Rods: Enterobacteracieae & lactose fermenters (Infectious diarrhea)

Question 13

Salmonella

Answer 13

Gram-negative Rods: Enterobacteracieae & non-lactose fermenters (Typhoid and food poisoning)

Question 14

Shigella

Answer 14

Gram-negative Rods: Enterobacteracieae & non-lactose fermenters (Bacillary dysentery)

Question 15

Yersinia

Answer 15

Gram-negative Rods: Non-Enterobacteracieae (Plague and intestinal infections)

Question 16

Vibrio cholorae

Answer 16

Gram-negative Rods: Non-Enterobacteracieae (Cholera)

Question 17

Psuedomonas spp

Answer 17

Gram-negative Rods: Non-Enterobacteracieae (Psuedomonads)

Question 18

Campylobacter jejuni

Answer 18

Gram-negative Rods: Non-Enterobacteracieae (Infectious diarrhea)

Question 19

Helicobacter pylori

Answer 19

Gram-negative Rods: Non-Enterobacteracieae (gastritis, gastric ulcers, and gastric cancer)

Question 20

Haemophilus

Answer 20

Gram-negative Rods: Fastidious (pneumonia and meningitis)

Question 21

Bordetella

Answer 21

Gram-negative Rods: Fastidious (Whooping cough)

Question 22

Brucella

Answer 22

Gram-negative Rods: Fastidious (Brucellosis)

Question 23

Francisella

Answer 23

Gram-negative Rods: Fastidious (tularemia)

Question 24

Bartonella

Answer 24

Gram-negative Rods: Fastidious (Catscratch fever)

Question 25

Legionella

Answer 25

Gram-negative Rods: Fastidious (A form of pneumonia)

Question 26

Bacteroides fragilis

Answer 26

Gram-negative Rods: Strictly Anaerobic

Question 27

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Answer 27

Acid-Fast bacteria (Tuberculosis)

Question 28

Mycobacterium leprae

Answer 28

Acid-Fast bacteria (Leprae)

Question 29

Mycobacterium avium

Answer 29

Acid-Fast bacteria

Question 30

Mycobacterium intracellulare

Answer 30

Acid-Fast bacteria

Question 31

Mycobacterium paratuberculosis

Answer 31

Acid-Fast bacteria

Question 32

Nocardia

Answer 32

Acid-Fast bacteria: aerobic

Question 33

Actinomyces

Answer 33

Acid-Fast bacteria: strict anaerobes

Question 34

Streptomyces

Answer 34

Acid-Fast bacteria: nonpathogenic

Question 35

Chlamydia trachomatis

Answer 35

Chlamydiae (STD or chlamydial urethritis)

Question 36

Chlamydia pneumoniae

Answer 36

Chlamydiae (Pneumonia)

Question 37

Ehrlichia

Answer 37

Rickettsiae (Epidemic typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever)

Question 38

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Answer 38

Mycoplasmas (Pneumonia)

Question 39

Ureaplasma urealyticum

Answer 39

Mycoplasmas (various diseases)

Question 40

Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum

Answer 40

Spirochetes (Syphilis)

Question 41

Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue

Answer 41

Spirochetes (Yaws, a chronic skin infection characterized by noncancerous lumps [papillomas] and ulers)