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Bacterial Genetics Flashcards

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Science concerned with hereditary and variation

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Genetics

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Most common bacterial reproduction and important in bacterial growth cycle

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Asexual Mode

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Exchange of genes between 2 DNA molecules to form combination of genes in a chromose

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Gene recombination

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Change in the base sequence of cell/organism which may occur naturally or through induction by agents

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Mutations

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Bacteral reproduction where bacteria are not differentiated to somatic or gametic cells

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Sexual Mode

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2 functional/mating types

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Donor (male)

Recipient (female)

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Involves a unidirectional transfer of a portion of DNA from donor or recipient

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Sexual Mode

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Gene transfer =

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Genetic recombination

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Genetic recombination =

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Changes

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Changes =

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Variations

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Metods of genetic transfer

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Conjugation
Transduction
Transformation
Protoplast Fusion

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Transfer of genetic information via cell-to-cell contact

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Conjugation

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Extra chromosal, independently replicating DNA found in bacteria and yeasts

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Plasmids

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Plasmid that can exist with or without being integrated into the host’s chromosome

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Episome

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Have genes for sex pili (transfer gene)

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Conjugative plasmids

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16
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Fertility factor - genes for cell attachment, genes for transfer

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F factor

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Contains extra chromosomal F factor (donor)

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F+

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No F factor (recipient)

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F-

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19
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High frequency of recombination
F factor integrated into bacterial chromosme
Donor

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Hfr

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20
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Transfer of bacterial genes by viruses (most common mechanism)

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Transduction

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21
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Two kinds of transduction

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Generalized

Specialized / Restricted

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Occurs during the lytic cycle of virulent and temperate viruses
Host DNA derived from any portion of the host genome becomes a part of the DNA of the virion in place of the virus’ genome

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Generalized Transduction

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Occurs only in some temperate viruses

Involves transfer of specific region of the host chromosome into the virus replacing some of the viral genes

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Specialized / Restricted Transduction

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Uptake by a cell of a naked DNA molecule or fragment from the medium and the incorporation of this molecule into the recipient chromosome
Contact with competent cell (able to take up DNA)

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Transformation

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Used in microorganisms with NO known conjugation system

Enzymes are used to digest cell wall to produce protoplasts

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Protoplast Fusion

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26
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Industrially important aerobic organisms that convert ethanol into acetic acid (vinegar)

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Acetobacter

Gluconobacter

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Obligate intracellular parasite transmitted to humans by insect and tick bites
Responsible for a number of diseases known as the spotted fever group

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Rickettsia sp.

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Causes endemic murine typhus

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R. typhi

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Rickettsia-like bacteria that live obligately within white blood cells
Trabsmitted by ticks to humans and cause ehrlichiosis

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Ehrlichia sp.

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30
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Freshwater microorganism

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Caulobacter

Hyphomicrobium

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31
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Agriculturally important bacteria

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Rhizobium
Bradyrhizobium
Agrobacterium

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Small nonmotile coccobacilli

Obligate parasites and cause brucellosis

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Brucella sp.

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Genera of nitrifying bacteria that are of great importance to the environment and to agriculture

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Nitrobacter

Nitrosomonas

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34
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Most common infectious bacterial genus in the world

Live only inside the cells of their hosts

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Wolbachia

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35
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Found mainly in freshwater

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Spirillum

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36
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Pseudomonas-like, aerobic

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Burkholderia

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37
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Best known species of Burkholderia and has an extraordinary nutritional spectrum and is capable of degrading more than 100 different organic molecules. These bacteria may actually grow in disinfectant solutions.

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Burkholderia cepacia

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Aerobic

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Neisseria

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39
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Causative agent of gonorrhoea

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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40
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Agent of meningococcal meningitis

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N. meningitidis

41
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Aerobic rods or cocci with polar flagella

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Pseudomonas

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

42
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Nitrogen fixing bacteria

Free living in soil

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Azotobacter

Azomonas

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Strictly aerobic coccobacilli

44
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Implicated in conjunctivitis

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Moraxella lacunata

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Aerobic and typically forms pairs

Occurs naturally in soil and water

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Acinetobacter

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Increasing concern to the medical community because of rapidity with which it becomes resistant to antibiotics

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Acinetobacter baumanii

47
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Originally isolated during a search for the cause of an outbreak of pneumonia now known as legionellosis

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Legionella

48
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Require mammalian host to reproduce

Most commonly transmitted by contaminated milk

49
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Causes Q fever

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Coxiella burnetii

50
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Facultative anaerobic gram-negative rods

Found mostly in aquatic habitats

51
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Causative agent of cholera

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Vibrio cholerae

52
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Causes a less serious form of gastroenteritis

Transmitted to humans mostly by raw or undercooked shellfish

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V. parahaemolyticus

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Facultative anaerobic, gram negative rods that are if motile, peritrichously flagellated

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Enterobacteriales

e.g. escherichia, salmonella, shigella etc.

54
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Very important genus of pathogenic bacteria

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Haemophilus

55
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Cause of meningitis in young children and is a frequent cause of earaches
Causes epiglottis

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Haemophilus influenzae

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The best studied sulfur reducing genus

Found in aerobic sediments and in the intestinal tracts of humans and animals

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Desulfovibrio

57
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Microaerophilic vibrios

Each cell has one polar flagellum

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Campylobacter

58
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Causes spontaneous abortion in domestic animals

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Campylobacter fetus

59
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A leading cause of outbreak of foodborne intestinal disease

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Campylobacter jejuni

60
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Microaerophilic curved roots with multiple flagella

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Helicobacter

61
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Identified as the most common cause of peptic ulcers in humans and a cause of stomach cancer

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Helicobacter pylori

62
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Pathogenic bacteria that may cause trachoma (one of the most common cause of blindness)

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Chlamydia

Chlamydia trachomatis

63
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Live in human intestinal tract in numbers approaching 1 billion per gram of feces; Nonmotile

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Bacteroides

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Long, slender, gram negative rods with pointed rather than blunt ends
Found most often in the gingival crevice of the gums and may be responsible for some dental abscesses

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Fusobacterium

65
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A spirochetes

66
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Cause of syphilis

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Treponema pallidum

67
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Causes relapsing fever and Lyme disease, serious diseases that are usually transmitted by ticks or lice

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Causes leptospirosis

A disease usually spread to humans by water contaminated

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Leptospira

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Exceptionally resistant to radiation, even more so than endospores

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Deinococcus radiodurans

70
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A bacterium is unusually heat stable

It was isolated from a hot spring in yellowstone national park

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Thermus aquaticus

71
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Obligate anaerobes
Rods
Endospore formers

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Clostridium

72
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Causes tetanus

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Clostridium tetani

73
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Causes botulism

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Clostridium botulinum

74
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Causes gas gangrene and foodborne diarrhea

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Clostridium perfringens

75
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An inhabitant of the intestinal tract that may cause a serious diarrhea

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Clostridium difficile

76
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Rods
Endospore formers
Common in soil and only a few are pathogenic to humans
Several species produce antibiotics

77
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Causes anthrax

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Bacillus anthracis

78
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A common bacterium in the enivronment and occasionally is identified as a cause of food poisoning, especially in strachy foods such as rice

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Bacillus ceres

79
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Occus in grapelike clusters

Facultative anaerobes

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Staphylococcus

80
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Can cause skin infections and food poisoning

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Staphylococcus aureus

81
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Industrially important lactic-acid producing bacteria
Aerotolerant
Located in the vagina, intestinal tract, and oral cavity

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Lactobacillus

82
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Spherical, gram positive bacteria that typicalky appear in chains
There are pathogenic and non pathogenic strains

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Streptococcus

83
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A beta-hemolytic streptococcus

Causes scarlet fever, pharyngitis, erysipelas, impetigo, and rheumatic fever

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Streptococcus pyogenes

84
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Adapted to area of the body that are rich in nutrients but low in oxygen, such as gastrointestinal tract, vagina, and oral cavity
Have high resistance to most antibiotics

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Enterococcus

85
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Responsible for much of the infections of surgical wounds and the urinary tract

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Enterococcus faecalis

Enterococcus faecium

86
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The cause of a common form of mild pneumonia

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

87
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Can contaminate food, especially dairy products
Capable of growth at refigeration temperatures
Poses threat of stillbirth or serious damage to the fetus if it infects pregnant women

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Listeria monocytogenes

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Aerobic

Non-endospore forming rods

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Mycobacterium

89
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Causes tuberculosis

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

90
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Causes leprosy

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Mycobacterium leprae

91
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Tend to be pleomorphic and their morphology often varies with the age of the cells

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Corynebacterium

92
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Causative agent of diphtheria

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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Produces propionic acid

Some species are important in the fermentation of Swiss chees

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Propionibacterium

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Bacteria that are commonly found on human skin and are implicated as the primary bacterial cause of acne

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Propionibacterium acnes

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The best know of the actinomyces and is one of the bacteria most commonly isolated from soil
Strict aerobes
Valuable because the produce most of our commercialantibiotics

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Streptomyces

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Facultative anaerobes that are found in the mouth and throat of humans and animals

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Actinomyces

97
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Causes actinomycosis, a tissue destroying disease usually affecting the head, neck, or lungs

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Actinomyces israelii

98
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Morphologicalky resembles Actinomyces; however, these bacteria are aerobic; they are often acid-fast; common in soil

99
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Occasionally cause a chronic, difficult-to-treat pulmonary infection
Causative agents of mycetoma, a localized destructive infection of the feet and hands

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Nocardia asteroides

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