bacterial morphology Flashcards
Staphylococci
streptococci
pneumococci
neissria
perfect rounded
ovoid shape
lancet shape
flattened on one side or kidney shape
Bacilli can have differently shaped ends:
Enterobacteria Fusobacterium
Bacillus anthracis
Corynebacteria
rounded
fusiform
square cut
club shaped
spiral types
1-spirilla helical shape rigid bodies
2-spirochest helical shape flexible
The average diameter of spherical bacteria
rod shape
0.5-2.0 µm diameter
length is 1-10 µm and diameter is 0.25-1 .0 µm
Diplococci nuemnia + neiseria ghono + morax
– Streptococcus pneumoniae,
– Moraxella catarrhalis,
– Neisseria gonorrhoeae,
Streptococci
2 bio ge - aga la
– Streptococcus pyogenes,
– Streptococcus agalactiae
Tetrads (all coccsus)
– Aero coccus,
– Pedio coccus and
– Tetrageno coccus
sacrinae
sacrina spp
staphylococci aureus (sacrinae has also ? ao..)
staphylococci aureus
single bacili
diplobacilli
Streptobacilli
1-bacillus cerues
2– Coxiella burnetii,
2– Klebsiella spp
3– Bacillus anthracis
Coccobacilli
– Haemophilus influenzae,
– Gardnerella vaginalis,
– Yersinia pestis,
– Brucella
pallisades
Corynebacterium diphtheriae