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Innermost layer or the cell envelope, covering of the cytoplasm

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Cell membrane

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Composition of the cell membrane

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Proteins and phospholipids

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Controls the influx and efflux of substances

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Cell membrane

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Encloses the cytoplasm

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Cell membrane

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Various metabolic reactions take place here (because enzymes are mostly attached here)

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Cell membrane

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Suspended in the cytoplasm, that area is called the “Bacterial nucleoid” Composition: single, long, supercoiled, circular DNA

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Chromosome

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serves as the control center of the cell

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Bacterial DNA

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capable of duplicating, guiding cell division and directing cellular activities and 575-55,000 genes

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Bacterial DNA

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double-stranded DNA, suspended in the cytoplasm

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Extra chromosomal DNA / plasmid

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contains fewer than 10 to several hundred genes

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Extrachromosomal DNA/Plasmid

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contains fewer than 10 to several hundred genes

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Extrachromosomal DNA/Plasmid

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Extrachromosomal DNA/Plasmid

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13
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It is where various metabolic reactions takes place

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Cell membrane

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Holds the cytoplasmic particles especially the 70S ribosomes

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Cytoplasm

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contain starch, lipid, sulfur and iron that serve as nutrients of bacteria

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Cytoplasmic granules

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Location: Outer layer, between the cell membrane and capsule (if capsule is present)

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Cell wall

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17
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Composition of the cell wall

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Peptidoglycan/Murein

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18
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Peptide/Protein bonds that link the polysaccharide chains

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Peptido

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19
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Polysaccharide chains (N-acetylmuramic acid + N-acetylglucosamine)

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Glycan

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20
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Bacteria that doesn’t have a cell wall

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Mycoplasma

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21
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Bacteria that don’t have a cell wall

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Mycoplasma

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22
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Defines the shape of bacterial cell

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Cell wall

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23
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Provides rigidity, strength, and protection

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Cell wall

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24
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Determines the reaction to some bacterial stains

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Cell wall

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25
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thicker cell wall, with techoic acid

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Gram positive

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thinner cell wall with Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and phospholipid

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Gram negative

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27
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are bacteria without cell wall; maycause chronic form of diseases such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Lyme disease, Rheumatoid arthritis, and Sarcoidosis

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Cell Wall-Deficient (CWD) or L-form bacteria

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28
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What structures are suspended in the cytoplasm of bacteria?

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PolySome’s

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29
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Location: outside the cell wall

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Glycocalyx

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30
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Composition: slimy, gelatinous material produced by the cell membrane and secreted outside the cell wall

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Glycocalyx

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not highly organized and not firmly attached to the cell wall; enables them to glide or slide along solid surfaces, and seem to protect bacteria from antibiotics and desiccation

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Slime layer

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32
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highly organized & firmly attached to the cell wall; may be composed of polysaccharides, lipids & proteins

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Capsule

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33
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anti-phagocytic

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Capsule

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34
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stain that demonstrates the capsule; capsule appears as unstained halo around the bacterial cell, against a dark background

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Negative staining

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35
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It is a capsular swelling reaction. A gold standard test for serotyping Streptococcus pneumoniae. Swelling of the capsule happens when the type-specific antibody combines with the capsule.

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Quellung/Neufeld Reaction

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36
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Location: Outside, attached to the basal body in the cell membrane

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Flagella

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37
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Location: Outside, attached to the basal body in the cell membrane

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Flagella

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38
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protein appendages for bacterial motility

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Flagella

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39
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Composition of flagella is 3 or more threads of protein called _____ that is twisted like a rope

40
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flagellum on one end of the bacterium

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Monotrichous

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tuft of flagella on one end of the bacterium

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Lophotrichous

42
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one or more flagella on each end of the bacterium

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Amphitrichous

43
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Flagella over the entire surface/perimeter of the bacterium

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Peritrichous

44
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flagella-like fibrils found in spirochetes that enable them to move in a spiral , helical, or inchworm manner

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Axial filaments

45
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Location: Arise from the cytoplasm and extend through the cell/plasma membrane, cell wall, and capsule (if present); common among Gram-negative

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PILI/FIMBRIAE

46
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Composition of pili that is polymerized protein molecules called

47
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For bacterial adherence/attachment to surfaces

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Somatic Pili

48
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For transfer of genetic material from one bacterial cell to another (Conjugation)

49
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Location: Within the cytoplasm of the bacteria

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SPORES (ENDOSPORES)

50
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Composition: Copy of the chromosome, and some of the surrounding cytoplasm becomes enclosed and form the spore

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SPORES (ENDOSPORES)

51
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Enable bacteria to survive in adverse conditions, such as temperate extremes, desiccation, and lack of nutrients

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SPORES (ENDOSPORES)

52
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spore is produced at the end of the bacterial cell

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Terminal spore

53
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produced elsewhere in the cell

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Subterminal spore

54
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Example of bacteria that has sports

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Bacillus and Clostridium species

55
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Example of curve or comma-shaped bacilli

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Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus (singly, curved bacilli) Campylobacter spp. (curve bacilli in pairs, appears like a seagull’s wing

56
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AXIAL FILAMENTS/PERIPLASMIC FLAGELLA CAUSATIVE AGENT OF SYPHILIS

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Treponema pallidum

57
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TIGHTLY COILED SPIROCHETE

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Treponema pallidum

58
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Less tightly coiled Motility: Axial filaments

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Borrelia spp.

59
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CWD or L-form that appear in various shapes due to the
absence of cell wall

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Pleomorphic bacteria

60
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For fixation - so that the bacteria will stick to the slide; preserve the bacteria; serves as bacteriostatic agent

61
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Primary stain - serves as initial cell wall stain

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Crystal violet (blue)

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Reaction of Crystal violet stain

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Gram positive: stains blue to purple
Gram negative: blue to purple

63
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Mordant - forms an insoluble complex with the primary stain, increasing its uptake and fixing it into the cell wall (crystal violet-iodine complex)

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Gram’s iodine (purple)

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Reaction of grams iodine

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Gram positive: blue to purple
Gram negative: blue to purple

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Decolorizer - removes the primary stain

66
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Reaction of ethanol

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Gram positive: blue to purple
Gram negative: colorless

67
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Secondary stain/ counterstain - provides contrast or differentiation

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Safranin (red)

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Reaction of safranin

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Gram positive: blue to purple
Gram negative: red

69
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All cocci are Gram postive, EXCEPT

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Neisseria, Veilonella and Moraxella.

70
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All bacilli are Gram negative, EXCEPT

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Mycobacteria, Corynebacterium, Clostridia, Erysiphilothrix, Lactobacillus, Listeria, Nocardia, Actinomyces, and Bacillus.

71
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All spiral organisms are reported as

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Gram negative

72
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Yeasts are reported as

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Gram positive

73
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Not Gram stained

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Chlamydia, Ricketssia, Mycoplasma, Ureplasma, Spirochete, Legionella

74
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Steps of G/S:

75
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Gram negative cocci

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NEVErMORe (Neisseria, Veilonella, Moraxella)

76
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Gram positive bacilli

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77
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Rods in chains

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Streptobacilli

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Cocci in clusters

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Staphylococci

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Cocci in chain

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Streptococci

80
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Bacilli in pairs

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Diplobacilli

81
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Cocci in pairs

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Diplococci

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Cocci in packets of eight

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Short bacilli

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Coccobacilli

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Spirillum

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Spirochete

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Stacks of bacilli

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Varied shapes

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Pleomorphic

87
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Diplobacilli

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M. Boris - gram negative

88
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Octads

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S. ventriculli - gram positive

89
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Coccobacilli

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H. Influenzae - gram negative

90
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Diplococci

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N. gonorrheae - gram negative

91
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Palisade

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C. diphtheriae - gram positive

92
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Streptobacilli

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S. moniliformis - gram negative

93
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Staphylococci

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S. aureus - gram neg

94
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Spirochete

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T. pallidum -gram neg

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Pleomorphic

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M. pneumoniae

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Streptococci

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S. pyogenes - gram pos

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