BACTOLAB 8-11 Flashcards
Köster-positive bacteria are red.
True
We use 5% sulphuric acid for Köster-staining.
False, (we use 0.5% H2SO4)
Brucella melitensis is an obligate aerobic bacterium.
True
Cattle can be infected by Brucella ovis.
False, (sheep)
Brucella abortus is flagellated bacteria.
False, (no flagella)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces two types of pigments.
True, pyocyanin and fluorescein
Burkholderia mallei can infect swine.
False, (burkholderia pseudomallei)
Francisella subspecies can be found in rodents and in arthropods.
True
Bordetella bronchiseptica can cause pneumonia in rabbits.
True
Brucella abortus is a facultative pathogenic bacterium.
False, (facultative intracellular bacterium)
We use 3% safranin for Köster-staining.
True
As a result of Köster-staining Brucella abortus is red.
True
Brucella suis is an obligate anaerobic bacterium.
False, (obligate aerobic bacterium)
Brucella suis biotype 2 can infect the European brown hare.
True, and wild boar
Glanders (malleus) is caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei.
False, (by Burkholderia mallei)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a flagellated bacterium species.
True, 1 polar flagellum
Burkholder pseudomallei can infect humans.
True
Francisella tularensis needs cysteine or cystine for culturing.
True
Aeromonas spp. is obligate aerobic bacteria.
False, (aerobic and facultative anaerobic)
Brucella species can be found in the infected animals and their direct environment only.
True
Brucella suis has 5 biotypes.
TRUE
- Brucella abortus is a Köster-positive bacterium species.
True
- B. melitensis, B. abortus and B. canis have a strong relationship in antigenic structure, so they show cross reactions.
False, (B. melitensis - B. abortus - B. suis, cross reaction and B. ovis - B. canis, cross reaction)
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa can cause septicaemia in fur animals.
True
- Pseudomonas species are obligate aerobic bacteria.
True
- Humans are susceptible to Burkholderia mallei.
True
- Optimal temperature for culture of Aeromonas hydrophila is above 28°C.
False, (optimal temperature is 28°C)
- Francisella tularensis is the causative agent of tularaemia.
True
- Moraxella ovis – we can see cocci in pairs in the smear.
True
- Brucella species are obligate pathogenic bacteria.
True
- B. suis is a Köster-negative species.
False
- During Köster-staining 3% safranin is used as a counter staining.
True
- B. ovis is a zoonotic agent.
False
- B. mallei is a widespread bacterium in our environment.
False, B. (pseudomallei is widespread
- B. pseudomallei is a flagellated bacterium.
True
- A. salmonicida can cause furunculosis in fish.
True
- Cystine or cysteine is needed as an additive for culturing of F. tularensis
True
- Moraxella ovis can cause pneumonia in calves and sheep.
TRUE
- Brucella sp. is able to multiple in the environment.
False
- Brucella spp. is obligate anaerobic bacteria.
False, obligate aerobic
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes otitis externa in rabbits.
False, (in dogs, and sometimes cats)
- B. pseudomallei is not a flagellated bacterium.
False, (have flagella)
Morphology of vibrio species are curved rods, with flagella.
True
Campylobacter jejuni can cause diarrhoea in humans.
True
Lawsonia intracellularis can be cultured on enterocyte cell culture.
True
Helicobacter pylori can cause chronic gastritis and ulcer in humans.
True
Spirochaetes have characteristic morphology, thin helical filaments.
True
Campylobacter species can tolerate 4-6% oxygen.
True, (6%)
Borrelia burgdorferi can cause Lyme-disease in humans.
True
Brachyspira hyodysenteriae is an obligate aerobic bacterium.
False
Human syphilis is caused by Treponema pallidum.
True
Maintenance host of Leptospira sejroe is cattle.
False, (mouse)
Vibrio species can be cultured in an alkaline environment (pH 8.6).
True
Human cholera is caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
False, (vibrio cholera)
Campylobacter species are aerobic, facultative anaerobic bacteria.
False, (microaerophilic)
Campylobacter fetus spp. venerealis can cause abortion in sheep.
False, (cause cattle abortion/infertility)
Swine proliferative enteropathies are caused by Lawsonia intracellularis.
True
Helicobacter species are urease-negative bacteria.
False, (urease positive)
Spirochaetes are non-motile bacteria.
False, (periplasmic flagella)
Borrelia species can be cultured on chocolate agar.
False, (giemsa, fuchin and unstained)
Maintenance host of Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae is rats.
True
Leptospira hardjo can cause abortion in cattles.
True, (also in sheep)
Causative agent of swine dysentery has 9 serogroups.
True