Bio 251 Ch 19 Flashcards
What can gram postivite bacilli be subdivided based on
Presence or absence of endospores and acid fastness
Three general groups of gram positive bacilli
Endospore former, non endospore formers, irrgegualr shaped and staying proteries.
Spore forming bacilli
Bacillus and clostridum
Where is bacilli anthracis found
Soil
What does bacilli anthraics commonly affect
Domestic and wild animals around the world
Is anthrax communicable
No infection occur when spores get into body
When do endospores develop
In all conditions except living body
Types of anthrax
Cutaneous, pulmonary, gastrointestinal and injection
Cutaneous anthrax
Spores enter through skin, black sore, eschar form and leat dangerous
Pulmonary anthrax
Inhalation of spores
GI anthrax
Ingested spores
Injection anthrax
Recently identifies in her on in D injecting users in northern Europe
Where clostridum perfingeen spores found.
Soil, intestine of humans and. Animals
What does clostridum p? Commonly contaminate
Raw meat an dolauryy that have not been. Cooked thoroughly enough to detsory spores
Infections of c. Perfingens
Food pointing and gas gangrene