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obligate anaerobes

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anaerobes Can’t Breathe Air- clostridium- bacteriodes- actinomycesaminO(2)glycosides are ineffective bc require O2 to enter into bacterial cell- lack catalase & superoxide dismutase

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facultative intracellular

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Some Nasty Bugs May Live FacultativeLY- salmonella- neisseria- brucella- mycobacterium- listeria- francisella- legionella- yersinia pestis

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encapsulated bacteria

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QUELLUNG = capsular “SWELLUNG”SHiNE SKiS- S. pneumoniae- H. influenza- N. meningitidus- E. coli- Salmonella- Klebsiella pneumoniae- group B Strep

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obligate aerobes

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Nagging Pests Must Breathe

  • nocardia
  • pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • bacillus
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giemsa

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Certain Bugs Really TRY my Patience

  • chlamydia
  • borrelia
  • rickettsiae
  • trypanosomes
  • plasmodium
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