Characteristics of each bacteria genus Flashcards
Staphylococcus spp.
G+, aerobic, cocci in clusters
Streptococcus spp.
G+, aerobic, cocci in chains
Corynebacterium spp.
G+, aerobic, non-branching rods
Listeria spp.
G+, aerobic, single or short chain non-branching rods
Peptostreptococcus spp.
G+, anaerobic cocci, non-spore forming
Actinomyces spp.
G+, anaerobic branching filmentous bacilli
Clostridium spp.
G+, anaerobic rods, forms spores (strict anaerobes)
Enterobacteriaceae
G-, aerobic fermenters, rods
Vibrio spp.
G-, aerobic fermenter, rods
Moraxella spp.
G-, aerobic nonfermenter, diplococci
Pseudomonas spp.
G-, aerobic nonfermenter, slender rods
Haemophilus spp.
G-, coccibacilli or short rods, fastidious
Neisseria spp.
G- diplococci, fastidious
Bacteroides spp.
G-, anaerobic, rods
Helicobacter spp.
G-, spiral, **hard to culture
Treponema spp.
Cannot Gram stain, spirochete **hard to culture
Mycobacterium spp.
Aerobic, Non-spore forming, non-motile, mycolic acid outer membrane, slow growing, fastidious
**hard to grow
Mycoplasma spp.
No cell wall (resistant to beta-lactams)
**hard to grow
Chlamydia/Chlamydophila spp.
must be cultivated in living cells
**hard to grow
Rickettsia spp.
G-, grows inside living cells
**hard to grow
