classification of bacteria 2 (miscellaneous bacteria)

Question 1

what are miscellaneous bacteria?

Answer 1

bacteria that can’t be stained with Gram’s method or can’t be cultured by standard methods.

Question 2

examples of miscellaneous bacteria

Answer 2

mycobacterium spp.
spirochaetes.
chlamydia/ chlamydophila

Question 3

acid and alcohol fast bacilli

Answer 3

bacteria resistant to decolourisation by acid or alcohol after staining with a specific stain

Question 4

bacterium that causes tuberculosis

Answer 4

mycobacterium tuberculosis

Question 5

non-tuberculosi mycobacterium examples

Answer 5

leprosy-mycobacterium leprae

Question 6

spirochaetes

Answer 6

cause syphilis, Lyme disease, leptospirosis

Question 7

chlamydia

Answer 7

caused by the bacteria chlamydia trachomatis

Question 8

how miscellaneous bacteria are diagnosed

Answer 8

serology

nucleic acid amplification tests