Corynebacterium Flashcards
It is gram positive rods and is pleomorphic
Corynebacterium
The arrangement is angular and palisade or fence of stakes
Fence of stakes corona bacterium
The cell wall of Corynebacterium contains
Mesodiaminopimelic acid, galactose, arabinose
Used to be type 1 and causes bovine cystitis, urethritis
Corynebacterium renale
Diphtheritic C. renale causes _____
Inflammation of the bladder
C. renale shows as bars and granules with this stain
Methylene blue
C. renale causes this reduction at the bottom and shows a dark red fluid with heavy sedimentation
Litmus
Enzyme for litmus milk
Caseinase
Most frequent Corynebacterium and causes pyelonephritis
Type 1 renale
Found in the urine and vagina, causes cystitis and pyelonephritis
Type 2 pilosum
Widely distributed and causes severe hemorrhagic cystitis
Type 3 cystitidis
These detect antibodies against Corynebacterium renale
Hemagglutination, agglutination, agar gel diffusion
Causes lymphadenitis in sheep and goats
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
Pleomorphic rod, very short, retains Gram stain but not acid-fast
C. pseudotuberculosis
Has papilliform centers
Papilliform C. pseudotuberculosis
ELISA stands for
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
BCG stands for
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin
Causes ulcerative lymphadenitis in horses
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
Commonly found in milk from healthy udders and in the reproductive tract of cows
Corynebacterium bovis
The classic infectious bacterial agent that induces pyelonephritis in pigs
Eubacterium suis
Serotype of C. pseudotuberculosis found in sheep and goats
Serotype 1
Specific species that survives in phagolysosomes
C. pseudotuberculosis
