Curved Gram Negative bacilli Flashcards
plays a role in Guillian Barre syndrome
Campylobacter jejuni
motility of Vibrios
polar monotrichous (darting or shooting star motility)
motility of Campylobacter
single unsheathed flagellum (monotrichous)
multiple (4-6) sheathed flagella / lophotrichous
Helicobacter pylori
gas requirement of Campylobacter
5% O2
10 % CO2
rice water diarrhea
V. cholerae
V. cholerae virulence factor that dissolves glycoproteincovering of mucin layer
mucinase
heat labile enterotoxin of V. cholerae
choleragen
two subunits of choleragen and their function
A1 - activates adenykate cyclase
A2 - pentration of A1
B - binding to gangliosides
heat labile structure found in all V cholerae strains
H antigen
classifies V. cholerae in 139 strains
O antigen
V. cholerae strain associated with epidemic cholera
V. cholerae O1
V. cholerae strain associated with sporadic diarrheal diseases and nonpathogenic
V. cholerae O2 to O138
V. cholerae with polysaccharide capsule causing epidemis in Indian subcontinents
V. cholerae O139
V. cholerae biotype that is jardier and survives better
El Tor strain
O1 serotype with A and B determinants
Ogawa