endospore Flashcards
(f) Bacillus cereus
food poisoning and others benfdical probiotics beneficial
(f) Bacillus anthracis
causes anthrax
zoonotic
pathogen
(F) Staphylococcus aureus
a form of staphylococci that commonly infects wounds and causes serious problems such as toxic shock syndrome or produces food poisoning or necrotizing fascitis
(f)Listeria monocytogenes
Food-borne illness,
Affects fetus during pregnancy
(stillbirths/spontaneous abortions)
(f)Streptococcus pyogenes
strep throat
beta-hemolysis
(f)Streptococcus pneumoniae
pneumoniae
pneumonia
(f)Streptococcus mutans
tooth decay
needs sucrose for glycocalyx
(f)Mycoplasma
bacteria that lack cell wall
resistance to beta-lactam
antibiotics and
vancomycin
(f) Mycoplasma genitalium
a sexually transmitted bacterium that is responsible, along with chlamydia, for the largest percentage of nongonococcal urethritis
(F)Clostridium tetani V
Antitoxin causing tetanus
preventable dpt vaccine
(F)Clostridium botulinum V
Causes botulism. Disease results from ingesting toxin-contaminated foods, typically canned foods that have been improperly processed.
PRODUCES GAS
(F)Clostridium perfringens
causes gas gangrene
(F)Clostridium difficile
causes diarrhea and colitis MOSTY FROM BAD WATER
(F)Clostridiales
Gram-positive rod, anaerobic
Firmicutes
Gram positive, low G+C content in DNA
