Exam 2 mnemonics

Question 1

Facultatively anaerobic bacteria

Answer 1

“El SSS”: E.coli, Listeria, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi

Question 2

Obligately anaerobic bacteria

Answer 2

All Clostridia: C.perfringens, C. botulinum, C. difficile, C. tetani

Question 3

Gram +ve bacteria (all the rest are Gram -ve)

Answer 3

“Strange! Staphy’s act list entered my new closed carry bag.”: Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Actinomyces, Listeria, Enterococcus, Mycobacteria, Pneumococcus, Clostridia, Corynebacteria, Bacilli

Question 4

Encapsulated bacteria

Answer 4

“Some skilled killers have fatal new berettas”: Streptococci, Shigella sonnei, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Francisella tularensis, Neisseria meningitidis, Bacillus anthracis

Question 5

Sporeforming bacteria

Answer 5

Clostridia & bacilli

Question 6

Bacteria causing zoonotic diseases

Answer 6

“Surely cattle carry light bacteria fast”: Salmonella, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamidophila psittaci, Listeria monocytogenes, Brucella, Francisella tularensis