GM NEG Flashcards
All Nesseria are Catalase (+) EXCEPT:
N. elongata
Obligate Aerobes, CAPNOPHILIC (5-10% Co2), Catalase positive
Nesseria
Moraxella
Leading cause of sexually transmitted disease
N. gonorrhoeae
Gram (-) dplococci, inside PMNs
N. gonorrhoea
Fatal bacterial meningitis
N. meningitidis
Associated with respi tract, otitis media, sinusitis, pneumonia
Moraxella catarrhalis
Container used for Neisseria spp. with increased Co2
JEMBEC system
Glucose, Maltose, Lactose (-)
Moraxella catarrhalis
Glucose, Maltose, Lactose (+)
N. lactamica
Shiga-like toxin
EHEC
Shigella-like infection
EIEC
Cholera-like toxin
ETEC
Traveller’s, Childhood diarrhea
ETEC
Seen in debilitated patients (burn or ICU)
Acinetobacter
Biochemically inert; grows well on MacConkey
Shigella
Catalase negative Shigella
S. dysenteriae
others are Catalase (+)
ONPG (+) Shigella
Shigella sonnei (LLF)
other are ONPG (-)
Gm (-) rods with unusual bipolar staining with Weison stain
Yersinia
Name of the infected rat flea that causes Yersinia pestis infection
Xenopsylla cheopsis
Bull’s eye colony on CIN agar
Yersinia enterocolitica
Causes acute mesenteric lymphadenitis, appendicitis
Yersinia enterocolitica
Isolated from cold and warm-blooded animals (reptiles, fishes, frogs, turtles)
Edwardsiella tarda
Similarity of E. coli and Edwardsiella tarda
IMVIC: ++–
How to diff. E. coli and Edwardsiella tarda
Lactose Fermentation + H2S prod
E. coli = RLF; H2S (-)
Edwardsiella tarda = NLF; H2s (+)
Plump coccobacilli that resist Decolorization; resembles Neisseria
Acinetobacter
Found in tap water and salads
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Key pathogen in CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Causes
Ecthyema gangrenosum,
Swimmer’s ear,
Jacuzzi syndrome
P. aeruginosa
Survive in medical devices, disinfectants
Burkholderia cepacia
Non-motile Burkholderia
Burkholderia mallei
Cause severe infections in HORSES (glanders or farcy disease)
Burkholderia mallei
Vietnamese time bomb
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Medium for Burkholderia pseudomallei
Ashdown medium
appear as dry, wrinkled, deep pink color
All Vibrio are HALOPHILIC (loves salt) except:
Vibrio cholerae
Vibrio mimicus
Oxidase (+) Vibrio except:
Vibrio metschnikovii
Causes epidemics, pandemics of diarrheal disease cholera
Vibrio cholerae