Gram (-) Aerobic Flashcards
Treponema Pallidum
Bacteria causing sysphillus
Borrela Burgdorferi
Bacteria causing Lyme disease
Spirillum
1) Spirrillum Volutans
Not as tight coiled as Spirochetes
Spirrillum Volutans
Found in fresh water and ponds
Vibrio
3 types
Curved rods
Can have bioluminescence
Occurs throughout nature
1)Bdellovibrio
Parasites on other bacteria
2) Vibrio cholera
Causes disease Cholera
Cholera- get from drinking contaminated water
3) Vibrio Vulnificus
Can get from eating raw/uncooked seafood
Over 40 deaths per yr
Can get from going into ocean with open wound
Rods
5 types
Very diverse
Found in soil but are found in water too
Have drug resistant stains
1) Pseudomonas aeruginosa
1 leading cause of death in burn victims
Normally not a problem unless at right place at right time
Will produce “Blue Puss”
2) Pseudomonas Fluorescence
Glow in UV light
3) Xanthomonas
Plant pathogen
Spotty plants will be viral disease
Stem discolored will be bacterial disease
4&5)
Azotobacter & Rhizobium
Both can do nitrogen fixation
4) Azotobacter
Free living
5) Rhizobium
Symbiant in roots of plants