Gram-Negative Aerobes

Question 1

+ Motile rod; polar flagella
+ Psychotropic
+ Spoil refrigerated fresh meats and vegetables

Answer 1

Pseudomonas

Question 2

+ Motile rods; polar flagellum
+ Plant pathogens
+ Spoil fruits and vegetables

Answer 2

Xanthomonas

Question 3

+ Motile rods or non-motile rods
+ Mesophilic
+ Spoils alcoholic beverages and fruit juices

Answer 3

Acetobacter

Question 4

+ Motile; 4 to 8 peritrichous flagella
+ Mesophilic
+ Spoil protein rich foods

Answer 4

Alcaligenes

Question 5

+ Motile rods
+ Strict Aerobe
+ Psychotropic
+ Spoil fish and other meats

Answer 5

Alteromonas

Question 6

+ Non-motile rods
+ Some are mesotrophs; other psychrotrophs
+ Spoils refrigerated meats, milk, and other protein foods

Answer 6

Flavobacterium

Question 7

+ Motile rods
+ Strict aerobes
+ Psychrotrophic
+ Spoil refrigerated fresh meats

Answer 7

Acinetobacter

Question 8

+ Non-motile coccobacilli
+ Psychrotrophic
+ Spoils fish, red meats, and poultry products

Answer 8

Psychrobacter

Question 9

+ Non-motile coccobacilli
+ Mesophilic
+ Different species cause disease in animals and a human pathogen

Answer 9

Brucella

Question 10

+ Spirally curved rods: motile
+ Mesophilic
+ Found in intestinal tract of humans, animals, and birds

Answer 10

Campylobacter