Gram Positive and Negative Bugs Flashcards
1
Q
The Three Main Gram-positive Cocci
A
Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and Staphylococcus
2
Q
The Two Main Spore Forming Gram-Positive Rods
A
Bacillus and Clostridium
3
Q
The Two Main Gram-Positive Rods that do NOT form Spores
A
Corynebacterium and Listeria
4
Q
Two Main Gram-Neg Cocci
A
Neisseria and Moraxella (They’re diplococci)
5
Q
The Main Gram-Neg Spirochete
A
Treponema Pallidum (Syphilis)
6
Q
Which two bacteria form Endospores?
A
Gram-Pos Bacillus (aerobic) and Clostridium (anaerobic)
7
Q
Facultative Intracellular Organisms
A
- “Listen Sally Yer Friend Bruce Must Leave Now”
- Listeria, Salmonella, Yersinia, Francisella, Brucella, Legionella, Mycobacterium, Norcardia
8
Q
Exotoxin Producing Bugs that increase levels of cAMP
A
- “cAMP”
- Cholera, Anthrax, Montezuma’s Revenge (Enterotoxigenic E. coli), Pertussis
9
Q
Encapsulated Bugs (SHiN SKiS)
A
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Haemophilus Influenzae type B
- Neisseria Meningitidis
- Salmonella
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Group B Streptococci
