Gram-Positive Bacilli Flashcards
Medusa head colonies or rhizoid (BAP)
B anthracis
Bamboo pole arrangement in culture
B anthracis
String of pearls (MHA w/ penicillin)
B anthracis
True or false: B anthracis is beta-hemolytic and motile
FALSE
It is non-motile and non-hemolytic
Ground glass colonies
B anthracis
Hemolytic pattern of B cereus
B hemolytic
Iridescent sheen on EYA
C. botulinum
Strabismus (wandering eye)
C botulinum
Double zone of hemolysis
C perfringens
Spores usually absent in solid media and thioglycollate broth
C perfringens
Only clostridial agent that’s aerotolerant
C perfringens
Important cause of antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis
C difficile
Horse barnyard odor
C difficile
Medusa head + B-hemolytic
C septicum
Note: Also smoothly swarming
Clostridium that’s:
• Lecithinase (+)
• Lipase (+)
• C. perfringens
• C. botulinum