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Gram-Positive Bacilli Flashcards

1
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displays Babes-Ernst granules

A

Corynebacterium sp.

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2
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grows on Loeffler’s serum agar

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Corynebacterium sp.

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3
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CTBA agar

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cystine-tellurite blood agar

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4
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Corynebacterium sp. shows this on CTBA agar

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brown halo

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5
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used to measure toxigenicity of C. diphtheriae

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Elek’s test

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6
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diphtheria toxin: fragment A function

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cytotoxic, inhibits protein synthesis

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7
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the diphtheria antitoxin is made in ______

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horses

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8
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diphtheria toxin: fragment B function

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binds to cell membrane receptors to mediate entry of fragment A

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9
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diphtheria toxin production is inversely proportional to ______________

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iron availability

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10
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Corynebacterium morphology under microscope

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club-shaped

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11
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the two forms of diphtheria

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respiratory and cutaneous

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12
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how diphtheria toxin causes death

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toxin enters blood, systemic infection, cardiac failure

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13
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Listeria morphology under microscope

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coccobacillus

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14
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humans are exposed to listeria in ________ (2 things)

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dairy products and processed meat

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15
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listeriolysin O function

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hemolytic and cytotoxic; allows organism to survive inside macrophages

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16
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Listeria surface protein p60 function

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induces phagocytosis through adhesion and penetration into mammalian cells

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17
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effects of listeriosis in pregnant women

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premature labor and spontaneous abortion

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18
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Listeria grows at this unusual temperature

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4 C

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19
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Listeria shows this kind of motility at 25 C

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umbrella

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20
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Listeria shows this kind of motility in a wet prep

21
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Listeria is catalase-_______

22
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Corynebacterium is catalase-_______

23
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Listeria CAMP test produces ______-hemolysis

24
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Arcanobacterium shows this on agar

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black dot under colonies

25
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Arcanobacterium and Erysipelothrix are catalase-_______

26
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Gardernella vaginalis stains gram-_______

27
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grow G. vaginalis on these types of agar (2 types)

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human blood bilayer Tween agar (HBT) and V agar

28
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atmospheric requirement for Nocardia

29
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Nocardia staining properties

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weakly acid-fast, gram-variable

30
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this genus looks like a molar tooth on agar

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Actinomadura

31
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Actinomadura colonies are white but can _________

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become red

32
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develops salmon-pink pigment after 4-7 days

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Rhodococcus

33
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N. cyriaciageorgica and N. farcinica cause

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necrosis with abscesses

34
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N. braziliensis causes

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actinomycotic mycetomas

35
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Streptomyces smell

36
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Streptomyces appearance

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waxy, glabrous, heaped

37
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B. anthracis capsule is composed of ________

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antiphagocytic D-glutamate

38
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cutaneous anthrax appearance

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painless black pustule

39
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pulmonary anthrax symptoms

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fever, fatigue, malaise; then respiratory distress, coma, death w/n 24 hrs

40
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four types of anthrax

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cutaneous, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, injectional

41
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B. anthracis morphology (agar and microscope)

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agar: medusa-head/beaten egg white colonies, string of pearls when exposed to penicillin
microscope: bamboo

42
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B. anthracis - hemolysis and motility

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nonhemolytic, nonmotile

43
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B. cereus - hemolysis and motility

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beta-hemolytic, motile (flagella)

44
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Bacillus is catalase-______

45
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Bacillus causes these diseases

A

food poisoning and eye infections

46
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2 types of Bacillus food poisoning

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emetic (fried rice) and diarrheal (meat, poultry, soup)

47
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spore-forming gram-positive rods

A

Bacillus sp.

48
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Erysipelothrix causes ________

A

painful swelling of hands

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