Gram Positive Bacteria

Question 1

What are the 2 classes of Gram positive cocci bacteria?

Answer 1

Staphylococci

Streptococci

Question 2

What appearance do staphylococci have?

Answer 2

Clusters or bacteria

Question 3

What appearance do streptococci have?

Answer 3

Chains

Question 4

What test is carried out on staphylococci?

Answer 4

Coagulase test

Question 5

What are the two outcomes of the coagulase test?

Answer 5

Positive

Negative

Question 6

What is the result of positive coagulase test?

Answer 6

Staph aureus

Question 7

What is the result of negative coagulase test?

Answer 7

Staph epidermidis

Question 8

What are the 3 classes of streptococci?

Answer 8

a haemolytic
B haemolytic
non-haemolytic

Question 9

What are the 3 classes of streptococci B haemolytic?

Answer 9

Group A
Group B
Group C

Question 10

What is the name for Group A streptococci B haemolytic?

Answer 10

Strep. Pyogenes

Question 11

What are the 2 classes of (a) haemolytic streptococci?

Answer 11

Strep. pneumoniae

Strep. viridans

Question 12

What is the bacteria in non-haemolytic streptococci?

Answer 12

Enterococci

Question 13

Are anaerobic bacilli spore forming or non-spore forming?

Answer 13

Spore forming

Question 14

What is the anaerobic spore forming bacilli?

Answer 14

Clostridium species

Question 15

What does clostridium tetani cause?

Answer 15

Tetanus

Question 16

What does clostridium perfringes cause?

Answer 16

Food poisoning

Question 17

What are the 3 types of bacilli clostridium species?

Answer 17

Cl Tetani
Cl Perfringes
Cl Difficile

Question 18

What is characteristic about clostridium difficile?

Answer 18

It is difficult to culture

Question 19

What is the spore forming aerobic bacilli species?

Answer 19

Bacillus species