Gram Positive Rods Flashcards
Spore forming Non motile Box cars nonhemolytic Catalase +
Bacillus anthracis
Spore forming Motile Beta hemolytic Penicillin R Frosted glass appearance
Bacillus cereus
Spore forming Motile Gamma hemolytic Catalase + Oxidase +
Bacillus subtilis
Non spore forming Oxidase - Irregular shape Catalase + Chinese letters Pinpoint yellow Metachromatic granules
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Non spore forming Oxidase- H2S + Vancomycin R Catalase - Pinpoint clear
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Nonspore forming H2S - Catalase + Bile esculin + CAMP + Oxidase - VP + Tumbling motility / umbrella Clear white small Beta hemolytic
Listeria monocytogenes
Non spore forming H2S - Catalase - Oxidase - Hippurate +
Gardnerella vaginalis
what organism is the Elek test done on?
C. diphtheriae
what does the Elek test determine?
toxin production
why do C. dipthheriae turn black on Tinsdale?
tellurite hydrolysis
what organism produces a pseudomembrane on tonsils, uvula, or soft pallate?
C. diphtheriae
what are key characterisitics of Erysipelothrix?
catalase -
H2S +
what are Erysipelothrix infections most commonly associated with?
roses
medusa head colonies
B. anthracis
what bacillus spp is nonhemolytic?
B. anthracis
Catalase +
urea -
palisades
C. jeikeium
Catalase + partially acid fast slow growing SBA- wrinkled, dry chalky white - orange tan beta hemolytic
Nocardia
B. cereus infections
local and systemic
food poisoning
listeria infections
meningitis & septicemia in newborns
food poisoning
nocardia infections immunocompetent
skin infections
nocardia infections immunocompromised
invasive pulmonary & disseminated infections
Gray black colonies on Tinsdale
C diphtheriae
Beaten egg white consistency
Bacillus anthracis
Oxidase +
Bacillus
Catalase -
Erysipelothrix
Gardernella