L3 Flashcards
Generation time of bacteria
20 minutes to 24 hours
Mycobacterium tuberculosis take how many time
24 hours
pH of culture medium
6 - 8
Require Organic compounds as source of energy as: (carbohydrates,
lipids, proteins
Heterotrophic bacteria
Utilize simple Inorganic compounds as source of energy such as:
( Carbon - CO2, carbonates; N - ammonia, nitrates).
Autotrophic bacteria
Capnophilic bacteria
need high concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) -((Campylobacter))
Obligate (strict) aerobe
Pseudomonas
Facultative anaerobe
Escherichia coli
Obligate anaerobe
Clostridium species
Aerotolerant anaerobe
Streptococcus pyogenes
Microaerophile
Campylobacter species
Microaerophile & Capnophilic
Campylobacter
require special nutrients supplied in culture medium
Fastidious organisms
Non cultivable bacteria
Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy) & Treponema pallidum
intracellular organisms
Chlamydia and Rickettsia
lquid like water without agar
broth
2% of agar to
solidify media
- 6% agar to
inhibit motility of proteus
visible mass of bacterial cells derived from a single parental cell
colony
The major mechanisms for generating metabolic energy are
fermentation
and respiration
The Embden-Meyerhof, Entner-Doudoroff, and hetero lactate
pathways are three pathways used for
glucose catabolism in bacteria
Carrier state: person harbors, asymptomatic and
transmits to others e.g
. Typhoid bacilli
Chronic carrier
HBV