Lab 11 - Vibrio Flashcards
Morphology of vibrio species are curved rods, with flagella.
True
Campylobacter jejuni can cause diarrhoea in humans.
True
For the selective culture of Campylobacter species obligate vancomycin-polymyxin-trimethoprim is used.
True
Vibrio species are microaerophilic bacteria.
False, (facultative anaerobic)
Leuaditi ́s silver impregnation is an appropriate staining method for Leptospira species.
True
Leptospirosis of dogs is mainly caused by L. grippotyphosa.
False, (leptospirosa interrograns serovar canicola)
The causative agent of swine dysentery can show haemolysis on blood agar.
True
Brachyspira are obligate anaerobic bacteria.
True
Lyme-disease is caused by Brachyspira.
False, (by Borrelia burgoferi, B. afzelii, B. garinii)
Heliobacter species are bacteria.
True
Treponema pallidum is a zoonotic agent.
True
Helicobacter can cause gastritis.
True
Leptospira species causes leptospirosis in cattle.
True, (in calves)
B. anserina causes rabbit syphilis.
False, (by T. paraluiscuniculi
Causative agent of swine dysentery has 9 serogroups.
True
Leptospira hardjo can cause abortion in cattles.
True, (also in sheep)
Maintenance host of Leptospira ichterohaemorrhagiae is rat.
True
Borrelia species can be cultured on chocolate agar.
False, (giemsa, fuchin and unstained)
Spirochaetes are non-motile bacteria.
False, (periplasmic flagella)
Lawsonia intracellularis can be cultured on enterocyte cell culture
True