Lab 6 Salmonella, Citrobacter, Shigella, Proteus, Providentia, Yersinia, Serratia, Edwardsiella, anaerobic Gram-negative rods Flashcards
Salmonella species
Only two:
S. Enterica
S. Bongori
Within s. Enterica
6 subspecies
Within subspecies
Serovars
Salmonella habitat
Gut
Sewage
Water
Feed
Salmonella morphology
Rod, flagella
What salmonella do not have flagella
S. Gallinarum
S. Pullorum
Salmonella culture
Not fastidious
Low selectivity: MacConkey, Drigalski
Medium selectivity: brill green phenol red, XLD, rambach agar
Selective enrichment
Na-selenite, cys
Na-tetrathionate, bile salts
Salmonella is lactose
Negative
Salmonella on rambach agar
Pink colonies
Salmonella H2S
Positive
Salmonella antigens
Kauffmann-white system
O = 35
Vi = K, S.typhi, s. Dublin
H = specific, non-specific, monophasic, diphasic
Salmonella only human
S. Typhi
S. Paratyphi A B C, S. Sendai
S. Typhi
Human typhoid fever
S. Paratyphi, S. Sendsai
Human paratyphoid
Salmonella only animals
S. Typhisuis
S. Gallinarum
S. Typhisuis
Swine typhoid
S. Gallinarum (pullorum)
Fowl paratyphoid
Salmonella human and animal
S. Enteritidis
S. Typhimurium
S. Thompson
S. Choleraesuis
Citrobacter habitat
Mammals, birds, gut, water, environment
Cireobacter lactose
Negative
Late positive
Citrobacter pathogenicity
Saprophytic
Sometimes secondary pathogen
Shigella habitat
Intestine of primates, sewage
Shigella flagella
No flagella
Shigella culture
DC agar
Shigella lactose
Negative
Shigella S. Dysenteriae S.flexneri S. Sonnei S. Boydii
Human bacillary dysentery
Shigella mannitol and H2S
Negative both
Proteus/providencia habitat
Intestine
Urine
Water
Rotting materials
Proteus/providencia culture
Swarming
Proteus/providencia lactose
Negative
Proteus/providencia pathogenicity
Saprophytic
Sometimes UTI
Proteus/providencia subspecies
P. Vulgaris
P. Mirabilis
P. Morganii
Prov. Stuartii
Yersinia species
Y. Pestis
Y. Pseudotuberculosis
Y. Entericolitica
Y. Ruckeri
Y. Pseudotuberculosis habitat, morphology and flagella status
Hab: intestine, water
Morph: coccoid rods
Flagella in 22 degrees
Y. Pseudotuberculosis culture
Not fastidious
Optimal temp 30
Small colonies
Lactose negative
Y. Pseudotuberculosis
Antigens and pathogenicity
O antigen (8) H antigen (5)
Rodents
Turkey, pheasant, quail (septicemia, abscesses)
Cattle, swine, sheep abortion
Human
Y. Enterocolitica
Habitat
Morphology
Culture
Intestine, water
Middle sized rods
Optimal temp: 22
Na-oxalate + bile salts
Y. Enterocolitica antigens
Pathogenicity
O antigens (34) O9 =cross reaction with brucella
H = 20
Hu= GI infection, abscesses
Swine, rabbit = Int mesenterial ln, resembles tuberculosis
Y. Ruckeri
Biochem and pathogenicity
Inactive
Trout septicemia,kidney (red mouth disease)
Serratia habitat culture pathogenicity
Soil, water
Lower optimal temp, pigment
Saprophytes
S. Marcescens
Food contamination
Edwardsiella
Habitat
Culture
Pathogenicity
Intestine
Fastidious (vit and aa needed)
E. Tarda = eel
E. Ictaluri = septicemia, ascites (catfish)
Gram negative anaerobic rods
Habitat
Pathogenicity
Mucous membranes
Anaerobic gut flora
Facultative pathogens
Mm, wounds, abscesses
Mixed infections
Gram negative anaerobic rods genera
Fusobacterium
Bacteroides
Dichelobacter
Prevotella
Fusobacterium
Morphology
Culture
Polymorph, no flagella
Fastidious (protein, yeast extract)
CO2
Fusobacterium
Biochemistry
Resistance
Pathogenicity
Inactive, gelatins, casein
Weak
Facultative pathogenic
Anaerobic wounds, abscesses, gangrene
Fusobacterium species
F. Necrophorum
Subsp necrophorum
Subsp funduliforme
F. Nucleatum