Lab Practicum 2 Organisms + Protozoa

Question 1

• urease positive

Answer 1

Helicobacter pylori - Causes ulcers

Question 2

(gelatinase positive and strict (obligate) aerobe (anaerobic
jar))

Answer 2

Pseudomonas aeruginosa - causes skin infections in burn patients, lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients

Question 3

(osmotolerant and facultative anaerobe (anaerobic jar)

Answer 3

Staphylococcus aureus - causes
pimples, boils, etc.

Question 4

(strict (obligate) anaerobe (anaerobic jar))

Answer 4

Clostridium perfringens - causes gangrene

Question 5

(microaerophile (thio broth))

Answer 5

Neisseria gonorrhoeae - - causes gonorrhea

Question 6

(psychrotroph (temp))

Answer 6

Listeria monocytogenes - causes listeriosis

Question 7

(thermophile (temp) and used in Kilit ampule

Answer 7

Bacillus stearothemophilus

Question 8

most UV resistant when endospores are formed

Answer 8

Bacillus

Question 9

(mesophile (temp) and metallic green on Endo agar)

Answer 9

Escherichia coli -causes UTI and
sepsis

Question 10

(red on Endo agar)

Answer 10

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Question 11

(clear/ light pink on Endo agar)

Answer 11

Salmonella typhi -causes typhoid fever

Question 12

(trophozoites and cysts)- causes amoebic dysentery (amebiasis)

Answer 12

Entamoeba histolytica

Question 13

causes balantidiasis (dysentery)

Answer 13

Balantidium coli

Question 14

(trophozoites and cysts) – causes giardiasis (Beaver’s fever/
backpacker’s diarrhea)

Answer 14

Giardia lamblia

Question 15

causes trichomoniasis (STi)

Answer 15

Trichomonas vaginalis

Question 16

causes toxoplasmosis

Answer 16

Toxoplasma gondii

Question 17

causes African sleeping sickness

Answer 17

Trypanosoma brucei

Question 18

causes malaria

Answer 18

Plasmodium vivax