Lesson 3 (VMCB) Flashcards
Opportunistic pathogens producing diverse inflammatory resp
actinobacteria, nocardia, dermatophilus
media for actinobacteria
enriched growth media
usual habitat for genus actinobacteria
mucuos membranes of animals
one featuring characteristic of genus actinobacteria
filamentous and branching
media for nocardia species
Sabouraud dextrose agar
associated with equine nocardiform placentitis, leading to loss of the foal in approximately 50% of cases
Crossiella equi
they have no growth on sabouraud dextrose agar
Actinomyces spp., dermatophilus congolensis
species under genus actinomyces
A. bovis, A. viscosus, A. hordeovulneris
specie under genus actinobaculum
A. suis
specie under genus arcanobacterium
A. pyogenes
species under genus mycobacterium
M. bovis, M. avium, M. paratuberculosis
species under genus corynebacterium
C. pseudotuberculosis, C. pilosom, C. renali
species under genus rhodococcus
R. equi
long, slender, branching filaments with a tendency to fragment into rods and cocci in smears
nocardia sp.
species under genus nocardia
N. asteroides, N. farcinica
suborders of actinomycetalis
actinomycinaeae, corynebacterinaeae, micrococcinaeae, pseudonocardinaeae
specie of genus dermatophilus
D. congolensis
specie of genus crosiella
C. equi
genus under family actinomycetaceae
actinomyces, acinobaculum, arcanobacterium
genus under family corynebacteriaceae
mycobacterium, corynebacterium, rhodococcus, nocardia