Micro Bug General Type/Algorithms

Question 1

Staph (general)

Answer 1

G+ cocci (catalase +)

Question 2

Strep (general)

Answer 2

G+ cocci (catalase -)

Question 3

Neisseria

Answer 3

G- cocci

Question 4

Clostridium

Answer 4

G+ rod (anaerobe)

Question 5

E.coli

Answer 5

G- rod

Question 6

Corynebacterium

Answer 6

G+ rod

Question 7

Bacillus

Answer 7

G+ rod (aerobe)

Question 8

Listeria

Answer 8

G+ rod

Question 9

Shigella

Answer 9

G- rod

Question 10

Salmonella

Answer 10

G- rod

Question 11

Yersinia

Answer 11

G- rod

Question 12

Klebsiella

Answer 12

G- rod

Question 13

Mycobacterium

Answer 13

Acid fast G+ rod

Question 14

Enterobacter

Answer 14

G- rod

Question 15

Actinomyces

Answer 15

G+ branching filament

Question 16

Nocardia

Answer 16

G+ weakly acid fast branching filament

Question 17

Serratia

Answer 17

G- rod

Question 18

Vibrio

Answer 18

G- rod

Question 19

Campylobacter

Answer 19

G- rod

Question 20

Pseudomonas

Answer 20

G- rod

Question 21

Rickettsiae

Answer 21

Pleomorphic G-

Question 22

Chlamydia

Answer 22

Pleomorphic G-

Question 23

Borrelia

Answer 23

G- spirochete

Question 24

Leptospira

Answer 24

G- spirochete

Question 25

Helicobacter

Answer 25

G- rod

Question 26

Pseudomonas

Answer 26

G- rod

Question 27

Bacteroides

Answer 27

G- rod

Question 28

Haemophilus

Answer 28

G- rod

Question 29

Legionella

Answer 29

G- rod

Question 30

Bordetella

Answer 30

G- rod

Question 31

Francisella

Answer 31

G- rod

Question 32

Brucella

Answer 32

G- rod

Question 33

Pasteurella

Answer 33

G- rod

Question 34

Bartonella

Answer 34

G- rod

Question 35

Mycoplasma

Answer 35

No cell wall

Question 36

Herpesviruses

Answer 36

enveloped dsDNA (linear)

Question 37

Hepadnavirus

Answer 37

enveloped partially dsDNA (circular)

Question 38

Reovirus (Coltivirus, Rotavirus)

Answer 38

nonenveloped segmented dsRNA

Question 39

Picornaviruses (PERCH: Polio, Echo, Rhino, Coxsackie, HAV)

Answer 39

nonenveloped +ssRNA

Question 40

Hepevirus (HEV)

Answer 40

nonenveloped +ssRNA

Question 41

Caliciviruses (Norovirus)

Answer 41

nonenveloped +ssRNA

Question 42

Adenovirus

Answer 42

nonenveloped dsDNA (linear)

Question 43

Parvovirus

Answer 43

nonenveloped ssDNA*** (linear)

Question 44

Papillomavirus

Answer 44

nonenveloped dsDNA (circular)

Question 45

Polyomavirus

Answer 45

nonenveloped dsDNA (circular)

Question 46

Poxvirus

Answer 46

enveloped dsDNA (linear)

Question 47

Flaviviruses (HCV, yellow fever, West Nile, St. Louis encephalitis, Dengue)

Answer 47

enveloped +ssRNA

Question 48

Togaviruses (Rubella, Western/Eastern equine encephalitis)

Answer 48

enveloped +ssRNA

Question 49

Retroviruses (HTLV, HIV)

Answer 49

enveloped +ssRNA

Question 50

Coronaviruses

Answer 50

enveloped +ssRNA

Question 51

Orthomyxoviruses (includes influenza)

Answer 51

enveloped segmented -ssRNA

Question 52

Paramyxoviruses (Parainfluenza, RSV, Measles, Mumps)

Answer 52

enveloped -ssRNA

Question 53

Rhabdoviruses

Answer 53

enveloped -ssRNA

Question 54

Filoviruses

Answer 54

enveloped -ssRNA

Question 55

Arenaviruses (LCMV, Lassa fever encephalitis)

Answer 55

enveloped circular segmented -ssRNA

Question 56

Bunyaviruses

Answer 56

enveloped segmented -ssRNA

Question 57

Delta virus (HDV)

Answer 57

enveloped -ssRNA

Question 58

Segmented viruses

Answer 58

BOAR: bunya, orthomyxo, arena, reo

Question 59

Negative stranded RNA viruses

Answer 59

Arena, bunya, paramyxo, orthomyxo, filo, rhabdo

Always Bring Polymerase Or Fail Replication

Question 60

G+, Catalase +, Coagulase +

Answer 60

S. aureus

Question 61

G+, Catalase+, Coagulase -, Novobiocin sensitive

Answer 61

S. epidermidis

Question 62

G+, Catalase+, Coagulase -, Novobiocin resistant

Answer 62

S. saprophyticus

Question 63

G+, Catalase-, A-hemolytic, Optochin sensitive

Answer 63

S. pneumoniae

Question 64

G+, Catalase-, A-hemolytic, Optochin resistant

Answer 64

Strep viridans

Question 65

G+, Catalase-, B-hemolytic, Bacitracin sensitive

Answer 65

S. pyogenes (Group A strep)

Question 66

G+, Catalase-, B-hemolytic, Bacitracin resistant

Answer 66

S. agalactiae (Group B strep)

Question 67

G+, Catalase-, gamma-hemolytic, growth in bile and NaCl

Answer 67

Enterococcus (Group D Strep)

Question 68

G+, Catalase-, gamma-hemolytic, growth in bile NOT NaCl

Answer 68

S. bovis

Question 69

G+ acid fast branching filament

Answer 69

Nocardia

Question 70

G+ not acid fast branching filament

Answer 70

Actinomyces

Question 71

G-, Oxidase+, grows in 42 deg

Answer 71

C. jejuni

Question 72

G-, Oxidase+, grows in alkaline media

Answer 72

Vibrio cholerae

Question 73

G-, Oxidase+, produces urease

Answer 73

H. pylori

Question 74

G- diplococci maltose fermenter

Answer 74

N. meningitidis

Question 75

G- diplococci maltose nonfermenter

Answer 75

N. gonorrhoeae

Question 76

G- rod, Oxidase +, Lactose nonfermenter

Answer 76

Pseudomonas

Question 77

G- rod, Oxidase-, Lactose nonfermenters (4)

Answer 77

Shigella, Salmonella, Proteus, Yersinia

Question 78

G- rod, Lactose fast fermenters (3)

Answer 78

Klebsiella, E.coli, Enterobacter

Question 79

G- rod, Lactose slow fermenters (2)

Answer 79

Citrobacter, Serratia

Question 80

DNA virus that doesn’t replicate in the nucleus

Answer 80

Poxvirus

Question 81

RNA viruses that don’t replicate in cytoplasm (2)

Answer 81

Influenza, Retroviruses