MICROBIOLOGY Flashcards
FMDV
aphthovirus
drug resistance from microorganism
biological resistance
anaerobic atmosphere
5% CO2
10% H2
85% N
microaerophilic atmosphere
5% O2
10% CO2
85% N2
confirmed water test
EMB
ENDO
BGBL
NAFO color
blue (non-acid fast org)
CSF storage for micro culture
37oC
CSF transport
rm temp
CSF storage for viral culture
4oC
CSF transport for viral culture
-70oC
optochin other name
taxo P
ethylhydrocupreine HCl
esculine, 6.5% NaCl and hippurate positive
enterococcus
MUG test positive coliforms show
blue fluorescence
PPNG means
penicillinase producing gonococci
critical in gram stain
decolorization
betalactaase test is
colorimetric, (+) color change
Schaudinn test stains
mitochondria (internal) parasite
largest RNA virus
paramyxovirus
biochemical tests are
presumptive test
serotyping is a __________ test
confirmatory
beta lactamase substrate
nitrocefin
yersinia enterocolitica selective agar
CIN (Cefsulodin-Irgasan-Novobiocin)
this confirms typhoid fever
bone marrow culture
the presumptive ID of organisms
differential medium
CMV culture
human embryonic fibroblast
+ in H2O completed test
acid w/ gas
acetamide by product
ammonia
fungal culture of CSF takes _______ days
28-30
how long does household bleach take to kill microorg
10mins
what microscope is used for spirochetes
microscope-fluorescent
which has double zone of hemolysis
C. perfringens
test for influenza and rubella
HA1 test
difficult to stain or microscopy
Leptospira spp
oral normal flora
S. viridans
how to isolate S. aureus on stool
MSA
what component of MSA can ID the S. aureus in stool
7.5% NaCl
used in plasma coagulase test
rabbit/human plasma
BAP, thio, selenite are examples of
enhancement media
positive in bile solubility tests shows
lysis of colony
Babes Ernst granules are seen in
Corynebacterium
iodine + bleach are components of
iodophore
positive lecithinase
C. perfringens
concentration that inhibits bacte
MIC
concentration that kills bacte
MBC/MLC
disinfectant for blood cultures
iodine + 70% alcohol
report water bacte in
MPN (most probable number)
how to dissolve agar
half H2O + agar + half H2O
Duran Reynal is a ______ factor
spreading
ratio of blood:broth
1:5 10mL blood: 50mL broth
kidney bean shaped
Neisseria
curve, gram negative rod medium
CBAP
positive in hair baiting test shows
V shaped perforation
agar for chlamydosphores
corn meal agar
farmer’s lung dx is caused by
Aspergillus
Aspergillus causes what
Farmer’s lung dx
CNS virus causing encephalitis
rabies virus
rabies virus causes what in CNS
encephalitis
human T-cell lymphotropic viruses
blood
serum
saliva
semen
phenotype ID uses
morphology
biochem
automated phenotype ID uses
vitek 1 and 2
genotype ID uses
DNA-PCR
incubation for aerobic cultures
18-24hrs
incubationf or anaerobic cultures
24-48hrs
used for water bacte, gas detector
durnham tube
these are made of nichrome or platinum and not longer than 5cm
inoculating needle
microorg toxic to cotton swab
neisseria
used for transferring liquid
pasteur pipette
1st described bacteria
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
formulated Germ theory
Robert Koch
bacteria is eu or pro
prokaryotic
bacteria has DNA or rNA?
both
bacteria reproduce through
binary fission
unit of measurement for bacte
micrometer
bacteria which has no cell wall
mycoplasma
slimy layer, virulence factor and anti-phagocytic
capsule
positive in Neufeld-Quellung capsular antigen test
capsular swelling
bacte positive in Neufeld-Quellung capsular Ag test
S. pneumoniae
N. meningitidis
H. influenza
give shapes to bacte, basis of gram stain
cell wall
cell wall of gram pos has
thick PG, teichoic acid
cell wall of gram neg
LPS, thin PG, periplasm
site for energy synthesis,
plasma membrane
regulate transport of nutrients, osmotic or permeability barrier
plasma membrane
length of inoculating needle
not longer 5cm
_____ are extrachromosomal DNA
plasmid
Babes Ernst granules are _____ granules
metachromatic
responsible for CHON synthesis
ribosomes
for bacterial adherence
common pili
for gene transfer
sex pili
calcium dipicolinate or dipicolinic acid
endospores
bacte withe ndospores
Bacillus
Clostridium
1 polar flagella
monotrichous
2 polar falgella
amphitrichous
tufts of flagella
lophotrichous
fastest bacte to multiply
E. coli
slowest bacte to multiply
Mycobacteria
average size of bacte
0.4 - 2 um
flagella all around the bacte
peritrichous
largets spp of bacte
Bacillus anthracis
most common form of flagella
peritrichous
bacte with axial filaments
spirochetes
obligate aerobe
mycobacteria
obligate anaerobe
Bacteroides
Actinomyces
pathogens are usually anaer or aerobic
facultative anaerobe
microaerophile
campylobacter
aerotolerant anaerobe
lactobacillus
inorganic cpd as carbon source
autotrophs/litotrophs
organic cpd as carbon source
heterotroph/organotrophs
psychrophilic temp
0-20 oC (ref)
coleslaw food poison
Listeria
common blood bag contam
Y. enterocolitica
mesophilic temp
20-40 oC (pathogenic)
thermophilic temp
40-60 oC (thermus aquaticus)
common acidophilic bacte
Lactobacillus
common basophilic bacte
Vibrio
common ph req of pathogenic bact
neutrophilic
_________ requires moisture
humidophilic
___________ requires salt
halophilic
bacte that requires 7.5% salt concs
S. aureus
under bact. metab respiration
kreb’s cycle
ETC
glucose
bacte that requires 6.5%
E. faecalis
bacte that requires 0, 3, 5, 8, 10% NaCl
Vibrio
in respiration, glucose ->
CO2 and H2O
in oxidation, glucose ->
acid
in fermentation, glucose ->
acid/alcohol
phases in bacte growth curve
LAG
LOG
stationary/plateau
death/ decline
phase in grwoth curve that increase in size not number
lag phase
phase in grwoth curve that increase in growth rate, susceptible to antimicrob agents
log phase
phase in grwoth curve where no net growth
stationary/ plateau
phase in grwoth curve that increase in death rate
death phase/period of decline
types of swab
cotton
calcium alginate
swab toxic to neisseria, good for virus
cotton
swab toxic to virus, good for bacteria
calcium alginate
rapid, most definitive test
PCR
ref when delayed except
CSF blood N. gonorrhea swab urine w/ boric acid Cary Blair rectal swab
ref when delayed for 1hr
stool
urine
sputum
swab exc. genital
transport medium for stool pathogens
Cary blairs
trasnport medium for respiratory sx
Amie
trasnport emdium for Nesseria
transgrow
JEMBEC
transport medium for S. agalactiae (vaginal swab)
Todd Hewitt
motility of Listeria
tumbling
motility of CApnnocytophaga
sliding
tumbling motility
Listeria
sliding motility
Capnocytophaga
darting motility
Campylobacter
cork screw motility
spirochetes
twitching motility
kingella
motility of campylobacter
darting
motility of cork screw
spirochetes
motility of kingella
twitching
flagella of Vibrio
mono
flagella of P. aeruginosa
mono
flagella of C. jejuni
amphi
flagella of Burgholderia
lopho
flagella of Stenotrephomonas
lopho
flagella of E. coli
peri
put _____________ before ino loop heat ster
70% alcohol
used to detoxify culture media
charcoal
nasal swab used used to isolate
S. aureus
nasopharyngeal swab used to isolate
N. meningitidis
H. influenzae
B. pertussis
skin test for TB
Mantoux
Intradermal skin test (PPD)
used in Mantoux
tuberculin syringe
another contribution of Koch
Pure Culture technique
means varying size and shape
pleomorphic
gold standard for ID
culture
toxin oroduced by gram pos
exotoxin
most potent exotoxin to human
Botulinum toxin
toxin produced by gram neg
endotoxin
unique feat of gram pos
teichoic acid
unique feat of gram neg
periplasm
gram pos is sol or insol to alcohol
insol
gram neg is sol or insol to alc
soluble
capsular antigen
Vi/K ag
cell wall antigen
O Ag
flagellar antigen
H Ag
heat labile Ags
K/Vi
H
heat stable Ags
O
inoculating needle used for fungal culture
bent wire
carries antibiotic resistance gene
plasmid
cause of drug resistance in MRSA
chromosome
ESBL means
extended-spectrum beta-lactamase
transfers gene in plasmid
transposon
bacterial gene trasnfer includes
conjugation
transduction
transformation
plasmid mediated gene transfer
conjugation
bacteriophage mediated gene transfer
transduction
gene transfer by uptaking foreign DNA
tranformation
spore of C. jejuni
terminal spore
enzyme lacking in anaerobes making them toxic to O2
superoxides dismatase
blood bag contams in ref
Y. enterocolitica
P. aeruginosa
S. liquefaciens
blood bag contams in RT
S. epidermidis
B. cereus
pH in neutrophilic
7.2-7.4
swab good for both virus and bacteria
Dacron
rayon
can also be VTM
Stuart’s
this is a modified Todd-Hewitt
LIM
SPS ihibits
G. vaginalis
Neisseria
S. monoliformis
P. anaerobius
SPS stands for
sodium polyanethosulfonate
_______________ coutneracts SPS
1% gelatin
ratio of blood to SPS (adult)
1:10
ratio of blood to SPS (bata)
1:5
SPS acts as an
anticoag
antiphago
anticomple
neutralize aminoglycosides and bactericidial effects of serum
hemolysis, turbidity, pellicle on BHIB, next step is
subculture on BAP, MAC, CAP
if negative on BHIB, next step is
incubate pa more
7days - typhoid
21days - brucellosis, endocarditis, SBE
fasitdious gram neg bacteria that causes SBE
HACEK
Haemophilus Actinobacillus Cardiobacterium Eikenella Kingella
incubation when typhoid is suspected
7 days
incubation for brucellosis, endocarditis, SBE
21 days
meaning when there is grouwth during last day of incub
usually contam
signicant count in urine culture for UTI
> 100k CFU
not significant
prep for urine sx culture
centri @ 2k rpm for 10mins
prep for CSF culture
centri @ 2k rpm for 10mins
india ink for CSF to check for
capsule
LATEX agglu for CSF to check for
capsular antigen
agar preferred for CSF culture
CAP
isolated in CSF culture
Neisseria and Haemophilus
agar preferred for wound culture
thio
characteristic odor of all anaerobes
foul odor
added to BAP for stool CS
ampicillin
ampicillin in BAP of stool CS is for
Aeromonas
agars used for stool CS
MacConkey BAP + amp CBAP SSA Selenite F TCBS alkaline peptone HEA
agars used for CSF
BAP
Mac
CAP
BHI
agars used for urine CS
BAP
Mac
agars used for sputum and NPS
BAP
Mac
GBA
BCA
BCA stands for
bacitracin blood agar
GBA stands for
gentamicin blood agar
source of DNA replication for thermophilic bacte
Thermus aquaticus
agars used for throat swabs
BAP
mod Thayer MArtin
thio
incub temp for bacte
35 oC
incub temp for fungi
28-30 oC
incub temp for virus
37 oC
agar preferred for throat swap
BAP
GBA is for isolation of
S. pneumoniae
cause of ‘bull neck’
diphtheria
diphtheria causes
bull neck appearance
used to asses quality of sputum
Bartlett’s classification
classification that enumerates number of epith cells and neutrophils per LPF
Bartlett’s
cause of UTI from swimming in marine water
E. faecalis
agars used for vaginal or urethral swabs
CAP
mod thayer Martin
Tb culture uses ____ sputum
3
gold standard additive to TB culture
NALC-NaOH
NALC means
N-acetyl L- cysteine
NALC in NALC-NaOH serves as
digestant
NaOH in NALC-NaOH serves as
decontaminant
used to elim pseudomonas contam in TB culture
oxalic acid
media used for TB culture
Lowenstein-Jensen
Middlebrook 7H11, 7H10
which among TB media is plate
Middlebrook 7H11, 7H10
which among TB media is tube
Lowenstein-Jensen
how long before reporting negative in TB culture
8weeks
turn around time of L-J TB culture
8 weeks
TAT of gene expert for TB culture
2-3hrs
BACTET used ____________ method
radiometric
simple staining uses how mny dyes
1
differential staining uses how many dyes
2
special staining procedure is used to see
bacterial structures
indirect /relief/negative staining is used to see
capsules
examples of negative staining
india ink
nigrossin
bacte not gram stain, but considered as gram neg
Chlamydia/Rickettsia
Mycoplasma/Ureaplasma
Spirochete
stain for nucleic acid
acridine orange
acridine orange is used in
Burke’s modification of GS
gram stain for fungi
Hucker’s stain
component of Hucker’s
crystal violet
ammonium oxalate
pH of mordant in GS
basic
decolorizer in GS
acetone-alcohol or 95% alcohol
gram pos becomes neg when
overdecolorized, old, dying
use of acidic iodine
penicillin
gram neg becomes pos when
udner-decolorized
thick smear
all cocci are + except
Moraxella
Neisseria
Veilonella
all bacilli are - except
Myco Coryne Clostridia Nocardia Actinomyces Bacillus Lactobacillus Listeria Erysiphilotrix
yeasts are gram pos or neg
+
all spiral org are gram ____
neg
acid fast staining methods
Pappenheimer
Baumgarten’s
Fite Faraco
counterstain in Fite Faraco’s
methylene blue
Pappenheimer stains
M. smegmatis and tuberculosis
baumergarten stains
M. leprae and tuberculosis
appearance of smegmatis and tuberculosis in Pappenheimer stain
blue
appearance of leprae and tuberculosis in Baumergarten stain
red