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Microbiology- Basic Bacteriology Flashcards

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Pilus/fimbria

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Mediate adherence of bacteria to cell surface;

sex pilus forms during conjugation.

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Spore

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Gram ⊕ only.

Survival: resist dehydration, heat, chemicals.

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Capsule

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Protects against phagocytosis

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Outer membrane

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Gram ⊝ only.
Endotoxin: lipid A induces TNF and IL-1; antigenic O polysaccharide component.
Most OMPs are antigenic.
Porins: transport across outer membrane.

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Cytoplasmic

membrane

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Phospholipid bilayer sac with embedded
proteins and other enzymes.

Lipoteichoic acids (gram ⊕ only) extend from membrane to exterior.

PBPs involved in cell wall synthesis

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Gram ⊕ examples: Spherical (coccus)

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Staphylococcus (clusters)
Streptococcus (chains or pairs)
Enterococcus (pairs or short chains)

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Gram ⊝ examples: Spherical (coccus)

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Moraxella catarrhalis

Neisseria

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Gram ⊕ examples: Rod (bacillus) Bacillus

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Clostridium
Corynebacterium
Gardnerella (gram variable)
Lactobacillus
Listeria
Mycobacterium (acid fast)
Cutibacterium (formerly Propionibacterium)
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Gram ⊝ examples: Respiratory Rod (bacillus) Bacillus

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ƒƒ Acinetobacter baumannii
ƒƒ Bordetella
ƒƒ Burkholderia cepacia
ƒƒHaemophilus (pleomorphic)
ƒƒ Legionella (silver stain)
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Gram ⊝ examples: Enteric Rod (bacillus) Bacillus

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ƒƒ Bacteroides
ƒƒ Campylobacter
ƒƒ E coli
ƒƒ Enterobacter
ƒƒ Fusobacterium
ƒƒHelicobacter
ƒƒ Klebsiella
ƒƒ Proteus
ƒƒ Pseudomonas
ƒƒ Salmonella
ƒƒ Serratia
ƒƒ Shigella
ƒƒ Vibrio
ƒƒ Yersinia
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Gram ⊝ examples: Zoonotic Rod (bacillus) Bacillus

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ƒƒ Bartonella
ƒƒ Brucella
ƒƒ Francisella
ƒƒ Pasteurella

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Gram ⊕ examples: Branching filamentous

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Actinomyces

Nocardia (weakly acid fast)

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Gram ⊝ examples: Pleomorphic (no cell wall)

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Anaplasma, Ehrlichia
Chlamydiae (Giemsa)
Rickettsiae (Giemsa)
Mycoplasma (contains sterols, which do not Gram stain), Ureaplasma

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Gram ⊝ examples: Spiral Spirochetes:

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ƒƒ Borrelia (Giemsa)
ƒƒ Leptospira
ƒƒ Treponema

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Cell wall

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Peptidoglycan is a sugar backbone with peptide side chains cross-linked by transpeptidase

Gram + : thick
Gram - : Thin

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Wich bacterias dont stain well with gram

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“These Little Microbes May Unfortunately Lack Real Color But Are Everywhere”

  • Treponema, Leptospira: Too thin to be visualized.
  • Mycobacteria Cell wall has high lipid content.
  • Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma No cell wall.
  • Legionella, Rickettsia, Chlamydia, Bartonella, Anaplasma, Ehrlichia Primarily intracellular; also, Chlamydia lack classic peptidoglycan because of lowmuramic acid.
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Giemsa stain

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RICKiy got CHLAMYDIA as he TRIed to Please the
BORed “Geisha.”

Rickettsia, Chlamydia, Trypanosomes , Plasmodium, Borrelia

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Periodic acid–Schiff stain

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used to diagnose Whipple disease (Tropheryma

whipplei)

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Ziehl-Neelsen stain

carbol fuchsin

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Acid-fast bacteria (eg, Mycobacteria C , Nocardia; stains mycolic acid in cell wall); protozoa (eg, Cryptosporidium oocysts).

*Auramine-rhodamine stain is more often used for screening (inexpensive, more sensitive).

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India ink stain

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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Silver stain

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Fungi (eg, Coccidioides E , Pneumocystis jirovecii), Legionella, Helicobacter pylori

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Fluorescent antibody stain

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Used to identify many bacteria and viruses. Example is FTA-ABS for syphilis

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Special culture requirements: H influenzae

Media used and content

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Chocolate agar 
Factors V (NAD+) and X (hematin)
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Special culture requirements: N gonorrhoeae, N meningitidis

Media used and content

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Thayer-Martin agar

“Very Typically Cultures Neisseria”: Vancomicina, Trimpethoprim, Colistin, Nistatin

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Special culture requirements: B pertussis

Media used and content

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Bordet-Gengou agar (Bordet for Bordetella)
- Potato extract

Regan-Lowe medium
- Charcoal, blood, and antibiotic

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Special culture requirements: M pneumoniae

Media used and content

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Eaton agar

Requires cholesterol

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Special culture requirements: M tuberculosis

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Löwenstein-Jensen agar

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Special culture requirements: C diphtheriae

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Tellurite agar, Löffler medium

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Special culture requirements: Lactose-fermentin enterics

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MacConkey agar Fermentation produces acid, causing colonies to turn pink

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Special culture requirements:

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Fungi Sabouraud agar “Sab’s a fun guy!”

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Special culture requirements: E coli

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Eosin–methylene blue (EMB) agar Colonies with green metallic sheen

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Anaerobes Examples

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“Can’t Breathe Fresh Air”

Clostridium, Bacteroides, Fusobacterium, and Actinomyces israelii.

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Facultative anaerobes Examples

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Streptococci, staphylococci, and enteric gram ⊝ bacteria.

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Facultative intracellular bugs

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“Some Nasty Bugs May Live FacultativeLY”

Salmonella, Neisseria, Brucella, Mycobacterium,
Listeria, Francisella, Legionella, Yersinia pestis

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Obligate intracellular bugs

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Stay inside (cells) when it is “Really CHilly and COld”.

Rickettsia, CHlamydia, COxiella

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Encapsulated bacteria

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“Please SHiNE my SKiS”

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Asplenics need vaccines to protect against:

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(No Spleen Here)

ƒƒN meningitidis
ƒƒ S pneumoniae
ƒƒH influenzae

38
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Encapsulated bacteria vaccines

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Pneumococcal vaccines: PCV13 (pneumococcal conjugate vaccine), PPSV23 (pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine with no conjugated
protein)

H influenzae type b (conjugate vaccine)

Meningococcal vaccine (conjugate vaccine)

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Urease-positive organism

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“Pee CHUNKSS”

Proteus, Cryptococcus, H pylori, Ureaplasma, Nocardia, Klebsiella, S epidermidis, S saprophyticus

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Pigment-producing bacteria

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Actinomyces israelii—yellow “sulfur” granules

S aureus—yellow pigment

P aeruginosa—blue-green pigment (pyocyanin and pyoverdin).

Serratia marcescens—red pigment.

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In vivo biofilmproducing bacteria

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S epidermidis, Viridans streptococci, P aeruginosa, Nontypeable (unencapsulated) H influenzae

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Bacterial virulence factors

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Protein A Binds Fc region of IgG. (S. auerus)

IgA protease Enzyme that cleaves IgA (No Spleen Here)

M protein Helps prevent phagocytosis, by Group A streptococci, Reumatic fever.

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Type III secretion system (injectismoe)

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Needle-like protein appendage facilitating direct delivery of toxins from certain gram ⊝ bacteria (eg, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Shigella, E coli)

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Bacterial genetics: Transformation

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Competent bacteria can bind and import short pieces of environmental naked bacterial chromosomal DNA. (No Spleen Here)

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Bacterial genetics: Conjugation F+ × F–

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F+ plasmid contains genes required for sex pilus and conjugation. Bacteria without this plasmid are termed F–. Sex pilus on F+ bacterium contacts F− bacterium. A single strand of plasmid DNA is transferred across the
conjugal bridge (“mating bridge”).
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Bacterial genetics: Conjugation Hfr × F–

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F+ plasmid can become incorporated into bacterial chromosomal DNA, termed highfrequency recombination (Hfr) cell.

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Bacterial genetics :Transduction (Generalized)

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A packaging “error.” Lytic phage infects bacterium, leading to cleavage of bacterialDNA. Parts of bacterial chromosomal DNAmay become packaged in phage capsid. Phage infects another bacterium, transferring these genes.

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Bacterial genetics :Transduction (Specialized)

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Lysogenic phage infectscbacterium; viral DNA incorporates into bacterial chromosome. When phage DNA is excised, flanking bacterial genes may be excised with it. DNA is packaged into phage capsid and can infect another bacterium.

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5 bacterial toxins are encoded in a lysogenic phage

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(ABCD’S): Group A strep erythrogenic toxin, Botulinum toxin, Cholera toxin, Diphtheria toxin, Shiga toxin.

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Bacterial genetics: Transposition

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Segment of DNA (eg, transposon) that can “jump” (copy/excise and reinsert) from one location to another, can transfer genes from plasmid to chromosome and vice versa.

critical process in creating plasmids with
multiple antibiotic resistance

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Spore-forming bacteria

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Bacillus anthracis: Anthrax
Bacillus cereus: Food poisoning
Clostridium botulinum: Botulism
Clostridium difficile: Pseudomembranous colitis
Clostridium perfringens: Gas gangrene
Clostridium tetani: Tetanus
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Endotoxin

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LPS found in outer membrane of gram ⊝ bacteria (both cocci and rods). Composed of O antigen + core polysaccharide + lipid A (the toxic component).

ENDOTOXINS:
Edema
Nitric oxide
DIC/Death
Outer membrane
TNF-α
O-antigen + core polysaccharide + lipid A
eXtremely heat stable
IL-1 and IL-6
Neutrophil chemotaxis
Shock
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Exotoxins which Inhibit protein synthesis:

  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Inactivate elongation factor (EF-2)

  • Diphtheria toxina
  • Exotoxin A
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Exotoxins which Inhibit protein synthesis:

  • Shigella spp.
  • Enterohemorrhagic E coli
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Inactivate 60S ribosome by removing adenine from rRNA

  • Shiga toxin (ST)a
  • Shiga-like toxin (SLT)a
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Exotoxins which Increase fluid secretion:

-Enterotoxigenic E coli

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Heat-labile toxin (LT)a: Overactivates adenylate
cyclase
Heat-stable toxin (ST): Overactivates guanylate
cyclase

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Exotoxins which Increase fluid secretion:

  • Bacillus anthracis
  • Vibrio cholerae
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Edema toxina: Mimics adenylate cyclase ( cAMP).

Cholera toxina: Overactivates adenylate cyclase ( cAMP).

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Exotoxins which inhibit phagocytic ability:

  • Bordetella pertussis
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Pertussis toxina Overactivates adenylate cyclase ( cAMP)

58
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Exotoxis which Inhibit release of neurotransmitter:

  • Clostridium tetani
  • Clostridium botulinum
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Both are proteases that cleave SNARE

  • Tetanospasmina: prevents release of GABA from Renshaw cells
  • Botulinum toxina: prevents release of ACh signals at neuromuscular junction.
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Exotoxins which Lyse cell membranes:

  • Clostridium perfringens
  • Streptococcus pyogenes
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Alpha toxin: Phospholipase (lecithinase) that degrades tissue and cell membranes.

Streptolysin O: Protein that degrades cell
membrane

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Exotoxins which are Superantigens causing shock:

  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Streptococcus pyogenes
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Toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST-1): Cross-links β region of TCR to MHC class II.

Erythrogenic exotoxin A: overwhelming release of IL-1, IL-2, IFN-γ, and TNF-α.

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