Microbiology - general and antibiotics Flashcards
Gram + cell membrane component
Lipoteichoic acid
2 unique features of Gram - bac cell wall
- Periplasm
2. Outer membrane
3 components of outer cell membrane of Gram - bacteria
Polysaccharide
Lipid A
O antigen
2 components of peptidoglycan sheets of bacterial cell wall
Which one connects peptides?
NAG
NAM (connects peptides)
Make up of capsule
Which bacteria is the exception?
Polysaccharide
Exception - Bacillus anthracis - poly D glutamate peptide capsule (major virulence factor)
3 conjugated vaccines with capsule polysaccharide
Strep pneumonia
H influenzae b
N meningitidis
Bacteria using glycocalyx
Staph epidermidis - forms biofilm
2 key bacteria using pili/fimbria
E. Coil Neisseria gonorrhoea (antigenic variation —> risk subsequent infection
3 components of bacteria spores
Keratin-like outer coating
Dipicolinic acid
Peptidoglycan cortex/core wall
2 main spore-forming groups of bacteria
Bacillus
Clostridium
Name the microbes that poorly Gram stain.
‘These Little Microbes May Unfortunately Lack Real Colour But Are Everywhere’ Treponema (too thin to visualise) Leptospirosis (too thin to visualise) Mycobacterium (high lipid content) Mycoplasma (lack cell wall) Ureaplasma (lack cell wall) Legionella (primarily intracellular) Rickettsia (primarily intracellular) Chlamydia (primarily intracellular; lacks muramic acid) Bartonella (primarily intracellular) Anaplasma (primarily intracellular) Ehrlichia (primarily intracellular)
Giemsa staining microbes (4)
‘Ricky got Chlamydia as he tried to Please the Bored Geisha’ Rickettsia Chlamydia Plasmodium Borrelia
Staining for Cryptococcus (2)
India ink
Mucicarmine (stains capsule red)
Chocolate agar
H influenzae
Thayer Martin agar
Neisseria gonorrhoea
Neisseria meningitidis
Bordet Gengou agar
Bordatella pertussis
Tellurite agar
C diphtheria
Loffler medium
C diphtheria
Lowenstein Jensen agar
M TB
Eaton agar
Mycoplasma
MacConkey agar
Lactose-fermenting enteric
Eosin-methylene blue (EMB) agar
E. Coil
Charcoal yeast extract agar buffered with cysteine and iron
Legionella
Sabouraud agar
Fungi