Microbiology/Immunology Flashcards
almost all bacteria except … and … have strong cell walls
mycoplasma
archaeobacteria
which have a peptidoglycan layer? prokaryotes or eukaryotes
prokaryotes
… has an innate resistance to penicillin
mycoplasma
gram positive bacteria has a … layer made of …
thick peptidoglycan
teichoic acid
gram negative bacteria has a …. layer and a … layer that contains …
thin peptidoglycan
thick outer
porins/LPS/endotoxin
gram positive stains ….
gram negative stains ….
purple
red
antibiotics are most effective at what stage in the bacterial life cycle?
log
most bacteria undergo …. which is a form of asexual reproduction that occurs in these 3 stages:
binary fission
Initiation - elongation
C period- chromosome replicates
D (division)
… is effective at killing spores
ethylene oxide
gram positive rods can form … with no metabolic activity if nutrients are limited
endospores
clostridium botulinum and bacillus anthracis are both … forming bacteria
spore
staph aureus is a gram …. and is it positive or negative for catalase and coagulase?
positive cocci
++
staph epidermidis is a gram …. and is it positive or negative for catalase and coagulase?
positive cocci
catalase +
coagulase -
all strep are catalase …
negative
streptococcus comprise a large proportion of the
oral microflora
streptococci are classified by
hemolysis
… has been isolated from cases of infective endocarditis
streptococcus mutans
streptococcus is gram
positive
streptococcus mutans can change or mutate … surface
enamel
(dextran) major contributor to plaque
streptococcus pneumoniae can cause…
meningitis
streptococcus pneumoniae is gram … and catalase…
positive
negative
…. are gram positive rods that are highly acidic and acid tolerant and associated with advanced caries lesions and carious dentin
lactobacillus
how can you tell the diff between staph and strep in culture tests?
catalase test (staph are + and strep are -)
how can you tell staph species apart?
coagulase test (aureus is + and rest are -)
bacillus anthracis is gram … and forms … and causes … in humans
positive
spores
anthrax
clostridium are gram … and they form …
they are motile except for … which causes gas gangrene
positive
spores
C. perfingens
… is a gram positive rod that is not motile and does not form spores
corynebacterium diptheriae
…. is a gram negative rod which produces blue/green pigment and is common in burn victims and immunocompromised patients
pseudomonas aeruginosa
… is a gram negative bacteria that is implicated in an aggressive form of periodontitis in adolescents. has been reclassified as ….
actinobacillus actinomycetecomitans
aggregatibacter actinomycetecomitans
which bacteria are associated with chocolate agar?
Haemophilus Influenzae
Neisseria Gonorrhea
which bacteria is a common cause of infection in children?
Haemophilus influenzae
Haemophilus is a gram … rod that can cause meningitis
negative
… is isolated mainly from subgingival sites, especially in advanced perio lesions in diabetics
Porphyromonas gingivalis
…. is associated with hormone-induced periodontal disease in pregnancy
Prevotella intermedia
… is a gram negative diplococci that can be passed on to infants as they descend thru the birth canal
neisseria gonorrhea
what gram positive bacteria causes meningitis?
what gram negative bacteria causes meningitis?
streptococcus pneumoniae
neisseria meningitidis
bacteria that causes whooping cough?
bordatella pertussis (gram negative cocci)
is E. coli encapsulated?
no
3 bacteria that can cause pneumonia
streptococcus
klebsiella
mycoplasa
… is an anaerobic rod that causes oral/facial abscesses with sulfur granules
actinomycetes
acid-fast means they contain what in their cell wall?
waxes and lipids
TB causes … necrosis and … inflammation
caseous
granulomatous