MICROSCOPY: MORPHOLOGY & ARRANGEMENT Flashcards
SIMPLE OR DIFFERENTIAL
provides morphology and arrangement
simple stain
SIMPLE OR DIFFERENTIAL
provides gram reaction, morphology, and arrangement
differential stain
SIMPLE OR DIFFERENTIAL
cocci in chains
simple stain
SIMPLE OR DIFFERENTIAL
gram positive cocci in clusters
differential stain
DIRECT OR INDIRECT
prepare smear from clinical specimens
direct smear
DIRECT OR INDIRECT
prepare smear from culture
indirect smear
DIRECT OR INDIRECT
bacterial cells, other cells, and other structures
direct smear
DIRECT OR INDIRECT
bacterial cells
indirect smear
T/F:
when focusing, focus first under LPO then shift directly to OIO
True
this shape is not usually encountered
spiral
other name for comma shaped bacilli
vibrio
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gram positive cocci in tetrads
Micrococcus tetragena
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Gram positive cocci in pairs
(coffee-bean shaped)
Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Gram negative cocci in pairs
may be found intracellularly inside PMN
- Neisseria sp.
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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gram positive cocci in sarcinae (cubical packet)
Sarcina lutea
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Gram positive cocci in clusters
Staphylococcus
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Gram positive bacilli in chains
large bacilli with square cut ends
Bacillus
has a bamboo fishing pole appearance
Bacillus
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gram negative bacilli in pairs
non-fermenters such as Pseudomonas
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Gram negative coccobacilli in pairs, singles
Enterics
found in the GIT
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Gram-positive bacilli that are large, arranged singly or individually with spores
- Clostridium tetani
- Clostridium botulinum
- Clostridium perfringens
Clostridium with
“box car appearance”
Clostridium perfringens
drumstick bacillus
Clostridium tetani