Mock: bacteria matching Flashcards
This organism can cause intestinal infections when infants are given honey.
Clostridium botulinum
This organism is the causative agent of the black plague or bubonic death. Especially infects rodents.
Yersinia pestis
This organism is the causative agent of “whooping cough.”
Bordetella pertussis
This organism is widely distributed in aquatic environments and causes Legionnaires’ disease and Pontiac fever.
Legionella pneumophila
This organism is a gram-negative bacillus. Primarily a disease of animals but can be passed to humans. Causes infection of the placenta and results in abortion in these animals. The cattle-specific.
Brucella abortus
This organism is a gram-negative bacillus. Primarily a disease of animals but can be passed to humans. Causes infection of the placenta and results in abortion in these animals. The pig-specific.
Brucella suis
This organism is a gram-positive cocci in grape-like clusters. Catalase positive. Facultative anaerobe. Has many virulence factors (most important human pathogen).
Staphylococcus aureus
Dr. Vickery’s mom left the rice out (yikes). In this organism, spores can germinate in food, and vegetative cells produce enterotoxin; very similar to S. aureus food poisoning.
Bacillus cereus
This organism is a gram-positive endospore former. The toxin is released from dead cells and causes severe muscle spasms often in the back or jaw (“lock jaw”).
Clostridium tetani
This organism causes food poisoning and is different from other species because most of the enterotoxin is not produced in the food. Also an endospore former.
Clostridium perfringens
This organism is common in contaminated meat, poultry, and especially dairy products. It is excreted in the feces and can grow at refrigerator temperature.
Listeria monocytogenes
This organism causes typhoid fever.
Salmonella typhi
***Infection in the throat from this organism causes inflammation, fever, and the production of a grayish pseudomembrane.
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
This organism is a gram-negative aerobic rod. It has the toxin pyocyanin, which results in blue-green pus.
Pseudomonas sp.
This organism causes “rabbit fever.”
Francisella tularensis
This organism causes “pink eye” or acute communicable conjunctivitis.
Haemophilus aegyptius
***This organism causes the STD known as soft chancre sore. Co-infection with herpes simplex and syphilis is common.
*Haemophilus ducreyi
This organism is only transmitted between humans. An individual may be asymptomatic and become a carrier. If so, they need their gallbladder surgically removed.
Salmonella typhi
This organism produces a Shiga-like toxin. It is associated with undercooked meat. A popular fast-food joint had an outbreak of this.
Escherichia coli
This organism is a normal inhabitant of the large intestine. After taking a lot of antibiotics, Miguel got superinfected by this organism because the other flora were wiped out.
Clostridium difficile
This organism causes gastritis and most stomach ulcers. Cats can be a significant reservoir.
Helicobacter pylori
Causative agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
Rickettsia rickettsii
***Causes Q fever.
*Coxiella burnetti
This organism causes gas gangrene. Growth in necrotic tissue producing acid and gas.
Clostridium perfringens
This organism has 3 types: cutaneous, gastrointestinal, and pulmonary. The pulmonary disease is commonly called Woolsorters’ disease.
Bacillus anthracis
***Causes syphilis.
*Treponema pallidum
This organism does not grow in artificial media. Transmission requires prolonged contact with the infected person.
Mycobacterium leprae
***This organism is a tropical zoonotic disease (from skunks, rodents, etc.). Can cause a purple rash that appears on the skin (called petechial rash).
*Leptospira interrogans
***Causes Lyme disease.
*Borrelia burgdorferi
Causes strep throat.
Streptococcus pyogenes
Causes acute bacterial meningitis. Primarily a disease of young children or elderly who probably are infected by adult carriers of the organism.
Haemophilus influenzae
Gram-negative bacilli. Opportunistic pathogens. Common soil organism that can be metabolically versatile as to its carbon source.
Pseudomonas sp.
This organism is found in the oral cavity. Destroys enamel by fermentation of sugars to acid.
Streptococcus mutans
This organism must be encapsulated to be pathogenic. They are resistant to phagocytosis and cause the majority of all bacterial pneumonias.
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Usually an STD. Newborn infants can get infected as it passes through the birth canal. Can lead to blindness. Infants are given silver nitrate eye drops to prevent eye infection.
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
The vaccination for this is recommended for college students. This disease can cause severe sepsis which displays as a purple rash. Carriers harbor the organism in their nasopharynx.
Neisseria meningitidis
Cutaneous infections associated with skin, hair, and nails. Can cause impetigo of newborn or scalded skin syndrome.
Staphylococcus aureus
Causes tuberculosis.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
This organism has short, curved, gram-negative rods with a ‘comma’ shape. Found in crustaceans and contracted by eating undercooked shellfish.
Vibrio cholerae
Causes gastroenteritis and secretory diarrhea. Passed to humans from animal reservoirs (sheep, cattle, wild birds, dogs, and especially chickens) or from other people through fecally contaminated food or water. Usually transmitted in cow’s milk.
Campylobacter jejuni
Most common STD. Causes eye infections that can lead to serious blindness.
Chlamydia trachomatis
Causes walking pneumonia.
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
This organism survives in an anaerobic environment. Swollen cans can indicate the organism is present. Nitrites were added to prevent endospore germination of this organism.
Clostridium botulinum
This organism can cause autoimmune complications. This can lead to arthritis and fever. Can cause irregular movement termed Saint Vitus’ dance.
Streptococcus pyogenes
Causes a bull’s eye rash. A zoonotic organism transmitted by tick or lice.
Borrelia burgdorferi
Can cause ‘flesh-eating disease.’
Streptococcus pyogenes
½ to 2/3 of all heart attacks are caused by this organism. It can trigger a heart attack by reinfection. Adults over the age of 50 may have antibodies against this organism.
Chlamydia pneumoniae
If this organism’s strain is lysogenized, it may produce an erythrogenic toxin that is spread throughout the body causing high fever and a red rash all over the body, called scarlet fever.
Streptococcus pyogenes
This bacterium can be found on the surface of our skin and 20% of people who have this bacterium permanently present in their nostrils are considered carriers.
Staphylococcus aureus
This organism is known to cause gas gangrene in infected patients.
Clostridium perfringens
The toxin that this organism creates can be used in cosmetic treatments and is called Botox.
Clostridium botulinum
This organism impairs our ciliary elevator and causes death to our alveolar macrophages. This is most deadly in young children due to their immature respiratory system.
Bordetella pertussis
