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Non-Fermenting Bacteria Flashcards

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recovered in sewage, sludge, soil

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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

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Lavender to lavender

Green on BAP

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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

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Determines bacteria’s ability to ferment or oxidize CHO

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Oxidation Fermentation Medium of Hugh and Leifson

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can be mistaken for Neisseria

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Acinetobacter

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causes Melioidosis or Vietnam Time Bomb

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Burkholderia pseudomallei

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Rice water stools
Sunken eyes
Washerwoman’s hand skin

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Cholera

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Cetrimide Agar (+)
Acetamide utilization (+)
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Alcaligenes that is:
• peritrichous
• asaccharolytic

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Alcaligenes faecalis

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JUST penicillin resistant

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Acinetobacter

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10
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2nd most common species implicated in gastroenteritis

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Vibrio parahaemolyticus

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11
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Cholera:
responsible toxin
heat-labile
stimulates adenylate cyclase

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Choleragen

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12
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Gastric non-hodgkin’s lymphoma

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Helicobacter pylori

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13
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Expresses A, B, and C

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Hikojima

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14
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aggressive granulomatous pulmonary disease with metastatic abscess in lungs caused by ingestion/inhalation/inoculation of the organism

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Burkholderia mallei

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Acinetobacter lwoffii’s other name

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Asaccharolytic Acinetobacter

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sources from water and muddy soils

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Burkholderia pseudomallei

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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia formerly known as

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Pseudomonas maltophilia

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18
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Xanthomonadaceae:

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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

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19
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differentiates nitrate reducing strains of A . lwoffii from CDC Group 2

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Acinetobacter transformation test

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20
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Yellow pigmented Pseudomonas that has a single polar flagella

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Pseudomonas oryzihabitans

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BAP: feathered edge colonies surrounded by a green discoloration zone

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Alcaligenes faecalis

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Almost all strains are resistant to:
•Penicillin
•Cephalosporins
•Ampicillin
•Cefuroxime
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Pseudomonas

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23
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Purple on MAC

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Acinetobacter

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24
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non-oxidizer
less virulent
contaminant
lactose (-)

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Acinetobacter lwoffii

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BHI Agar with Tyrosine: brown pigment

BAP: large smooth glistening colonies with uneven edges

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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

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26
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Wrinkled colonies

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Pseudomonas stutzeri
Pseudomonas oryzihabitans
Burkholderia pseduomallei

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27
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Newborns: meningitis/septicemia

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Elizabethkingia meningoseptica

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Sensitive to O2 and sulfur oxide;

thermophilic

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Campylobacter jejuni

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29
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Burkholderia pseudomallei’s odor

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Earthy odor

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30
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pH indicator of OF medium

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bromothymol blue

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31
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nosocomial infections involving respiratory tract

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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32
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Violet

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Chromobacterium violaceum

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33
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Motile

O. urethralis or O. ureolytica

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O. ureolytica

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34
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Virulence factor: survive within phagocytes

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Burkholderia pseudomallei

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35
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Give yellow pigmenters

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Chryseobacterium
Elizabethkingia
Pseudomonas luteola
Pseudomonas oryzihabitans
Pseudomonas stutzeri
Sphingobacterium
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36
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most common cause of gastroenteritis worldwide

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Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni

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37
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Motile with a single polar flagellum
broth media: sheathed
solid media: unsheathed

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Vibrio

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38
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causes animal infections (zoonotic) called glanders/farcy

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Burkholderia mallei

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High mortality among debilitated patients and immunocompromised

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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

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40
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Ecthyma gangrenosum

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cutaneous papules that become black and necrotic

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41
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Ammonia like odor

Cornflower blue color

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Acinetobacter baumannii

42
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A. lwoffii’s agar

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Acinetobacter minimal agar

43
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Grapelike or tortilla-like;

some smell like rotten potatoes

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

44
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Antibiotic resistance:
MDR/XDR
AmpC beta lactamases
Porin channels mutation

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Acinetobacter

45
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Flavobacteriaceae:

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Elizabethkingia
Chyrseobacterium
Spingomonas

46
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type of Pseudomonas that are soil denitrifiers

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Nun-fluorescent group

  • Pseudomonas stutzeri
  • Pseudomonas mendocina
47
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T or F:

Burkholderia pseudomallei has large rods with bipolar staining in their Gram stain

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False

*small rods

48
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Expresses A and B antigen

49
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BAP: pale yellow colonies

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Elizabethkingia meningoseptica

50
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Kanagawa phenomenon

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V. parahaemolyticus

51
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Pseudomonas that produce yellow non-diffusible pigment

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Yellow Pigmented Group
•Pseudomonas luteolus
• Pseudomonas oryzihabitans

52
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Environmental organism found in blood and sputum of CF patients

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Ralstonia pickettii

53
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Expresses A and C antigen

54
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Jacuzzi/Hot Tub Syndrome

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

55
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Motility: darting/shooting star motility

56
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can cause local suppurative or acute pulmonary infection

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Burkholderia mallei

57
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Pseudomonas that grow at 4 degrees Celsius

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Pseudomonas fluorescens

Pseudomonas putida

58
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Alcaligenes faecalis also known as

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Acinetobacter odorans

59
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3rd most commonly isolated non-fermenter in clinical laboratories

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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

60
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Intrinsically resistant to most:
• beta lactams
• aminoglycosides

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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

61
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Kommabacillus

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Vibrio cholerae

62
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Has the ff virulence factors:
• capsule (alginate)
• exotoxin A
• Quorum sensing

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

63
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Ammonia-like odor
glucose and maltose oxidizer
ONPG (+)

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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

64
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Acinetobacter was known as

65
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undergoes coccal formation and fragile

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Helicobacter pylori

66
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa agars that enhance pigment production

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Flo Agar
Pseudomonas F Agar
Tech Agar
Pseudomonas P Agar

67
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Has a bluish or peach pink tint on MAC

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Acinetobacter

68
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Predominant Achrombacter species isolated from CF patients around the world

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Achromobacter xylocidians

69
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Pink

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Roseomonas (pink mucoid)

Methylobacterium (pink to coral)

70
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Oligella urethralis was formerly known as

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Moraxella urethralis

71
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Yellow pigmented Pseudomonas that has multitrichous flagella

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Pseudomonas luteolus

72
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Vibriostatic agent 0/129

S or R?

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Susceptible

73
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H2S (+)

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Shewanella putrefaciens

74
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Give Oxidase (-) bacilli

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Pseduomonas luteola
Pseudomonas oryzihabitans
Burkholderia cepacia
Acinetobacter
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

P2BAS

75
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CANNOT grow in Jordan’s Tartrate

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Alcaligenes fecalis

76
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Strain: O3:K6

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Vibrio parahaemolyticus

77
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Water-loving

78
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Bengal Strain

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O1 and O139

79
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Acinetobacter baumannii’s other name

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Saccharolytic Acinetobacter

80
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa has a fruity odor due to?

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2-aminoacetophenone

81
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CAN grow in Jordan’s Tartrate

Malonate (+)

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Alcaligenes/Achromobacter denitrificans

82
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frequently isolated species

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

83
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affects livestock

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Burkholderia mallei

84
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Blue-green

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

85
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Sweet odor

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Alcaligenes faecalis (apples and pears)
Myroides odoratus (popcorn)
EO-4
Neisseria zoodegmatis

*AMEN

86
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Red leg disease in frogs

87
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Increased severity among patients with CF and CGD

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Burkholderia cepacia

88
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BAP: dark yellow colonies

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Chryseobacterium indologenes

89
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Burkholderia cepacia’s agar?

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Burkholderia cepacia selective agar

90
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H2S producer in TSI;

wound, ear infections

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Shewanella putrefaciens

91
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Gold standard for diagnosis of H. pylori gastritis

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Histologic Staining and Culture of Biopsy (grind sample)

92
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blue green exudate and corneal ulcers infection

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Keratitis

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

93
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Swimmer’s/Diver’s ear

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

94
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Achromobacter denitrificans formerly known as

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Alcaligenes denitrificans

95
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Non-motile

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Moraxella
Acinetobacter
Chryseobacterium
Elizabethkingia
Sphingobacterium
Oligella

*MACESO

96
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Burkholderia pseudomallei uses what medium?

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Ashdown Medium

97
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2nd most commonly isolated non-fermenter in the laboratory

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Acinetobacter baumannii

98
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causes 2nd most serious disease

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Vibrio vulnificus

99
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important pathogen among immunocompromised

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

100
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least pathogenic vibrio

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Vibrio alginolyticus

101
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Plant pathogen causing onion bulb rot and foot rot

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Burkholderia cepacia

102
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T or F: V. fluvialis and V. furnissii are lactose fermenters.

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False

*sucrose

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