S1B5 - Microbiology Picmonics

Question 1

What bacteria are gram positive cocci, catalase negative, and gamma hemolytic?

Answer 1

Gram positive cocci, catalase negative, and gamma hemolytic

• Enterococcus
• streptococcus bovis

Question 2

What bacteria are gram positive cocci, catalase negative, and beta hemolytic?

Answer 2

Gram positive cocci, catalase negative, and beta hemolytic:

• Streptococcus pyogenes
• Streptococcus agalactiae

Question 3

What bacteria are gram positive cocci, catalase negative and alpha hemolytic?

Answer 3

Gram positive cocci, catalase negative and alpha hemolytic:

• Streptococcus pneumoniae
• Viridans streptococci

Question 4

What are the gram positive branching filament bacteria?

Answer 4

Gram positive branching filament bacteria:

• actinomyces
• nocardia

Question 6

What are the gram positive bacilli?

Answer 6

Gram positive bacilli:

• Clostridium
• Listeria
• Bacillus
• Corynebacterium

Question 10

What are the catalase positive, gram positive cocci? Which are coagulase positive? Which are coagulase negative?

Answer 10

Catalase positive, gram positive cocci:

• Coagulase positive
  
  • Staphylococcus aureus
• Coagulase negative
  
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis
  • Staphylococcus saprophyticus