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The microbes (group 2) Flashcards

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-Gram positive
-Staphylococci
-Facultative anaerobe
-Nonmotile
-Not sporulating
-Opportunist (normal flora)
-POE: sk/muc

Antibiotic resistant, Toxins: enterotoxins, coagulase, hyaluronidase, Lipase, TSS-1

Food poisoning, skin conditions, nosocomial infections, septic arthritis, Toxic shock syndrom, Styaphylococcal pneumonia

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Staphyloccoccus aureus

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-Gram positive
-Streptococcus
-Facultative anaerobe
-Nonmotile
-Not sporulating
-Pathogenic (sometimes normal flora)
-POE: sk/muc, respiratory, digestive, genitourinary

Hyaluronic acid capsule, toxins, Enzymes: hyaluronidase

Strep throat, Impetigo, Scarlet fever, Rheumatic fever, Puerperal sepsis (childbirth fever), Glomerulonephritis, TSS

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Streptococcus pyogenes

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-Gram positive
-Streptococci
-Facultative aerobe
-Nonmotile
-Not sporulating
-Opportunist (normal flora of nose/ throat)
-POE: respiratory, digestive

Polysaccharide capsule, antibiotic resistance

Lobar pneumonia, meningitis, otis media

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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-Gram negative
-Diplococci
-Aerobe
-Slightly motile
-Not sporulating
-True pathogen
-POE: genitourinary

Capsule, pili, enzyme, exotoxins, proteinaceous cell wall, ability to grow inside neutrophils

Gonorrhea, Ophthalmia neonatorum

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Nesseria gonorrhoeae

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-Gram negative
-Diplococci
-Obligate aerobe
-Nonmotile
-Not sporulating
-Usually pathogenic, normal flora sometimes
-POE: respiratory, genitourinary, digestive, sk/muc

Pili, polysaccharide capsule, endotoxin, adhesion proteins.

Meningitis, Meningococcemia (septicemia), Pneumonia, Urogenital infections, Eye infections

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Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus)

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-Gram negative
-Bacilli
-Facultative anaerobe
-Motile
-Not sporulating
-Opportunist (normal flora)
-POE: digestive

Flagella

Salmonellosis (food poisoning)

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Salmonella enteritidis

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-Gram negative
-Bacilli
-Facultative anaerobe
-Motile
-Not sporulating
-Opportunist
-POE: digestive

Flagella

Typhoid fever

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Salmonella typhi

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-Does not stain (no cell wall)
-Bacilli
-Aerobe
-Nonmotile
-Not sporulating
-Opportunist (sometimes normal flora, sometimes latent)
-POE: respiratory

High levels of resistance, mycolic acid coating

Tuberculosis

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Myobacterium tuberculosis

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-Gram positive
-Bacilli
-Aerobe
-Nonmotile
-Not sporulating
-Opportunist
-POE: respiratory, digestive

Some antibiotic resistance

Respiratory infections, Gastrointestinal infections

Includes several species

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Myobacterium avium (MAC)
(Myobacterium avium complex - MAC)

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-Gram positive
-Bacillli
-Obligate anaerobe
-Motile
-Endospore forming
-Pathogenic opportunist (associated with livestock, found in dirt)
-POE: sk/muc

Endospore formulation, flagella, exotoxins (tetanospasmin)

Tetanus (lockjaw)

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Chlostridium tetani

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-Gram positive
-Bacilli
-Anaerobe
-Motile
-Endospore forming
-Opportunist (normal flora)
-POE: digestive

Endospore formation, adhesion factor (adhesins), toxins, enterotoxin (cause digestive issues), cytotoxin (cause issues to cells in general)

Gastrointestinal infection, Colitis, Nosocomial infections

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Clostridium difficile

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-Gram positive
-Bacillli
-Obligate anaerobe
-Motile
-Endospore forming
-Pathogenic opportunist (commonly found in canned food)
-POE: digestive tract, sk/muc

Endospore formation, flagella, toxins, neruotoxins, botulinum toxin

Botulism

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Clostridium botulinum

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-Gram positive
-Bacilli
-Anaerobe
-Slightly motile (filamentous body allows for some movement)
-Endospore forming
-Opportunist (sometimes normal flora). Saprophyte
-POE: sk/muc

Endospore production, filamentous body, toxins (alpha toxin), gas formation (CO2, hydrogen)

Food poisoning, Gas gangrene, Tissue gas

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Clostridium pefringens

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-Gram positive
-Bacilli
-Facultative aerobe
-Nonmotile
-Not sporulating
-Saprophyte. Pleomorphic
-POE: respiratory

Pseudomembrane

Diphtheria

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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-Gram negative
-Bacilli
-Aerobe
-Nonmotile
-Not sporulating
-Facultative parasite
-POE: respiratory, digestive, sk/muc

Able to survive several weeks at low temps, can be transmitted via fomites

Tularemia

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Francisella tularensis

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-Gram negative*
-Spirochetes
-O2 requirements unknown
-Motile
-Not sporulating
-POE: genitourinary

Flagellum

Syphilis

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Treponema pallidum

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-Gram negative
-Spirochetes
-Microaerophiles
-Motile
-Not sporulating
-Arthropod borne
-POE: sk/muc

Periplasmic flagella, highly flexible bacteria

Lyme disease

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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-Gram negative
-Vibrio
-Facultative anaerobe
-Motile
-Not sporulating
-POE: digestive

Flagella, pili, toxins

Asiatic cholera (epidemic cholera)

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Vibrio cholerae

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-Gram negative
-Bacilli
-Nonmotile
-Not sporulating
-POE: sk/muc

Fair level of resistance, can survive phagocytes

Bubonic plague, Pneumonic plague, Septicemic plague

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Yersinia pestis

20
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-Gram negative
-Bacilli
-Facultative anaerobe
-Nonmotile
-Not sporulating
-POE: respiratory, sk/muc

Resistant to phagocytes, capsule

Respiratory infections, UTIs, Infected wounds, Nosocomial infections

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

21
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-Gram positive
-Bacilli
-Aerobe
-Nonmotile
-Endospore forming
-POE: respiratory, digestive, sk/muc

Most strains have a capsule, endospore

Anthrax

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Bacillus anthracis

22
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-Gram negative
-Bacilli
-Facultative anaerobe
-Nonmotile
-Not sporulating
-True pathogen
-POE: respiratory, sk/muc

Highly virulent, capsule

Influenzal meningitis

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Hemophilus influenzae

23
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-Gram negative
-Spirochetes
-Obligate aerobe
-Motile
-Not sporulating
-POE: sk/muc, digestive

Motility

Leptospirosis

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Leptospira interrogans

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-Gram negative
-Bacilli
-Facultative anaerobe
-Motile
-Not sporulating
-Opportunist
-POE: digestive

Capsule, toxins

Enteritis

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Escherichia coli

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-Gram negative
-Cocci or Spirilla*
-Microaerophile
-Motile
-Not sporulating
-POE: digestive, genitourinary

Flagella, toxins, ability to change shape

Gastroenteritis

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Campylobacter jejuni

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-Gram negative
-Curved cocci or Spirilla
-Microaerophile
-Motile
-Not sporulating
-Opportunist (sometimes normal flora)
-POE: respiratory, digestive

Ability to change shape, flagella

Gastritis, Ulcers, Cancer

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Heliobacter pylori

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Of the 26 new bacteria, 10 stain positive. Which are the 10

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  1. Staphylococcus aureus
  2. Streptococcus pyogenes
  3. Streptococcus pneumoniae
  4. Myobacterium avium (MAC)
  5. Chlostridium tetanai
  6. Chlostridium difficile
  7. Chlostridium botulinum
  8. Chlostridium perfringens
  9. Corynebacterium diptheriae
  10. Bacillus anthracis
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Of the new 26 bacteria, all are bacilli except

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  1. Staphylococcus aureus
  2. Streptococcus pyogenes
  3. Streptococcus pneumoniae
  4. Neisseria gonorrhoeae (diplococci)
  5. Neisseria meningitidis (diplococci)
  6. Treponema pallidum (spirochetes)
  7. Borrelia burgdoferi (spirochetes)
  8. Vibrio cholerae
  9. Leptospira interrogans (spirochetes)
  10. Campylobacter jejuni (cocci or spirilla)
  11. Helicobacter pylori (curved cocci or spirilla)
29
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There is one bacteria who’s oxygen requirements are unknown. Who are they?

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Treponema pallidum

30
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Who are the 12 aerobes? And are they
Obligate, facultative, or microaerophilic?

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  1. Streptococcus pneumonia (facultative)
  2. Neisseria gonorrhoeae (aerobe)
  3. Neisseria meningitidis (obligate)
  4. Myobacterium tiberculosis (aerobe)
  5. Mybacterium avium MAC (aerobe)
  6. Corynebacterium diphtheriae (facultative)
  7. Francisella tularensis (aerobe)
  8. Borrelia burgdorferi (micro)
  9. Bacillus anthracis (aerobe)
  10. Leptospira interrogans (obligate)
  11. Campylobacter jejuni (micro)
  12. Helicobacter pylori (micro)
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Of the 26 new bacteria, who is non motile

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  1. staphylococcus aureus
  2. streptococcus pyogenes
  3. streptococcus pneumoniae
  4. neisseria meningitidis
  5. Myobacterium tuberculosis
  6. Myobacterium avium MAC
  7. Corynebacterium diphtheriae
  8. Francisella tularensis
  9. Yersinia pestis
  10. Klebsiella pneumoniae
  11. Bacillus anthracis
  12. Hemophilus influenzae
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Only 5 of the 26 can form endospores. Who are the 5?

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  1. Chlostridium tetani
  2. Clostridium difficile
  3. Clostridium botulinum
  4. Chlostridium perfringens
  5. Bacillus anthracis

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