Term
|
Definition
| Small, gram - coccobacilli;Media: Bordet- Gengou (potato-blood-glycerol); Obligate aerobe; Colonies are smooth, tiny, glistening (mercury drop or pearl) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Dipplococci (kidney-shaped) Non-hemolytic; oxidase +; catalase + aerobic G-; non-spore |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| rods Ferments glucose; catalase+; oxidase-; reduce nitrate Facultative anaerobe; G-; Non-spore; LPS (endotoxin) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Ferments lactose; Motile and non-motile; 3 antigens: O, H, and K |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Lactose-; bile salt resistant; acid and gas production during glucose fermentation; H2S production; Motile |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Lactase+; Non-motile; Prominent polysaccharide capsule-mucoid appearance |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Urease +; formation of kidney stones; Motile: swarms |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| G- curved rod; Oxidase +; Motile (polar flagella); facultative; Adherence factors |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Gram- rods; Oxidase+; Motile (polar flagella); facultative |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| G- rod; curved “gull-winged”; Oxidase+; catalase+; Motile (polar flagellum); microaerophilic; grows better at 42 C |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| G- rod; curved or spiral rods (helical, but coccoid in older cultures); Urease+; catalase+; oxidase+; Motile (lophotrichous flagella); microaerophilic |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| G-bacilli, pairs; Non-fermentative; aerobic respiration of sugars; oxidase+; catalase+; Motile (single polar flagella or polar tuft); Encapsulated; Pili for attachment; |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Small G- pleomorphic rods (short to long and slender); Facultative; non-motile; fastidious (chocolate agar, X factor: Hemin, V factor: NAD, CO2); Non-spore; encapsulated to unencapsulated |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Small, gram – coccobacilli; Oxidase -; nonfermenter; requires cysteine Non-motile; obligate aerobe; Thin capsule |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Small, gram – coccobacilli;Oxidase +, catalase +, urease +; nonfermenter Non-motile; obligate aerobe; No capsule |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| G – rods (stain faintly, silver stain of tissue), slender rod in nature, coccobacilli in clinical material Require cysteine and iron for growth Obligate aerobes, motile unencapsulated |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Short, G- rods;Fastidious (moist, CO2) ; aerobic |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Large, G + bacilli; Most are catalase-; Most are motile; most are obligate anaerobes; Usually spores |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Gram+ curved or filamentous rods, not acid fast; Non-motile, anaerobic, slow growth; Nonspore forming |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Long, slender, G- bacilli; corkscrew or loose coiled shape; Motile; aerobic, anaerobic or facultatively anaerobic; Unique structure for mobility: central protoplasmic cylinder bounded by cell wall, outer sheath/envelope similar to G-, multiple periplasmic flagella: between cell wall and outer sheath, axial orientation (span entire length of cell, anchored at both ends), rotate similar to external flagella, responsible for propelling cell, mechanism unclear; invasion of host tissue by penetration |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Tightly coiled; Anaerobic or microaerophilic; needs a cell to grow |
|
|
Term
| Borrelia burgdorferi, B. recurrentis |
|
Definition
| Relatively large, thin, coiled (loose, irregular waves); weak staining G- (giemsa stain); Anaerobic or microaerophilic |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Thin, slender, tightly-coiled, hooked end; Obligate aerobes |
|
|
Term
| Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma |
|
Definition
| no cell wall (stain poorly); enclosed in a single, trilaminar plasma membrane (contains sterols obtained externally); smallest of known free-living bacteria (pass through bacteriologic filters) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Gram-, small coccobacilli (Gram stain poorly: Giemsa or Gimenez stain); slime layer; no flagella; aerobic; strict intracellular |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Gram - (Giemsa or Wright stain); obligate intracellular bacteria (grow in cytoplasmic vacuoles=morula) |
|
|
Term
| Chlamydia and Chlamydophila general |
|
Definition
| small, round-to-oval organisms, vary in size; inner and outer membrane; LPS but no peptidoglycan (cell wall not well characterized); OMP2: disulfide cross-links; Energy parasites (cannot make ATP) |
|
|
Term
| Chlamydia and Chlamydophila physiology and structure |
|
Definition
| Elementary bodies (EB): small (0.3-04 microm), extracellular form, rigid outer membrane (disulfide linked proteins),resistant to harsh conditions, non-replicating form, non-metabolically active form, infectious form (bind to nonciliated epithelial cells or macrophages); Reticulate bodies (RB): larger (0.8-1 microm), intracellular form, fragile membrane (fewer disulfide), metabolically active, replicating form, non-infectious |
|
|
Term
| Chlamydia and Chlamydophila Development cycle |
|
Definition
| EB bind to host-->internalization-->inhibition of phagosome-lysosome fusion-->reorganization into RB (breakdown of disulfide)-->growth of RB-->reorganization into EB-->inclusion bodies-->release of EB (lysis-psittaci, extrusion-trachomatis & pneumoniae) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| biovars - biological variants (trachoma, lymphogranuloma venereum-LGV); serovars-serological variants (major outer membrane proteins, A-L) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Gram-; small cell variants (SCVs): 0.2-0.5 micro, spore-like; large cell variant: 1 micro |
|
|
