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bacteriology 1st bug list (families)
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02/12/2013

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Term
streptococcae
Definition
a family of gram-positive cocci (Streptococcus, Enterococcus) in pairs and chains, catalase-negative (reminder - it's an internal pathogen, in a lower O2 environment) [image]
Term
staphylococcae
Definition
a family of gram-positive cocci in pairs and clusters, catalase-positive (reminder - it's on skin, in an oxygen-filled environment)[image]
Term
nisseriaceae
Definition

gram negative cocci family (Nisseria, Moraxella), oxidase positive (gonorrhea, meningitis)

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Term
bacillus
Definition
gram positive rod, aerobic, spore forming (B. anthraxus, cereus)[image]
Term
Clostridium
Definition

gram POSITIVE anaerobic spore-forming rod

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Term
Which bacteria are not spore forming but are gram positive rods?
Definition
listeria, corynebacterium (pleiomorphic)
Term
pseudomonadaceae
Definition

gram negative rod, oxidase+ aerobe (no fermentation) (Pseudomonas, Burkholderia)

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Term
Legionellacea
Definition

gram negative rod, obligate aerobe (no fermentation)

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Term
Bordetella (genus)
Definition

gram negative, aerobic coccobacillus

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Term
Fransicella (genus)
Definition

gram negative, aerobic coccobacillus

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Term
Brucella (genus)
Definition

gram negative, aerobic coccobacillus

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Term
Enterobacteriaceae
Definition
gram negative, facultatively anaerobic rods - glucose fermenters, oxidase negative (Escherichia, Enterobacter, Shigella, Salmonella, Klebsiella, Proteus, Serratia, Yersinia).
Term
Pasteurellacea
Definition
Gram negative coccobacilli (pleiomorphic), facultatively anaerobic (pasteurella, haemophilus[image]
Term
Vibrionaceae
Definition

Gram negative curved rods, facultatively anaerobic

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Term
Campylobacter (genus)
Definition
aerobic gram negative vibrioid rod[image]
Term
Helicobacter (genus)
Definition
aerobic gram-negative helical rod[image]
Term
Spirochaetaceae
Definition

Gram-negative helical 

(Treponema, Borrelia [lice, ticks])

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Term
Leptospiraceae
Definition

Gram negative helical (leptos=thin) 

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Term
bacteroidaceae
Definition

anaerobic gram-negative rods: bacteroides, prevotella, fusobacterium 

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Term
rickettsiaceae
Definition

Gram negative obligate intracellular

(rickettsia, coxiella, ehrlichia)

Cause varius (~arthropod transmitted) fevers[image]

 

Term
Chamydiaceae
Definition

Gram-negative rod, obligate intracellular

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Term
Mycoplasmataceae
Definition

no cell wall; mycoplasma and ureaplasma


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Term
mycobacteriaceae
Definition
acid-fast rods
Term
what are the filamentous, irregular gram-positives?
Definition

nocardia - partially acid-fast, aerobic

actinomyces - not acid-fast, can be anaerobic or facultative

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