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Microbiology Review
Final review
37
Microbiology
Not Applicable
04/16/2012

Additional Microbiology Flashcards

 


 

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Term

 

 

Steps of identifying bacteria (3)

Definition

 

 

Gram stain, colony morphology, confirmatory tests

Term

 

 

Three things to report on Gram Stain

Definition

 

 

 

Color, arrangement, shape

Term

 

 

Sterile areas of the body

Definition

 

 

 

Uper GI, urinary and reproductive tracts, blood, CSF

Term

 

 

Non-sterile areas of the body

Definition

 

 

 

Mouth, upper respiratory tract, lower bowels and urinary tract, skin, conjunctiva

Term

 

 

Routes of bacterial invasion

Definition

 

 

 

Inhalation, ingestion, urogenital tract, skin

Term

 

 

Retains the Gram Stain

Definition

 

 

Cell wall

Term

 

 

Lipid A Layer 

Definition

 

 

Found in gram negative bacteria

Term

 

 

Lag phase

Definition

 

 

Bacteria use nutrients and grow in size but don't reproduce, "fatten up"

Term

 

 

 

log phase

Definition

 

 

 

Time of active growth, most susceptible to abx

Term

 

 

Stationary phase

Definition

 

 

 

Equal amount of reproduction and death, best stage for studying and working on bacteria

Term

 

 

 

Mesophile

Definition

 

 

Prefers warm temperatures

Term

 

 

Psychrophiles

Definition

 

 

 

Prefer cold temperatures

Term

 

 

Conditions for autoclave

Definition

 

 

 

121'C, 15psi for 15min

Term

 

 

Causes of abx resistance (3) 

Definition

 

 

Inappropriate/incomplete treatment, over-prescribing/overuse, drug residues in food animals

Term

 

 

Required for growth of anerobes

Definition

 

 

 

85% Nitrogen, 10% Hydrogen, 5% CO2

Term

 

 

 

How long anaerobes incubated for

Definition

 

 

 

48hours

Term

 

 

PH preferred by most bacteria

Definition

 

 

 

6.5 - 7.5

Term

 

 

Normal flora of skin and mucous membranes

Definition

 

 

 

Staph. Epi

Term

 

 

 

 

May be normal flora of skin

Definition

 

 

 

 

Staph. aureus

Term

 

 

Disease of Staph. Auereus (3)

Definition

 

 

Toxic shock syndrome, bumblefoot, greasy pig

Term

 

 

 

MRSA

Definition

 

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

 

 

Term

 

 

How Strep. is categorized

Definition

 

 

 

Hemolysis, bichemical testing

Term

 

 

Disease that S. equi causes

Definition

 

 

 

Strangles/equine distemper

Term

 

 

Two GPR's with endospores

Definition

 

 

 

Bacillus, Clostridium

Term

 

 

Transmission of Anthrax (3)

Definition

 

 

Ingestion, inhalation, skin

Term

 

 

anaerobic GPR (2)

Definition

 

 

Clostridium, cornyebacterium, 

Term

 

 

 

 

Histotoxic Clostridia, malignant edema

Definition

 

 

 

Clostridium septicum

Term

 

 

 

Enterotoxic clostridia

Definition

 

 

 

Clostridium perfringens

Term

 

 

 

Chinese letters

Definition

 

 

 

Cornyebacterium

Term

 

 

Listeriosis

Definition

 

 

Circling disease

Term

 

 

Prevent with keeping wood clean and dry

Definition

 

 

 

Klebsiella

Term

 

 

 

Usually found in muddy areas, near salt water

Definition

 

 

 

Fusobacterium

Term

 

 

 

Foot rot in cattle, thrush in horses, calf diptheria

Definition

 

 

 

Fusobacterium

Term

 

 

Shipping fever in cattle 

Definition

 

 

Pasteurella multocida

Term

 

 

Normal flora of nasal cavity

Definition

 

 

Pseudomonas

Term

 

 

Snuffles in rabbits

Definition

 

 

Pasteurella multocida

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