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MSUCHM MMG552
Lecture 1 Bugs
23
Microbiology
Graduate
03/01/2012

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Term
Staphylococcaceae
Definition
gram-positive cocci in pairs and clusters, catalase-positive
Term
Streptococcaceae
Definition
gram-positive cocci in pairs and chains, catalase-negative
Term
Neisseriaceae
Definition
gram-negative cocci, oxidase-positive
(also contains Moraxella catarrhalis)
Term
Bacillus
Definition
gram-positive aerobic spore-forming rods
Term
Clostridium
Definition
gram-positive anaerobic spore-forming rods
Term
Listeria monocytogenes
Definition
gram-positive regular shaped nonspore- forming rods
Term
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Definition
gram-positive irregular shaped nonspore- forming rods
Term
Pseudomonadaceae
Definition
gram-negative rod, non-fermenting, oxidase-positive (includes Burkholderia cepacia)
Term
Legionellaceae
Definition
gram-negative rod, non-fermenting, oxidase-positive
Term
Bordetella, Fransicella, Brucella
Definition
gram-negative, aerobic, coccobacilli
Term
Enterobacteriaceae
Definition
gram-negative rods, glucose fermenters, oxidase-negative
Term
Vibrionaceae
Definition
curved gram-negative rods
Term
Pasteurellaceae
Definition
gram negative coccobacilli, often pleiomorphic (includes Haemophilus genus)
Term
Campylobacter jejuni, Helicobacter pylori
Definition
AEROBIC/MICROAEROPHILIC
HELICAL/VIBRIOID GRAM-NEGATIVE RODS
Term
Spirochaetaceae
Definition
GRAM-NEGATIVE HELICAL BACTERIA (includes treponoma and borrelia genera)
Term
Leptospiraceae
Definition
GRAM-NEGATIVE HELICAL BACTERIA
Term
Bacteroidaceae
Definition
ANAEROBIC GRAM-NEGATIVE RODS (includes prevotella and fusobacterium genera)
Term
Rickettsiaceae
Definition
GRAM-NEGATIVE OBLIGATE
INTRACELLULAR PATHOGENS

zoonotic infections usually associated with arthropod
vectors
Term
Chamydiaceae
Definition
GRAM-NEGATIVE OBLIGATE
INTRACELLULAR PATHOGENS
Term
Mycoplasmataceae
Definition
contain no peptidoglycan cell wall (includes ureaplasma urealytcium)
Term
Mycobacteriaceae
Definition
acid-fast rods
Term
Nocardia asteroides
Definition
Filamentous, irregular gram-positive rods: Partially acid-fast, aerobic
Term
Actinomyces israelii
Definition
Filamentous, irregular gram-positive rods: Not acid-fast, anaerobic or facultative
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