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Morphology: Cocci |
Spherical or generally roundin shape •Diplococcus •Staphylococcus •Streptococcus |
Spheres |
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Cocci: Diplococcus |
2 coffee beans kissing |
Nisseria |
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Cocci: Staphylococcus |
•Gram + •Cluster of hospital staff members posing group shot |
Catalase |
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Cocci: Streptococcus |
•Gram + •Strep of button candy |
Negative Catalase |
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Bacillus |
Rodshaped •Coccobacillus:Intermediate between cocci/rods •Diplobacilli •Streptobacilli |
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Spiral |
Helical |
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Spirillum |
Rigid spiral |
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Spirochetes |
Thin,flexible spiral bacterian lang |
Gram negative |
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Vibrio |
Curved rods |
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Classification of Archaea: Crenarchaeota |
•Mostly thermophiles & hyperthermophiles •Marine organism |
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Classification of Archaea:Eurarchaeota |
Organisms that live in methane or high salt environments |
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Classification of Archaea:Extremophiles |
•Thermophiles/ hyperthermophiles – Thermotoplasmata •Halophiles – Natronomonas •Acidophiles/ alkalinophile - Sulfurisphaera, Natronomonas •Metallotolerant – Ferroplasma •Radioresistant - Thermococcus gammatolerans (withstandradiation levels over 30000 Gy) •Xerophile |
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Extremophiles:Thermophiles/ hyperthermophiles |
Thermotoplasmata |
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Extremophiles:Halophiles |
Natronomonas |
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Extremophiles:Acidophiles/ alkalinophile |
Sulfurisphaera, Natronomonas |
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Extremophiles: Metallotolerant |
Ferroplasma |
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Extremophiles: Radioresistant |
Thermococcus |
Gammatolerans(withstand radiation levels over 30000 Gy) |
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Extremophiles: Xerophile |
Xerophile |
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Methanogen |
•Byproduct in anoxic environments •Wetlands, swamps & marshes •Flatulence in animals |
Produces methane in? |
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Deeply Branching Bacteria |
·Autotrophic,thermophilic & anaerobic, related to the oldest living organisms |
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Deinococcus |
Tetrad of coccus, thick cell wall, outer membrane |
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Phototrophs: Cyanobacteria |
• Fixes carbon & nitrogen & generate oxygen as a byproduct •Reduces hydrogen sulfide & produce sulfur as a byproduct •Found in hot springs or aquatic environments where hydrogen sulfide accumulate |
AKA blue green algae |
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Phototrophs: Purple bacteria |
Photosynthetic,anaerobic |
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Phototrophs: Endosymbiotic theory |
Chloroplast evolved from phagocytized cyanobacteria |
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Gram Positive Bacteria |
Separated into three phylum: •Firmicutes •Actinobacteria •Tenericutes |
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Gram + Firmicutes - Low G + C bacteria |
•Mostly gram positive •Produces endospores •Gut flora belong to this class |
Main classes include: Bacilli & Clostridia |
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Gram +Bacilli |
Genera: Bacillus (Aerobic) •B. anthracis (Anthrax) •B. cereus (gastroenteritis food poisoning) |
Spores forming rods |
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Gram +Genera: Bacillus: Listeria |
•Listeria (Do not form spores) •L.monocytogenes (Anaerobic) |
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Gram +Genera: Bacillus: Staphylococcus |
•S. aureus |
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Gram +Genera: Bacillus: Streptococcus |
•S. mutans •S. pneumoniae •S. pyogenes - pus producing •Gram +, low GC bacteria that produce lactic acidduring fermentation |
Beta halo |
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Gram +Genera:Bacillus: Streptococcus: Lactobacillus |
•Diverse group of normal flora in humans & animals •Gram +, low GC bacteria that produce lactic acid during fermentation |
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Gram + Genera:Bacillus: Streptococcus: Enterococcus |
•Large group of organisms found in humans as normalflora (commensal organisms) •Gram +, low GC bacteria that produce lactic acid during fermentation |
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Gram +Clostridia |
Spores forming rod |
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Genera: Clostridium |
Harm host by secreting powerful exotoxins & enzymes. Rapid diagnosis or patient will die •C. perfringens •C. difficile •C. Tetani •C. botulism |
Anaerobic |
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Gram +Tenericutes |
Genera: Mycoplasma •No cell wall, parasitic •M. pneumoniae - smallestself-replicating pathogenic organism, only found within host cells |
Tinest free living organism capable of self-replicating |
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Gram + Actinobacteria |
High amount of G - C pairings in their DNA |
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Actinobacteria: Genera: Streptomyces |
•Propionibacterium •Corynebacterium - C. diphtheriae •Mycobacterium - waxy, hydrophobic cell wall consist ofmycolic acid oM. tuberculosis oM. leprae |
•Oldest 1 in the family, bugs resistant to it •Causes pregnant woman deafness |
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Gram Negative Bacteria |
Common phyla include: •Proteobacteria •Chlamydiae •Spirochaetes |
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Gram Negative - Proteobacteria: Five classes |
•Alphaproteobacteria •Betaproteobacteria •Gammaproteobacteria •Deltaproteobacteria - Omit •Epsilonproteobacteria |
Outer membran compsed of lipopolysaccharides |
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Gram Negative - Alphaproteobacteria |
•Phototrophic •Able to fix nitrogen •Genus: Rickettsia obligate intracellular parasites o Possess true cell walls o R. Rickettsii |
Low levels of nutrients |
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Gram Negative - Betaproteobacteria |
•Aerobic Genera include: Neisseria •N. gonorrhoeae •N. meningitides |
Nutrient substances |
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Gram Negative -Gammaproteobacteria |
•Medically relevant gram negative bacteria belong to thisclass Genera:•Escherichia •Yersinia•Y. pestis •Klebsiella•K. pneumoniae •Shigella•S. boydii •Legionella•L. pneumonia •Salmonella• S. enterica •Pseudomonas•P. aeruginosa •Vibrio• V. Cholerae |
•Lives in GI Tract •Largest subgroup |
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Gram Negative - Epsilonproteobacteria |
•Found in GI tract of animals Genera: •Helicobacter - causes peptic ulcers in human & stomach cancer •H. pylori •Campylobacter - spiral shape move unipolar or bipolar flagella •C. jejuni |
•Slender •Micro-Aerophilic •Flagella |
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Gram Negative - Chlamydiae |
•Obligate intracellular parasite •Possess a cell wall w/no peptidoglycan layer |
C. trachomatis |
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Gram Negative - Spirochaetes |
•Helical shaped •Flagella runs lengthwisebetween the bacterial inner and outer membrane •Genera:•Leptospira •Borrelia - B. Burgdorferi •Treponema - T. pallidum |
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