Micro Q3

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Clostridium

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Gram positive rod, anaerobic, spore-forming, catalase and oxidase negative

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Bacteroides fragilis

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Gram negative rod, anaerobic, pleiomorphic

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Prevotella melaninogenicus

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Gram negative rod, anaerobic, requires hemin for growth

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Fusobacterium

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Gram negative rod, anaerobic needle-shaped

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Bifidobacterium

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Gram positive rod, anaerobic, non-spore forming, branching pleiomorphic

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Propionibacterium

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Gram positive rod, anaerobic, non-spore forming

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Lactobacillus

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Gram positive rod, anaerobic, non-spore forming, non-pleimorphic

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Actinomyces

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Gram positive rod, anaerobic, branching

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Peptostreptococcus

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Gram positive cocci, anaerobic, grows in chains

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Veillonella

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Gram negative cocci, anaerobic

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Neisseria

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Gram negative diplococci, coffee-bean shaped

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Staphylococcus aureus

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Gram positive cocci that forms clusters, capuslar, catalase +, coagulase +, yellow colonies, facultative aerobe

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Staphylococcus epidermidis

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Gram positive cocci that forms clusters, catalase +, coagulase -, white colonies, sensitive to novobiocin, anaerobic growth is at a normal pace

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Staphylococcus saprophyticus

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Gram positive cocci that forms clusters, catalase +, coagulase -, white colonies, resistant to novobiocin, anaerobic growth is slow

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Streptococcus pyogenes

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Gram positive cocci that form chains, catalase -, aerotolerant anaerobe, Group A, hyaluronic acid capsule, M proteins

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Gram positive diplococci (short dimension apposed), lancet shaped

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Streptococcus agalactiae

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Gram positive cocci that forms chains, Group B beta hemolytic

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Streptococcus viridans

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Gram positive cocci, aerobic, alpha hemolytic

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Enterococcus faecalis

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Gram positive cocci that forms chains, Group D beta hemolytic Streptococci

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Listeria monocytogenes

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Gram positive rod, beta hemolytic, facultate intracellular, distantly related to diphtheroids

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Bacillus anthracis

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Gram positive rod, aerobic, spore-forming

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Spirochetes

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Treponema (pallidum, pertenue, carateum), Borrelia (recurrentis, hernsii, burgdorferi), Leptospira

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Treponema microdentium

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Normal mouth inhabitant, saprophytic, indistinguishable from T. pallidum

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Mycoplasma hominis

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Found in genital tract, esp in females. Resistant to erythromycin, sensitive to tetracycline. Correlated with PID, endometritis, low birth weights, postpartum fever

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Mycoplasma arthritidis

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Produces superantigen, possible cause of some infectious arthritis. Implicated as a factor in rheumatoid arthritis.

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Ureaplasma urealyticum

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Mycoplasma. Found in genital tract. Hydrolyzes urea (hence the name).

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Mycoplasma genitalium

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Link suggested to nongonococcal urethritis in males

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Mycoplasma fermentans

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Possible cofactor for HIV infection

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Mycoplasma incognitus

Back 29

Possible cofactor for HIV infection

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Vibrio cholerae

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Gram negative comma-shaped rods, motile (polar flagellum), fermenter

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Campylobacter

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Gram negative comma-shaped or curved rods (resembles Vibrio cholera), microaerophillic

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Yersinia pestis

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Gram negative rod or coccobacillus, large, capsular, aerobic or faculatative anaerobe, glucose fermenter, non-lactose fermenter

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Franciscella tularensis

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Gram negative pleomorphic, small, unencapsulated

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This distinguishes Staph from Strep

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Catalase. Staph is catalase+ and Strep is catalase-

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This distinguishes different types of Staph

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Coagulase. Only Staph aureus is coagulase+

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Species of Staphylococcus

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Staph aureus, Staph epidermidis, Staph saprophyticus

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Species of Streptococcus

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Strep pyogenes, Strep agalactiae, Enterococci, Viridans, pneumococcus, Peptostreptococci

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These are the five OBLIGATE anaerobes

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1. Clostridia (gram+ rod)
2. Bacteroides (gram- rod)
3. Fusobacterium (gram- rod)
4. Actinomyces (gram+ rod)
5. Peptostreptococcus (gram+ cocci)

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Brucella

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Gram negative pleomorphic

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Staphylococci vs. Streptococci in terms of their metabolic capabilities.

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Staph are facultative anaerobes (they can oxphos and ferment), and Strep are aerotolerant anaerobes (ie, they only ferment but can survive in oxygen).