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49 Cards in this Set
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manual that classifies all bacteria
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Bergey's Manual
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appearance of spirochetes
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long, helical, corkscrew, coil
they are Gram-negative |
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examples of spirochetes
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Treponema pallidum (syphilis)
Borellia burgdorferi (Lyme disease) |
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helical, Gram-negative bacteria that is the major cause of diarrhea in the USA
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Camphylobacter jejuni
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Gram-negative, helical bacteria that causes gastric ulcers in humans
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Helicobacter pylori
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causes whooping cough
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Bordatella pertussis
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causes gonorrhea
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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causes meningococcal meningitis
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Neiseria meningititis
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used as a thickener for foods and paints
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Xanthomas
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bacteria used to make vinegar and will cause beer and wine to sour
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Acetobacter
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bacteria used to clean up oil spills
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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human pathogens that affect the intestines
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the enterics
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causes typhoid fever
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Salmonella typhi
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causes shigellosis (dysentery)
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shigella
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causes cholera
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Vibrio cholera
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causes bubonic plague
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Yersenia pestis
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causes explosive diarrhea and projectile vomiting, but we must have them in our GI tract to digest food
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Escherichia coli
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facultative, Gram-negative bacteria that causes disease in animals
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Pasteurella
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can cause minor eye infection (pink eye) or fatal meningitis
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Haemophilis
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the only bacteria used to make alcohol (Tequila) from the agave cactus
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Zymomonas
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10-100 billion per gram of intestinal contents-harmless, but can cause disease in weakened hosts
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Bacteroides
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found in anaerobic areas in muddy, brackish water
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sulfur-reducing bacteria
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most abundant anaerobe in human saliva
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veillonella
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obligate intracellular parasite that causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
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Rickettsia rickettsii
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obligate intracellular parasite that causes chlamydia
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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causes pneumonia in humans and rhinitis in chickens and turkeys
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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chain of cocci
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streptococci
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causes strep throat
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Streptococcus pyogenes
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obligate anaerobes that inhabit the skin
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micrococcus
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a cluster of cocci
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staphylococcus
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type of staph that causes nosocomial infections
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Staphylococcus aureus
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spore-forming bacteria that causes anthrax
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Bacillus anthracis
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causes tetanus
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Clostridium tetani
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causes botulism
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Clostridium botulinum
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PPD test > 10mm induration
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considered positive if
children < 4 leukemia or lymphoma injection drug users prisoners homeless healthcare worker immigrants (recent) nursing home residents diabetics dialysis CLIP HINDuration |
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causes nosocomial infection of diarrhea
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Clostridium difficile
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causes food poisoning called listeriosis, from undercooked ham and unpasteurized cheese
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Listeria monocytogenes
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causes acne
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Propionbacterium acnes
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causes "lumpy jaw"
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actinomyces
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_____ and ______ are acid-fast bacteria that lack a cell wall but have waxy outer coverings for protectioin against hostile environments
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Mycobacteria and Nocardioforms
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causes tuberculosis
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Mycobacteium tuberculosis
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causes leprosy (Hansen's disease)
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Mycobacterium leprae
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bacteria found in anaerobic environment, produces it's own food, produces sulfur as a by-product of photosynthesis
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anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria
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cyanobacteria (blue-green bacteria) that fix nitrogen which is necessary for plant growth
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oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria
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"ancient bacteria" that can survive harsh environments
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archaebacteria
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produce methane gas from cow's stomach, sewage
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methanogens
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salt-loving bacteria
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halophiles
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heat and acid-loving bactera found in hot springs
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thermoacidophiles
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fungi found in hot soil, break down organic matter, used to produce antibiotics
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Streptomyces and Actinomyces
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