Last minute Putoff lecture notes

Question 1

Cocci-

Answer 1

spherical

Question 2

looks like fungi but is bacteria =

Answer 2

actinomyces and nocardia

Question 3

no cell wall

Answer 3

mycoplasma

Question 4

microaetophilic bacteria

Answer 4

use fermentation but can tolerate small amounts of oxygen

Question 5

facultative anaerobes

Answer 5

prefer oxygen but can be anaerobic if need to be

Question 6

autotrophs

heterotrophs

chemoheterotrophs

Answer 6

autotrophs: use ammonium and sulfide
heterotrophs: use carbon
chemoheterotrophs: most clincally important; use chemical and organic compounds (glucose)

Question 7

obligate intracellular bacteria

Answer 7

chlamydia and rickettisa

cant make their own ATP so they use ours

Question 8

Strept. pyogenes

Answer 8

scarlet fever

Strptolysins O and S

Question 9

Staph. aureus

Answer 9

TSST –> IL-1 increased

toxic shock syndrome

Question 10

Bacillus anthracis

Answer 10

Anthrax toxins (EF, LF, PA)

Question 11

Corneybacterium diptheriae

Answer 11

diptheriae

Question 12

bordatella pertussis

Answer 12

whooping cough

Question 13

clostridium difficile

Answer 13

pseudomembranous enterocolitis