Flashcards in BACTE LEC - PSEUDOMONAS Deck (41):
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– water soluble blue green pigment
Pyocyanin
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– yellow fluorescing pigment
(blue green pigment)
Pyoverdin or fluorescein
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odor of pseudomonas aeruginosa
Grapelike or “corn tortilla-like odor
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odor of pseudomonas aeruginosa is due to
(production of 2-aminoacetophenone)
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Ability to grow at 42oC
pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Single polar flagellum
pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Grow very well on MAC & EMB
pseudomonas aeruginosa
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appearance of P. aeruginosa colonies
Large, rough, dull grayish, spreading
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oxidase test rxn of P. aeruginosa
Positive
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P. aeruginosa oxidize what sugar
glucose
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hemolytic patterns of P. aeruginosa
beta
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TSI rxn of P. aeruginosa
K/K
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vf of P. aeruginosa for attachment and conjugation
pili
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vf of P. aeruginosa for production of clot/foam
alginate
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appearance of P. aeruginosa on BA
green
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medium w/c enhances pigmentation of Pseudomonas
chrom agar
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diagnosis if Pseudomonas [aeruginosa] is an agent of severe wound infection in burn patients
uv light or woods light
wood's lamp
[if it fluoresces,+]
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causes UTI
nosocomial pneumonia
septicemia
chronic lung infection
septic arthritis
destructive eye infections
P. aeruginosa
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causes swimmer's ear
shanghai fever
P. aeruginosa
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pseudomonas also called
water bug
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capable of producing biofil which can be an agent of blindness
pseudomonas aeruginosa
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soil denitrifiers
p. stutzeri
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found in Soil
Marine water
Sewage
Stagnant water
Hospital instrumentation
p. stutzeri
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appearance of p. stutzeri on BA/MAC
dry wrinkled buff light brown
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tough and adherent
p. stutzeri
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starch hydrolysis reaction of p. stutzeri
+
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ADH reaction of p. stutzeri
-
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causes otitis media, conjunctivitis, septic arthritis
p. stutzeri
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A UTI agent
proteolytic
hydrolyzes gelatin
P. fluorescens
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causes infection of arms and legs
hospital environmental sources- sinks
P. putida
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all pseudomonas are motile except for
P. mallei
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Infects
Horses
Goats
Sheep
Donkeys
P. mallei
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Only nonmotile pseudomonad
P. mallei
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causes glanders disease
P. mallei
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also known as glanders bacilli
P. mallei
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appearance of colonies of p. mallei on BA
Colonies – smooth, cream to white on BA
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OXIDASE TEST reaction of p. mallei
Weakly oxidase +
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Fails to grow at 42C
P. mallei
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causes Melioidosis OR Vietnam time bomb
P. pseudomallei
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Cream to tan, wrinkled colonies
P. pseudomallei
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