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prokaryotic, cell wall, single chromosome, 70S ribsome

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bacteria characteristics

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stain, shape, oxygen requirements, temperature, others

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classification of bacteria

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lag, log, stationary and death

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bacterial growth phases

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number of cells are constant as they prepare for growth; no multiplication

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lag growth phase

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exponential growth

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log growth phase

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new growth matches die off rate as nutrients run out of food

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stationary growth phase

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gram positive (BLUE) or negative (RED)

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stain

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crystal violet, H2O, iodine, H2O, acetone alcohol wash, safranin, H2O

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gram stain

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iodine (mordant or fixer) and safranin (counterstain)

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mordant and counterstain

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coccus (round), bacillus (rod) or vibrio (comma-shaped)

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shape

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aerobic (grows in O2) or anaerobic (can grow without O2)

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oxygen requirement

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prefers to live without O2 but has the facility (ability) to live with oxygen

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facultative anaerobic

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cannot live in the presence of O2

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obligate anaerobic

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cannot live without oxygen-mycobacteria, bacillus, and pseudomonas

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obligate aerobic

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needs a very small amount of O2 - helicobacter pylori, treponema pallidum

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microaerophilic

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thermophile (45-900), mesophile (20-450), or psychrophile (0-200)

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temperature preferences

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urease, nitrite producing, catalase positive, specific sugar fermentation

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other ways of grouping bacteria

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klebsiella, proteus, ureaplasma, nocardia, (cryptococcus), helicobacter

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urease (urea splitting)

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klebsiella, escherichia coli, enterobacter, pseudomonas, proteus, serratia

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nitrite-producing

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pseudomonas, listeria, escherichia coli, and staphylococcus

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catalase - positive

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staphylococcus aureus; all other staphylococci and coagulase negative

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coagulase - positive coccus

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neisseria gonorrhea and neisseria meningitidis

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glucose - fermentation coccus

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escherichia coli and klebsiella pneumoniae

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lactose - fermenting bacilli

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neisseria meningitdis and proteus mirabilis

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maltose fermenting bacteria

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mycoplasma
bacteria without cell walls
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chlamydia, rickettsiae, ehrlichia, bartonella, and coxiella
obligate intracellular parasite
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borrelia, leptospira, treponema
flexible bacteria (spirochetes)
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all bacteria have cell walls except MYCOPLASMA
bacteria rule 1
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all cocci are gram + except NEISSERIA
bacteria rule 2
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all bacilli are gram - except the baccilus group
bacteria rule 3
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bacillus, clostridium, corynebacterium, and listeria
baccilus group
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all gram + bacilli are spore forming except corynebacterium and listera
bacteria rule 4
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all gram - bacilli are enteric except 8
bacteria rule 5
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all UTI causing bacteria are nitrite + except STAPH, SAPROPHYTICUS
bacteria rule 6
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gram + spore forming rod causes woolsorter's dz, malignant pustule
baillus anthracis
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gram + spore forming rod, food poisoning from eating reheated fried rice
bacillus cereus
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gram - non enteric rod causing cat scratch dz
bartonella henselae
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paroxysmal bouts of coughing followed by an inspiratory whoop
bordetella pertussis
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spirochete, darkfield microscopy, ixodes vector deer tick, lyme dz
borrelia burgdorferi
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gram -, non enteric, causes undulant fever, contaminated milk
brucella abortus
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obligate intracellular parasite, causing lung infection in bird keepers
chlamydia psittaci
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commonest cause of blindness in Africa, spread by flies
chlamydia trachomatis ABC
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urethritis, PID, reiters syndrome: conjunctivitis, arthritis, urethritis
chlamydia trachomatis D-K
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lymphogranuloma venereum - painful buboes, sign of the groove
chlamydia trachomatis L1 L2 L3
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transmitted by contaminated honey and causes paralysis and diplopia
clostridium botulinum
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pseudomembranous enterocolitis
clostridium difficile
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deep puncture wound followed by muscle necrosis and gas bubbles
clostridium perfringens
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causes lockjaw (trismus), produces exotoxin tetanospasmin
clostridium tetani
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gram + rod, grey pseudomembrane in the throat and heat damage
corynebacterium diphtheriae
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obligate intracellular parasite, unpasteurized mild, skin rash with Q fever
coxiella burnetti
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gram -, enteric catalase + rod causing UTI
enterobacter cloacae
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gram -, enteric lactose fermenting, commonest cause of UTI
escherichia coli
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O and H types are used to identify pathogenic stains
e coli typing
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causes hemolytic uremic syndrome
e coli subtype O157:H7
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gram -, non enteric rod, fever from handling infected rabbit skin
francisella tularensis
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gram -, urease + rod, causes peptic ulcer, gastritis, stomach cancer
helicobacter pylori
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gram -, non enteric rod, pink eye dz
hemophilus aegypti
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gram -, non enteric rod, causes chancroid painful yellow genital sore
hemophilus ducreyi
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gram -, non enteric rod, pneumonia, otitis, epiglottis, meningitis
hemophilus influenzae
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gram -, enteric, lactose fermenting bacillus pneumonia, UTI
klebsiella pneumoniae
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gram -, non enteric, lung infection from infected air conditioners
legionella pneumonphila
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spirchete, darkfield microscopy, weil's dz. spread by rats
leptospira interrogans
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gram + non spore forming, contaminated milk or cheese, meningitis
listeria monocytogenes
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gram resistant, thick waxy wall, ziehl neelsen stain, lowenstein jensen m.
mycobacterium tuberculosis
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gram resistant bacteria like cool places nerves and face
mycobacterium leprae
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gram - intracellular glucose fermenting coccus urethritis
neisseria gonorrhea
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gram - coccus which ferments maltose and glucose meningitis
neisseria meningitidis
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gram -, enteric urea splitting bacillus causing UTI
proteus mirabilis
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gram -, non enteric bacillus, infected burns with blue green pus
pseudomonas aeruginosa
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gram -, enteric, causes rose colored spots and step ladder fever
salmonella typhi
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gram - bacillus, produces red pigment
serratia marcescens
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gram -, enteric, non lactose fermenting, causes bloody diarrhea
shigella dysenteriae
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gram +, catalase and coagulase + coccus, infecting healthy valves
staphylococcus aureus
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gram +, catalase +, coagulase - coccus causes UTI
staphylococcus saprophyticus
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gram +, catalase -, alpha hemolytic coccus in strips
streptococcus pneumoniae
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grame +, catalase -, beta hemolytic coccus, rheumatic fever
streptococcus pyogenes
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gram +, catalase -, alpha hemolytic, previously damaged valves
streptococcus viridans
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spirochete, darkfield microscopy, painless penile chancre
treponema pallidum
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gram - enteric rod - causes severe diarrhea and rice water stool
vibrio cholera
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gram - enteric rod - causes food poisoning and necrotizing fasciitis
vibrio vulnificus
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gram - enteric rod- causes bubonic and pneumonic plague
yersinia pestis
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dz transmitted from animals to humans in a specific occupation
zoonosis
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francisella tulanersis
rabbit skinning
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brucella abortus
abattoir worker
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bacillus anthracis
sheep sharer
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vibrio vulnificus
fishermen
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bartonella henseiae
cat scratch
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leptospira interrogans
rats in cane fields
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yersinia pestis
rat fleas
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allergic to meat after bit by a tick infected with ehrlichia chaffeensis
lone star tick
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dead gram - bacteria, outer wall, heat stable, systemic effects
endotoxin
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live gram +, destroyed by heat, antigenic, targets specific tissue
exotoxin
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exotoxin which targets the nerves, stops GABA or glycine production
tetanospasmin
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exotoxin which targets the acetylcholine receptor a the NMJ
botulinum

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