Catalase Pos. GPR- Bacillus

Question 1

List two catalyst negative gPR’s

Answer 1

Lactobacillus and Erysipelothrix

Question 2

When I going to find gram-positive rods it’s good to know which bacteria tend to be much larger

Answer 2

Bacillus tend to be much larger

Question 3

Blank are the only aerobic endospore farmers

Answer 3

Bacillus

Question 4

How would one differentiate between wisteria and group B beta-hemolytic streptococci

Answer 4

Listeria is catalase positive, group B beta hemolytic streptococci are catalase negative

Question 5

Name to gram-positive rods that are motile

Answer 5

Listeria and bacillus

Question 6

On what media would you look for Hydrogen sulfide production

Answer 6

TSI

Question 7

Anthrax, etiological agent…

Answer 7

Bacillus anthracis

Question 8

Bacillus cereus is the etiological agent for…

Answer 8

Food poisoning

Question 9

Describe what bacillus would look like under the microscope

Answer 9

Large purple box the rods

however note: older cells tend to stain gram-negative

Question 10

Most of the species are blank and highly blank

Answer 10

Beta hemolytic, Motile

Question 11

The most common route of infection with bacillus anthracis is…

Answer 11

From infected animal

Question 12

The most common sign of anthrax

Answer 12

Esschar lesion

Question 13

Anthrax is spread via blank

Answer 13

Endospores

Question 14

Blank are essential for the virulence of anthrax

Answer 14

Siderophores and Iron heme scavengers

Question 15

List three catalase positive GPR’s

Answer 15

Corynebacterium, Listeria, bacillus

Question 16

2 virulence plasmids of anthrax

Answer 16

PXO1 and pXO2

Question 17

Blank contains genes needed for synthesis of poly glutamic acid capsule

Answer 17

pXO2

Question 18

Blank protects anthrax against phagocytic killing

Answer 18

pXO2

Question 19

Blank contains genes encoding two anthrax toxins

Answer 19

pXO1

Question 20

pXO1 consists of what three genes

Answer 20

PagA, lef, cya

Question 21

Anthrax Genes PAG A

Answer 21

Protective antigen (PA)

Question 22

Anthrax Genes Lef

Answer 22

Lethal factor (LF)

Question 23

Anthrax genes CYA

Answer 23

Edema factor (EF)

Question 24

Blank is a transcriptional activator of anthrax toxins

Answer 24

AtxA

Question 25

Blank is a transcription repressor of anthrax toxins

Answer 25

PagR

Question 26

The B subunit of anthrax toxins is the blank

Answer 26

PA (protective antigen)

Question 27

The A subunit of anthrax edema toxin is blank factor which is a blank

Answer 27

Edema factor, a calmodulin dependent adenylate cyclase

Question 28

The A subunit of anthrax lethal toxin is blank factor which is a blank

Answer 28

Lethal factor, a zinc metalloprotease

Question 29

Anthrax lethal toxin causes…

Answer 29

Cell death

Question 30

Anthrax Edema toxin causes…

Answer 30

Edema is surrounding tissue

Question 31

Lethal toxin targets blank and blank

Answer 31

Cardiomiocytes and vascular smooth muscle cells

Question 32

Edema toxin targets a blank in the blank

Answer 32

Hepatocytes in the liver

Question 33

Bacillus cereus is The etiological agent of blank and blank

Answer 33

Ocular infections and food poisoning

Question 34

Emetic

Answer 34

Short incubation period

Question 35

Bacillus cereus diarrheal food poisoning is due to blank and or blank

Answer 35

Heat labile enterotoxin Nhe and HBL

Question 36

Bacillus cereus emetic food poisoning is due to blank made by blank

Answer 36

Cereulide (ETE), cereulide synthetase (ces)

Question 37

Bacillus cereus s layer binds…

Answer 37

ECM components

Question 38

Bacillus cereus virulence factors are regulated by…

Answer 38

Global regulatory PlcR

Question 39

Model GRP organism to study sporulation…

Answer 39

Bacillus subtilis

Question 40

Bacillus anthracis has nonsense mutation in blank that don’t allow specific mutations found in bacillus cereus

Answer 40

PlcR