General Bacteria Characterisitcs

Question 1

4 main obligate aerobes (must use air)

Answer 1

1. Nocardia
2. Pseudomonas
3. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
4. Bacillus

(“Nagging Pests Must Breathe”)

Question 2

3 obligate anarobes (cant be in O2)

Answer 2

1. Clostridium
2. Bacteroides
3. Actinomyces

• Aminoglycosides are ineffective against anerobes; need O2 to enter the bacterial cell

Question 3

2 obligate intracellular organisma

Answer 3

1. Rickettsia

2. Chlamydia

Question 4

8 facultative intracellular

Answer 4

1. Salmonella
2. Neisseria
3. Brucella
4. Mycobacterium
5. Listeria
6. Francisella
7. Legionella
8. Yersinia pestis

(“Some Nasty Bugs May Live FacultativeLY”)

Question 5

7 encapsulated bugs

(“Even Some Nasty Killes Have Shiny Bodies”

Answer 5

1. E. coli (some)
2. Strep. pneum
3. Neisseria meningitidis
4. Klebsiella pneumoniae
5. H. flu B
6. Salmonella typhi
7. group B strep

Question 6

7 catalase positive organisms

Answer 6

1. Pseudomonas
2. Listeria
3. Aspergillus
4. Candida
5. E. coli
6. S. aureus
7. Serratia

(PLACESS for your cats”)

Question 7

3 organisms with IgA protease

Answer 7

1. Strep pneum
2. H flu B
3. Neisseria

Question 8

function of M protein, what organism has it

Answer 8

Prevent phagocytosis; group A strep (strep pyogenes) have it

Question 9

8 urease positive organisms

Answer 9

1. Cryptococcus
2. H. pylori
3. Proteus
4. Ureaplasma
5. Nocardia
6. Klebsiella
7. S. epidermidis
8. S. saprophyticus

(“CHuck norris hates PUNKSS”)

Question 10

red pigment

Answer 10

Serratia marcescens

Question 11

4 organsims that are beta hemolytic

Answer 11

1. S. aureus
2. S. pyogenes
3. S. agalactiae (group B)
4. Listeria monocytogenes