General Micro Flashcards
Largest bacteria
Thiomargarita namibiensis
Largest medically important bacteria
Borrelia burgdorferi
3 bacterial shapes
Cocci
Bacilli
Spirochete
3 bacterial patterns
Diplococci, streptococci, staphylococci
Only bacteria with no cell wall
Mycoplasma
Kills bacteria by cleaving the glycan backbone of peptidoglycan
Lysozyme
Facilitates the passage of small hydrophilic molecules into cell; acts as a channel to allow the entry of essential substances in gram negative bacteria
Porin proteins
Thicker, multilayer peptidoglycan
Gram positive cells
Thinner, single layer peptidoglycan
Gram negative cells
With teichoic acids
Gram positive cells
With lipopolysaccharide
Gram negative cells
With periplasmic space
Gram negative cells
Smallest bacteria
Mycoplasma sp.
Streptococcus
Gram +
Staphylococcus
Gram +
Corynebacterium
+
Listeria
+
Bacillus
+
Clostridium
+
Mycobacterium
+
Actinomyces
+
Nocardia
+
Neisseria
-
E. Coli
-
Shigella
-
Salmonella
-
Yersinia
-