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Introduction to Bacteria (Exam 1) Flashcards

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What diseases are commonly associated with AIDS

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Cryptococcus neoformans
Cryptosporidium parvum
Pneumocystis jiroveci

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What organism is often associated with cystic fibrosis

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pseudomonas

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What organism is often associated with sickle cell anemia

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Salmonella

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What are the gram positive cocci bacteria

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staph aureus
staph saprophyticus
staph pyrogenes
staph argalactiae
staph pneumonia
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What are the gram positive rod bacteria

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bacillus anthracis
clostridium botulinum
corneybacterium diptheriae
listeria monocytogenes

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What are the gram negative rods

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Escherichia coli
Salmonella typhi
Vibrio cholerae
Haemophillus ducreryi

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What are the gram negative cocci

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neisseria gonorrhea
neisseria menigitidis
maraxella catarrhalis

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What are the spiral gram negative bacteria

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borrellia buurgdoferi
leptospira interrogams
treponema pallidum

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What type of bacteria will form spores

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Bacillus

Clostridium

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How will mycoplasma appear on a gram stain and why

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will not appear due to lack of cell wall

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What will be seen in place of seeing mycoplasma on a gram stain

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neutrophils showing sign of infection

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What are examples of direct examination methods

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wet mount
KOH prep
contrasting dyes

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What is a wet mount used for

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parasites and fungi

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What is KOH prep used for

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dissolve background material

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What are the contrasting dyes

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lactophenol cotton blue, iodine, india ink

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What are examples of differential stains

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gram staining
Silver stain
Wright-Giemsa stain
Acid fast stains

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What is Silver stain used for

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H. pylori

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What is Wright Giemsa stain used for

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blood parasites and inclusion bodies

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What is acid fast stains used for

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TB

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What is the only gram positive diplococci

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strep pneumo

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How will chlamydia appear on gram stain and why

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just see neutrophils, no bacteria. It is an intracellular bacteria

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What is an obligate anaerobe

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What is an example of an obligate anaerobe bacteria

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What is the appearance of anthrax on gram stain

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box-car like arrangement

gram positive rods with spores

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What are pleomorphic rods
resemble a tennis racquet or tadpole
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What are examples of curved gram negative rods
vibrio cholera | all GI bugs
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What are bipolar rods
resemble a safety pin, stained only on the ends
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WHat type of organisms can be seen on wet mount
parasites and fungi
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What type of organisms will appear on iodine stain
parasites
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What is an india ink stain used to view
capsule
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What stains can be used to view fecal protozoa
iron hematoxylin | trichrome stain
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What organisms can be seen on methenamine silver stain
parasites, PCP
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What organisms can be viewed on calcofluor white stain
fungi
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What is the use of inert labe media
used to facultative intracellular or excellular bacteria
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What characteristics can inert labe media be
non-selective selective/differential specialized
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How are obligate intracellular organisms cultured
unable to culture these organisms
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What are the different hemolysis patterns seen on blood agar
beta alpha gamma
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What is beta hemolysis
complete hemolysis: clear
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What is alpha hemolysis
incomplete lysis: green pigment
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What is gamma hemolysis
no hemolysis; just grows
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What organisms that grow on blood agar grow on chocolate agar
all of them
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What is MacConkey agar selective and differential for
selective: gram negative rods differential: lactose fermenters
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What does osin methylene blue agar differentiate
lactose fermenters
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What is Hektoen Enteric Agar used to differentiate
Salmonella
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What does salmonella produce on a Hektoen enteric agar plate
black pigment (H2S)
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What agar is differential for EHEC
sorbital MacConkey (SMAC) agar
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What is bile esculin agar differential for
enterococcus
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What is mannitol salt agar differential for
staph aureus
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What agar is used to culture legionella
buffered charcoal yeast extract agar
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What agar is used to culture vibrio
thiosulfate citrate bile salts sucrose agar
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What organism can be cultured on sabouraud dextrose agar
fungi
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What are the miscellaneous growth requirements of mycoplasma
cholesterol and pruines | pyrimidines
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What are the miscellaneous growth requirements of Francisella tulatensis
cysteine and iron
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What are the miscellaneous growth requirements of Haemophilus influenza
X (heme) and V (NAD) factors

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