Micro Flashcards
Where is Lipoteichoic acid found
Cell wall/cell membrane
Lipoteichoic acid induces
TNF and IL-1
What is found in the outer membrane (Gram -)
Endotoxins (LPS)
Lipd A induces
TNF and IL-1
Periplasm is
Space between the cytoplasmic membrane and outer membrane in Gram- bacteria
Site of Lacatmase
What part of cell wall is unique to Gram+
Lipoteichoic acid
What part of cell wall is unique to Gram-
LPS
Periplasm
These Microbes May Lack Real Color are bugs that don’t stain well
- Treponema (too thin)
- Mycobacteria (High lipid content)
- Mycoplasma (no cell wall)
- Legionella (Intracellular)
- Rickettsia (Intracellular)
- Chlamydia (Intracellular)
Dark field and fluorescent antibody staining used for
Treponema
Silver stain used for
- Legionella
- Fungi
- H. Pylori
Giemsa stains what
- Chlamydia
- Borrelia
- Rickettsiae
- Trypanosomes
- Plasmodium
PAS stains what
Glycogen
Mucopolysaccharides
used for Whipple
Ziehl-Neelsen stains
Acid-fast organisms
- Nocardia
- Mycobacterium
Inida ink stains
Cryptococcus neoformans
Chocolate agar with factor 5 and 10 used to grow
H. influenzae
Thayer-Martin media has VPN
Vancomycin
Polymyxin
Nystatin
Thayer-Martin media grows
Neisseria
Bordet-Genou agar grows
B. pertussis
What does C. diphtheriae grow on
Tellurite agar
Löffler medium
Löwenstein-Jensen agar grows
M. tuberculosis
Eaton agar grows
M. pneumoniae because it requires cholesterol
Charcol yeast extract agar grows
Legionella
Fungi grow on
Sabouraud agar
Nagging Pests Must Breathe need oxygen to grow
Nocardia
Pseudomonas
MycoBacterium tuberculosis