Micro - Basic bacteriology/virology Flashcards
(19 cards)
Obligate aerobes
Nocardia, Pseudomonas, MycoBacterium tuberculosis
Nagging Pests Must Breathe
Obligate anaerobes
Clostridium, Bacteriodes, Actinomyces
Can’t Breathe Air
Obligate intracellular bacteria
Rickettsia, Chlamydia. Can’t make own ATP.
Stay inside when it’s Really Cold.
Facultative intracellular bacteria
Salmonella, Neisseria, Brucella, Mycobacterium, Listeria, Francisella, Legionella, Yersinia pestis
Some Nasty Bugs May Live FacultativeLY
Encapsulated bateria
Strep pneumo, HiB, Neisseria meningitidis, E. coli, Salmonella, Klebsiella, group B Strep
SHiNE SKiS
Catalase-positive
Pseudomonas, Listeria, Aspergillus, Candida, E. Coli, S. aureus, Serratia.
You need PLACESS for your cats.
Lysogenic phase toxin encoding
ShigA-like Toxin Botulinum toxin Cholera toxin Diptheria toxin Erythrogenic toxin of S. pyogenes (Scarlett fever) ABCDE.
Only dsRNA virus
Reovirus (Rotavirus)
Only ssDNA Virus
Parvovirus
DNA Viruses
HHAPPPPy: Hepadna, Herpes, Adeno, Pox, Parvo, Papilloma, Polyoma
Naked (nonenveloped viruses)
Papillomavirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus, Polyomavirus, Calicivirus, Picornavirus, Reovirus, Hepevirus
Give PAPP smears (DNA) and CPR to a naked Heppy.
Non-linear DNA Viruses
papilloma, polyoma
DNA Virus that replicates in cytplasm
Poxvirus
RNA Viruses that replicate in nucleus
Influenza, retroviruses
Live attenuated viral vaccines
Smallpox, yellow fever, chickenpox, Sabin polio, MMR, Influenza (intranasal)
Killed viral vacines
Rabies, Influenza (injected), Salk Polio, HAV.
SalK = Killed. RIP Always
Picornaviruses
Poliovirus, Echovirus, Rhinovirus, Coxsackivevirus, HAV.
PERCH
Viruses with segmented RNA
Reoviruses, Orthomyxoviruses (Influenza)
Streptococcus Pyogenes (Group A strep) Virulence factor
Protein M- inhibits phagocytosis and complement activation, mediates bacterial adherence and is the target of type-specific humoral immunity to S. pyogenes