microbes of various importance

Question 1

what gram positive cocci is known to cause pyogenic infection

Answer 1

streptococci

Question 2

what gram positive bacteria are sometimes normal flora

Answer 2

streptococci

Question 3

what gram positive bacteria is classified by BAP hemolysis

Answer 3

streptococci

Question 4

what type of hemolysis strep. is divided into groups

Answer 4

beta

Question 5

beta hemolysis group A

Answer 5

S. pharyngitis - strep throat

Question 6

beta hemolysis group B

Answer 6

S. agalactiae - mastitis

Question 7

beta hemolysis group C

Answer 7

S. equi - strangles

Question 8

what test is specific for S. agalactiae

Answer 8

CAMP

Question 9

what catalase result indicates staph

Answer 9

positive (bubbles)

Question 10

what can cause a false positive on a catalase test

Answer 10

BAP transfered to slide

Question 11

what is performed on a catalase positive test to differentiate staph. sp

Answer 11

coagulase test

Question 12

what types of staph does a coagulase test differentiate

Answer 12

S. aureus (clots) and S. epidermis (no clot)

Question 13

what type of toxin does bacillus produce

Answer 13

exotoxin

Question 14

how should anthrax be diagnosed

Answer 14

blood from the ear vein

Question 15

what gram positive rod causes bleeding form all orifices and no rigor mortis

Answer 15

bacillus anthracis

Question 16

what is a common contaminant of silage

Answer 16

Listeria

Question 17

who is more susceptible to Listeria

Answer 17

herbivores

Question 18

what does listeria cause

Answer 18

food poisoning

Question 19

what is the mortality rate of listeria

Answer 19

20%

Question 20

what are the 2 forms of listeria

Answer 20

visceral and neural

Question 21

what does visceral listeria result in

Answer 21

abcesses that cover organs

Question 22

what does neural listeria cause

Answer 22

circling disease in cattle and sheep

Question 23

what type of ataxis results in circling

Answer 23

unilateral

Question 24

what gram positive rod is found in pigs and causes diamond skin lesions

Answer 24

erysipelothrix

Question 25

what is usually found in large animals and will cause diptheria in humans

Answer 25

corynebacterium

Question 26

what gram positive rod can be pleomorphic

Answer 26

corynebacterium

Question 27

can change form during growth from cocci to rod

Answer 27

pleomorphic

Question 28

what is one of the most potent biological toxins known to man

Answer 28

clostridium

Question 29

what gram positive rod causes tetanus

Answer 29

clostridium

Question 30

what is the most common bacteria isolated from infected dog and cat bites

Answer 30

pasturella (canis or stomatitis)

Question 31

what bacteria reside in the reproductive tract of cattle, swine, goats, and humans

Answer 31

brucella

Question 32

what can exposure to infected rabbits and rodents cause

Answer 32

francisella tularensis

Question 33

what gram negative rod looks like a comma shaped bacteria and is in undercooked seafood

Answer 33

vibrio

Question 34

what causes kennel cough

Answer 34

bordetella

Question 35

what causes dermatitis with blue/green purulent discharge

Answer 35

pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 36

what is considered a serious primary pathogen of birds, reptiles, and amphibians

Answer 36

pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 37

what has a fruity smell when grown on agar

Answer 37

pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 38

what swarms on BAP agar

Answer 38

proteus more, also pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 39

what causes red leg

Answer 39

aeromonas

Question 40

what are known as colaforms

Answer 40

gram negative rods

Question 41

what is the largest group of potential pathogens

Answer 41

gram negative rods

Question 42

what type of bacteria are opportunistic

Answer 42

gram negative rods

Question 43

what does large numbers of gram negative rods in water mean

Answer 43

fecal contamination from farm runoff or sewage

Question 44

what is acid fast stain used to detect

Answer 44

mycobacterium

Question 45

what organism can survive phagocytosis

Answer 45

mycobacterium

Question 46

what organism does not form a cell wall

Answer 46

mycoplasma

Question 47

what 4 types of infection does gram negative rods cause

Answer 47

gastrointeritis, cepticemia, mastitis, UTI