microbiology Flashcards
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Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
peptidoglycan
- gives rigid support, protects against osmotic pressure
- sugar backbone with peptide side chains crosslinked by transpeptidase
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
cell wall/cell membrane (gram +)
- major surface antigen
- peptidoglycan for support. Lipoteichoic acid induces TNF & IL-1
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
outer membrane (gram -)
- site of endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide (LPS)); major surface antigen
- lipid A induces TNF & IL-1; O polysaccharide is the antigen
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
plasma membrane
- site of oxidative & transport enzymes
- lipoprotein bilayer
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
ribosome
- protein synthesis
- 50S & 30S subunits
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
periplasm
- space btw cytoplasmic membrane & outer membrane in gram- bact
- contains many hydrolytic enzymes, including beta-lactamases
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
capsule
- protects against phagocytosis
- polysaccharide (except Bacillus anthracis, which contains D-glutamate)
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
pilus/fimbria
- mediate aherence of bact to cell surface; sex pilus forms attachment btw 2 bact during conjugation
- glycoprotein
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
flagellum
- motility
- protein
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
spore
- resistant to dehydration, heat, chemicals
- keratin-like coat; dipicolinic acid; peptidoglycan
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
plasmid
- contains a variety of genes for antibiotic resistance, enzymes, toxins
- DNA
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
glycocalyx
- mediates adherence to surfaces, especially foreign surfaces (eg. indwelling catheters)
- polysaccharide
Bacterial taxonomy morphology:
- gram+ eg.
- gram- eg.
circular (coccus)
- pos
- Staphylococcus
- Streptococcus - neg
- Neisseria
Bacterial taxonomy morphology:
- gram+ eg.
- gram- eg.
Rod (bacillus)
- pos
- Clostridium
- Corynebacterium
- Bacillus
- Listeria
- Mycobacterium (acid fast)
- Gardnerella (Gram variable) - neg
a) enterics
- E. Coli
- Shigella
- Salmonella
- Yersinia
- Klebsiella
- Proteus
- Enterobacter
- Serratia
- Vibrio
- Campylobacter
- Helicobacter
- Pseudomonas
- Bacteroides
b) respiratory
- Haemophilus (pleomorphic)
- Legionella (silver)
- Bordetella
c) Zoonotic
- Francisella
- Brucella
- Pasteurella
- Bartonella
Bacterial taxonomy morphology:
- gram+ eg.
- gram- eg.
branching filamentous
- pos
- Actinomyces
- Nocardia (weakly acid fast) - neg
- none
Bacterial taxonomy morphology:
- gram+ eg.
- gram- eg.
pleomorphic
- pos
- none - neg
- Richettsiae (Giemsa)
- Chlamydiae (Giemsa)
Bacterial taxonomy morphology:
- gram+ eg.
- gram- eg.
spiral
- pos
- none - neg
a) spirochetes
- Leptospira
- Borrelia (Giemsa)
- Treponema
Bacterial taxonomy morphology:
- gram+ eg.
- gram- eg.
no cell wall
- pos
- Mycoplasma (does not Gram stain) - neg
- none
Bacteria c unusual cell membranes/walls
- mycoplasma-contains sterols and have no cell wall
2. mycobacteria-contain mycolic acid, high lipid content
gram stain limitations:
six bugs
These bugs do not Gram stain well:
- Treponema
- Rickettsia
- Mycobacteria
- Mycoplasma
- Legionella pneumophila
- Chlamydia
* **These Rascals May Microscopically Lack Color
These bugs do not Gram stain well because:
Treponema-
too thin to be visualized
-dark-field microscopy & fluorescent antibody staining
These bugs do not Gram stain well because:
Rickettsia
intracellular parasite
These bugs do not Gram stain well because:
Mycobacteria
high lipid content in cell wall detected by cardolfuchsin in acid-fast stain
These bugs do not Gram stain well because:
Mycoplasma
no cell wall