Non-Fermenting Bacteria Flashcards
(102 cards)
recovered in sewage, sludge, soil
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Lavender to lavender
Green on BAP
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Determines bacteria’s ability to ferment or oxidize CHO
Oxidation Fermentation Medium of Hugh and Leifson
can be mistaken for Neisseria
Acinetobacter
causes Melioidosis or Vietnam Time Bomb
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Rice water stools
Sunken eyes
Washerwoman’s hand skin
Cholera
Cetrimide Agar (+) Acetamide utilization (+)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Alcaligenes that is:
• peritrichous
• asaccharolytic
Alcaligenes faecalis
JUST penicillin resistant
Acinetobacter
2nd most common species implicated in gastroenteritis
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Cholera:
responsible toxin
heat-labile
stimulates adenylate cyclase
Choleragen
Gastric non-hodgkin’s lymphoma
Helicobacter pylori
Expresses A, B, and C
Hikojima
aggressive granulomatous pulmonary disease with metastatic abscess in lungs caused by ingestion/inhalation/inoculation of the organism
Burkholderia mallei
Acinetobacter lwoffii’s other name
Asaccharolytic Acinetobacter
sources from water and muddy soils
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia formerly known as
Pseudomonas maltophilia
Xanthomonadaceae:
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
differentiates nitrate reducing strains of A . lwoffii from CDC Group 2
Acinetobacter transformation test
Yellow pigmented Pseudomonas that has a single polar flagella
Pseudomonas oryzihabitans
BAP: feathered edge colonies surrounded by a green discoloration zone
Alcaligenes faecalis
Almost all strains are resistant to: •Penicillin •Cephalosporins •Ampicillin •Cefuroxime
Pseudomonas
Purple on MAC
Acinetobacter
non-oxidizer
less virulent
contaminant
lactose (-)
Acinetobacter lwoffii