Other Important(?) Information

Question 1

Grows in the presence of atmospheric (free) oxygen

Answer 1

Aerobe

Question 2

Grows in the absence of atmospheric (free) oxygen

Answer 2

Anaerobe

Question 3

Cannot grow in the absence of free oxygen, which serves as its final electron acceptor.

Answer 3

Obligate aerobe

Question 4

Obligate aerobe contains ______, which protects from toxic oxygen.

Answer 4

Superoxide dismutase

Question 5

Requires reduced amount of free oxygen

Answer 5

Microaerophile

Question 6

Cannot grow in the presence of atmospheric (free) oxygen

Answer 6

Obligate anaerobe

Question 7

Final electron acceptor of obligate anaerobe

Answer 7

• Nitrates
• Sulfates
• Carbonates

Question 8

Fundamentally an aerobe, but can grow in the absence of atmospheric (free) oxygen

Answer 8

Facultative anaerobe

Question 9

Does not grow well, but survives in the presence of atmospheric (free) oxygen

Answer 9

Aerotolerant

Question 10

⭐️ Oxygen requirement (%) for campylobacter

Answer 10

5% Oxygen

Question 11

Oxygen % in routine incubation

Answer 11

21%

Question 12

CO2 requirement for campylobacter

Answer 12

10% CO2

Question 13

Capnophile incubation requires _____ CO2

Answer 13

5% - 10%

Question 14

Psychrophilic

Answer 14

Grow below 10°C

Ex. Listeria momocytogenes, Blood bank contaminats (Yersinia enterolitica)

Question 15

Mesophilic

Answer 15

Grow at 20-40°C (best at 30-37°C)

Ex. Most pathogens

Question 16

Thermophilic

Answer 16

Grow at 50-55°C

Question 17

Acidophiles

Answer 17

Lactobacillus

Question 18

Causes vaginal tract to be acidic

Answer 18

Lactobacillus

Question 19

Causes “souring of milk”

Answer 19

Lactobacillus

Question 20

Neutrophiles

Answer 20

Most pathogens

Question 21

Alkalophiles / basophiles

Answer 21

Vibrio

Question 22

Enrichment Medium for Vibrio

Answer 22

Alkaline Peptone Water