pathogens to remember Flashcards
1
Q
chicken pox/shingles
A
- double-stranded DNA genome
- enveloped
- caused by VZV
2
Q
lyme disease
A
- caused by: berrelia burgdorferi
- gram - spirochete
- motile
3
Q
bacillus cereus
A
gram + bacilli
endospore forming
4
Q
staph aureus
A
causes food poisoning
gram + cocci
5
Q
clostridum perfringens
A
gram + bacilli
endospore forming
obligate anaerobe
6
Q
tetanus
A
caused by clostridium
endospore-former
obligate anaerobe
gram + rods
7
Q
strep pneumoniae
A
gram +
lancet-shaped diplococci
8
Q
klebsiella pneumonia
A
gram - rods
9
Q
mycoplasma pneumonia
A
no cell wall
easily deformed bacteria
10
Q
COVID-19
A
enveloped virus
single stranded RNA genome
11
Q
influenza
A
enveloped
(-) ss RNA genome
segemented genome
12
Q
rhinovirus
A
naked virus with RNA genome
13
Q
tuberculosis
A
caused by mycobacterium TB
gram + rods (bacilli)
14
Q
step pyogenes
A
causes strep throat
gram + cocci
15
Q
whooping cough
A
caused by bordtella pertussis
gram - bacilli
