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[6] LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AND MICROCOCCUS > Taxonomic Classification and General Characteristics > Flashcards

Taxonomic Classification and General Characteristics Flashcards

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FAMILYMICROCOCCACEAE: Gram reaction and shape

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Gram positive cocci

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FAMILYMICROCOCCACEAE: Peptidoglycan

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Presence of thick peptidoglycan

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FAMILYMICROCOCCACEAE: 3D chape

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all are spherica

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FAMILYMICROCOCCACEAE: oxygen requirement

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Mostly aerobic or facultative anaerobe

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FAMILYMICROCOCCACEAE: Reproduction

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Asexual reproduction(Binaryfission)

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normal flora on surface of primates and other mammals

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Staphylococcus

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free living saprophyte

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Micrococcus

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normal flora on surface of primates and other mammals, catalase

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Stomatococcus

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free living saprophyte

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Planococcus

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GENUS STAPHYLOCOCCUS: pathogen

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Nosocomial and opportunistic pathogens

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GENUS STAPHYLOCOCCUS: Catalase ; Oxidase

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Catalase positive, Oxidase negative

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STAPHYLOCOCCUS grow via aerobic respiration or by fermentation

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Facultative anaerobe

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STAPHYLOCOCCUS OBLIGATE ANAEROBES except

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S. aureus subsp. anaerobius

S. saccharolyticus

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GENUS STAPHYLOCOCCUS: motility and spor-forming ability

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Nonmotile and non-spore former

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GENUS STAPHYLOCOCCUS: Grow in high salt concentration; HALOTOLERANT

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(7.5-10%NaCl)

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GENUS STAPHYLOCOCCUS: pathogen

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Opportunistic pathogens

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GENUS STAPHYLOCOCCUS: Catalase ; Oxidase

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CATALASE +, OXIDASE+

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GENUSMICROCOCCUS: O2 req

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OBLIGATE AEROBES

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GENUS MICROCOCCUS: motility and spor-forming ability

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Nonmotile and non-sporeformer

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GENUS MICROCOCCUS: salt req

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GENUS MICROCOCCUS: Fermentation

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Mannitol fermenter

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GENUS MICROCOCCUS:

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M. luteus =yellow pigment

M. roseus =pink pigment

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