Bacteriology — Flashcards

_____ lacks muramic acid in its cell wall, resulting in poor gram staining.

Hint: which bacteria

_____, Enterobacter, and Serratia are all lactose fermenters

What organism(s) produce a toxin that ADP-ribosylates EF-2, inhibiting protein synthesis?_____

4 common _____:NocardiaPseudomonas AeruginosaMycobacterium tuberculosisBacillus (anthracis and cereus)

Bacillus anthracis is often described as large _____ in chains

Hint: shape/stain

Shigella and EHEC (Enterohemorrhagic E. coli) both produce _____ toxins that result in bloody diarrhea

Nocardia causes _____ infections after trauma in the immuno-competent

_____ is a curved bacteria that uses fimbriae to attach to the intestinal mucosa

_____ can grow in close proximity to Staphylococcus aureus on blood agar

_____ is a virulence factor part of the peptidoglycan cell wall of Staph Aureus