Bacteriology — Flashcards

All Clostridium spp. are _____erobic, gram positive rods

_____ cell walls contain mycolic acid, therefore a special Ziehl-Neelsen (acid-fast) stain is used to visualize them

Hint: which bacteria

Causative agent of _____ is T.pertenue.

_____ Agar is a potato extract used to grow Bordetella pertussis

The _____ unit of cholera toxin attach to the GM1 ganglioside receptors on the surface of jejunal epithelial cells.

The _____ phase of bacterial growth is dependent on the generation/doubling time

Klebsiella, Enterobacter, and Serratia commonly cause nosocomial _____ and UTIs

_____ invades the GI mucosal cells, resulting in infectious diarrhea

Hint: Shigella or EHEC

_____ medium is made of charcoal, blood and antibiotic and used to grow Bordetella pertussis

Exotoxin A causes _____ of EF-2 (elongation factor-2), thus inhibiting protein synthesis