Bacteriology — Flashcards

Nocardia is a gram _____ branching filamentous rod

_____ of Mycobacteria tuberculosis activates macrophages via induction of TNF-a, which then form granulomas

_____ is found in abundance within a bacterial spore and is thought to provide heat resistance

What gram positive organisms (3) commonly colonize previously damaged heart valves?_____

Rickettsia is technically a gram _____, however it doesn't gram stain well at all

Klebsiella, Enterobacter, and Serratia stain _____ on MacConkey agar

_____ is a virulence factor released from Group A Strep that converts plasminogen to plasmin (a fibrinolytic)

V. parahaemolyticus is characterized by _____ flagella on solid media and monotrichous on liquid media.

_____ agar is commonly used to differentiate species of streptococcus

Gram Positive Algorithm:Streptococcus beta-hemolysis Bacitracin _____ - Streptococcus pyogenes (group A strep)