Bacteriology — Flashcards

_____ make up the middle layer, or cortex, of a bacterial spore

The _____ cell wall lacks classic peptidoglycan (due to reduced muramic acid), rendering beta-lactam antibiotics ineffective.

Hint: what bug's

Helicobacter pylori is urease-positive, meaning it splits urea into _____ and CO2, the basis of the urea breath test

What animals (2) are the reservoir for Yersinia pestis? _____

_____ is found on the surface of group A strep (streptococcus pyogenes)

Hint: what virulence factor

_____ show twitching motility

Staphylococcus saprophyticus is part of the normal flora of the _____ and vagina in up to 10% of females

_____ E. coli is associated with the O157:H7 serotype

Oroya fever or _____ disease is caused by Bartonella bacilliformis

Gram Negative Algorithm:Bacilli who are not lactose fermenters and are Oxidase Negative, H2S production on TSI agar _____ - salmonella, proteus