Bacteriology — Flashcards

_____ broth medium is used to isolate Borrelia species except for B.miyaotoi.

_____ of bacteria are typically water and polysaccharide, protecting against phagocytosis

_____ is the most common cause of C-MOPS:Conjunctivitis (redness and discharge)Meningitis (fever, chills, headache, neck stiffness)Otitis media (ear pain)Pneumonia (fever, cough, chills)Sinusitis (nasal discharge, sinus tenderness)

Lipopolysaccharide _____ have a Lipid A core responsible for their toxicity and anO antigen terminal end that varies among bacterial strains

Hint: Exo or Endotoxins

_____ is a component of gram negative bacteria cell walls

Hint: Exo or Endotoxin

Which two bacteria can synthesize superantigens? _____, Streptococcus pyogenes

Bacillus (anthrax, cereus) is a gram _____ rod

_____ causes rhinoscleroma

Hint: organism

_____ spp. are obligate intracellular bacteria

Hint: which STI

Gram _____ Bacteria contain a periplasm, which is a space between the cell membrane and outer membrane