Bacteriology — Flashcards

Kanagawa phenomenon is shown by _____ because of the presence of heat-stable hemolysin

Neisseria is a _____ organism, that shows twitching motility

Hint: motile/non-motile

_____ and Chlamydia spp. are obligate intracellular, pleomorphic, gram-negative bacteria that cannot make their own ATP.

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

Lipopolysaccharide (_____) has a Lipid A component responsible for its toxicity and an O antigen terminal end that varies among bacterial strains.

Hint: Exo or Endo?

_____ difficile; botulinum; perfringens; tetani are all obligate anaerobes

_____ method is the staining procedure of choice in Mycobacterium leprae.

Runyon classification of Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria:Group III includes non-photochromagens such as _____

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a _____ intracellular pathogen.

Which Enterobacteriaceae genera show the following IMViC result: --++?