Bacteriology — Flashcards

Gram _____ Algorithm:First split into Bacilli, Cocci and Branching, Filamentous

_____ is a major structural component of bacterial cell walls, consisting of the two sugars N-acetylglucosamine (NAG) and N-acetylmuramic acid (NAM)

_____, Escherichia coli, and Listeria monocytogenes are bacteria that all cause meningitis in neonates.

Clostridium is a gram _____ rod

_____ allows for clumping of Mycobacteria tuberculosis in a "serpentine-like" formation

_____ is beta-hemolytic

Hint: which gram negative rod

_____ synthesizes the superantigens Pyrogenic exotoxin A or C

The _____ of E. coli allow the bug to cause urinary tract infections.

Shigella spp. is _____ intracellular within M cells

_____ E. Coli (EHEC) produces a "Shiga-like" toxin