Bacteria — Flashcards

Flashcard 721: What is the reservoir of Coxiella burnetti?_____

Answer: Farm animals (cattle, sheep, goats)

Flashcard 722: Staphylococcus saprophyticus is nitrate reductase _____

Answer: negative

Flashcard 723: Clostridium perfringens' spores produce heat-_____ enterotoxin

Answer: labile

Flashcard 724: _____ bacterial DNA transduction stems from incorporation of viral DNA into bacterial DNA; excision of viral DNA results in excision of bacterial DNA as well

Answer: Specialized (Generalized or Specialized)

Flashcard 725: Transposition of bacterial DNA allows for transfer of bacterial DNA amongst different strains, such as resistance to _____

Answer: antibiotics

Flashcard 726: How is Bubonic Plague (Yersinia pestis) transmitted?_____

Answer: Fleas

Flashcard 727: _____ can generate lots of energy through cellular respiration using O2

Answer: Obligate Aerobes (Obligate Aerobes or Anaerobes)

Flashcard 728: What bacterium is associated with the presence of "clue cells" (vaginal epithelial cells covered with bacteria) in a patient with vaginal discharge?

Answer: *Gardnerella vaginalis*

Extra: Clue cells are vaginal epithelial cells covered with coccobacilli, giving them a "shaggy" appearance. They are a diagnostic hallmark of Bacterial Vaginosis (BV).

Flashcard 729: During the _____ phase of bacterial growth bacteria are continuing to grow but also starting to die

Answer: stationary

Flashcard 730: Does H. pylori invade the stomach mucosa? _____

Answer: No (sits on top of mucosa)