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Micro Final exam rev

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Define morphology   forms & structures of bacteria cells  
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Identify the 3 common morphologies of bacteria   cocci-spherical/bacilli-rod/spirochetes-helical  
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Gram staining is based on   differences in cell walls  
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Define aerobic   growth with oxygen  
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Define anerobic   growth without oxygen require carbon dioxide for growth  
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Define capnophilic   organism that require increased co2 (5-10%)  
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Most bacteria grow best at what temp   35-37 degrees C  
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Identify and define each type of hemolysis   gamma - no hemolysis; alpha - incomplete hemolysis w/greenish around the bacteria colonies; beta - complete lysis of red cells; alpha prime - zone of alpha surrounded by beta hemolysis  
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What defensive mechanisms are used by humans to guard against infection   intact skin - mucous membranes, mucous membrane cleansing activity and production of antimicrobial substances, phagocytosis  
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Define nosocomial   healthcare facility acquired infection  
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Define antigen   macromolecules that induce formation of antibodies  
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Define antibody   immunoglobin; protein molecules produced in response to antigens  
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What biochemical test divides staphylococci into 2 groups   coagulase  
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What are the characteristic gram stain and morphology for staphylococci   gram pos cocci in grape-like clusters  
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What is the principle of catalase testing   hydrogen peroxide breakdown into water & oxygen and creates bubbles  
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Describe the general characteristics of Streptococci   catalase-neg; gram-pos cocci in chains  
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What are the four systems for naming streptococci   serogrouping, physiologic properties, hemolytic activity, & common names  
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Describe the colony morphology & hemolysis for GAS   small, translucent, with a large beta hemolytic zone  
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What is a Zone of Inhibition   zone of no growth around antibiotic disk  
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Describe the colonial morphology and hemolysis of GBS   large, flat, creamy, small zone of hemolysis  
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What are the two important human pathogens in Bacillus species   bacillus anthracis and bacillus cereus  
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Anthrax is caused by   bacillus anthracis  
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What organism have been described as resembling Chinese letters on gram stain   corynebacterium spp.  
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On gram stain, this organism is gram positive, rods with what appears as "holes" doe to what   bacillis - holes are spores and spores don't stain  
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What test can be used to differentiate Listeria from GBS   bile-eoculin & catalase test  
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What organism stains irregularly and appears as "beading" cocci   nocardia spp.  
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Describe the gram and microscopic morphology of Neisseria   aerobic gram neg, diplococci in a kidney or coffee bean shape  
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Describe the specimen transport requirements for N. gonorrhoeae   Direct inoculation, nonnutritive transport media, nutritive transport systems (JEMBEC)  
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What type of culture media might be used to isolate N. gonorrhoeae   CHOC, NYC, JEMBEC, ML, & MTM  
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Describe the colony morphology for N. gonorrhoeae   smooth, gray to white, T1&T2 - small & raised; T3,T4&T5 larger and flatter  
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Identify 3 tests that may be used to assist in the id of gram negative cocci   gram stain, oxidase test, carbohydrate utilization, nitrate reduction, & nucleic acid probe  
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Which Neisseria species uses lactose   N. lactomiea  
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General characteristics of Haemophilus include   pleomorphic, gram-neg rods; x, v or both factor, blood loving, hemophilus rapid test, mousy odor  
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Which strain of Haemophilus has a vaccine to prevent it   H. influenzae biogroup aegyptius  
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What culture conditions are required for Haemophilus   capnophilic, increased co2 (5-10%), humidified atmosphere  
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What Haemophilus has been described as a "school of fish" arrangement   H. ducreyi  
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What growth factors are required for Haemophilus   x,v or both factors  
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This family of organisms is commonly referred to as "enterics"   enterobacteriaceae (reduces nitrate to nitrite and oxidase neg)  
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General characteristics of Enterbacteriaeceae include   Gram-neg bacilli with straight sides and rounded ends w/bipolar staining and metabolizes glucose  
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What culture media can be used for Enterbacteriaeceae   BAP, EMB, MAC, XLD, CIN, SS, and HE  
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Describe each of the four enteric antigens   H-on flagella/ O antigen- somatic body, part of cell wall, component of endotoxin/K antigen- capsular/ Vi - capsular in some strains of salmonella / H and K are heat labile  
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What is the most common Klebsiella isolate   K. pneumoniae  
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Describe the colonies of Klebsiella   mucoid, string forming on MAC & EMB  
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What are two distinguishing characteristics of Proteeae   burned chocolate smell and swarming growth pattern  
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Describe the causative agent of plague   Y. pestis  
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What organism appears as "bull's eye" on CIN agar   Y. enterocolitica  
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Describe 5 different media that may assist in identification of enterics   EMB, MAC, SS, HE, XLD  
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Name 3 specific identification tests for enterics   Carb. utilization, ONPG test, H2S production on TSI or KIA  
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What biochemical reactions can be determined using a KIA tube   glucose and lactose fermentation and the production of H2S and gas  
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Several key characteristics of NFB are   no spores & cant breakdown carbohydrates under anaerobic conditions (nonfermenters)  
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When should you suspect a NFB   oxidase-pos, alkaline/nochange reaction in TSI or KIA  
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What identification tests are useful in identifying NFB isolates   oxidative-fermentive (of) test, oxidase test, and growth on mac  
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Key characteristics of Pseudomonads are   growth on MAC, oxidizes glucose, reduces nitrate and oxidase-pos  
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Colonies of P. aeruginosa appear how   large, irregular shape, metalic sheen, mostly produce pyocyanin (blue pigment)  
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Typical identification results for P. aeruginosa are   gram-neg rods, oxidase and pyocyanin pos, alkaline/no change TSI & KIA reaction, and grows @ 42 degree C  
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How do Acinetobacter colonies appear on MAC   colorless to slightly pink  
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Key id tests results for Acinetobacter include   Oxidase-neg, nitrate-neg, catalase-pos, motility-neg  
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Key characteristics of Moraxella are   gram-neg cocci, oxidase-pos, glucose-neg, motility-neg, penicillin-suseptible  
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Describe the gram stain result and morphology of Vibrio   straight to slightly curved gram-neg rods.  
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How are V. cholerae divided into serogroups   "o" or cell wall antigens  
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Identify 3 id tests that may be used to differentiate Vibrio and Aeromonas   Suseptibility, Salt requirement and tolerance test, and String test (0.5% deoxycholate)  
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Biochemical test results for Vibrio include   indole-pos, nitrate-pos, voges proskauer-pos, carb utilization-pos  
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Describe the gram stain result & morph of H. pylori   gram-neg rods, S-shaped  
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H. pylori is the causative agent of what illness   chronic gastritis, peptic and doudenal ulcers  
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What organism causes whooping cough   bordetella pertussis  
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The preferred specimen for isolating B. pertussis are   nasopharyngeal swabs and aspirates  
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Where is Legionella commonly found   lakes, rivers, soil, mud, air conditioning cooling towers  
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Describe the gram stain result and morph of Legionella   faintly staining gram-neg rods  
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What diseases are caused by Legionella   legionaires disease & pontiac fever  
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What organisms are described as having a "fried egg" appearance   streptobacillus  
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This organism has a "bleachlike" odor   eikencella corroidens  
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Define anaerobic   growth in the absence of oxygen o2  
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Define facultative anaerobe   growth in the absence or presence of oxygen  
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Define obligate anaerobe   requires anaerobic conditions oxygen and its derivatives are toxic to them  
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How are anaerobic bacteria able to survive in the body   facultative organisms use up the oxygen in protected areas and reduce the redox potential and inactivate harmful oxygen-based molecules  
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What causes exogenous diseases   organisms from outside the body  
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What causes endogenous infections   organisms inside the body  
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Anaerobic bacterial infections are suspected when what clues are present   an infection near a mucosal surface, foul smelling, or gaseous discharge and necrotic tissue  
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What 3 anaerobic bacteria are responsible for most human disease   bacteroides fragilis group, pigmented prevotella spp., porphyromonas spp., fusobacterium nucleatum, clostridium perfringens and anaerobic cocci  
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What id tests are used for anaerobic bacteria   growth stimulation test, lecithinase, nagler test, aerotolerance, colony and gram morph, conventional biochemical tube  
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Describe the gram stain result for Clostridium   gram-variable coccoid to filamentous  
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Where are terminal spores found   at one end of the bacterial cells  
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What infections are caused by C. perfringens   bacteremia, cellulitis, intra-abdominal abscesses, female genital tract infections, and myonecrosis (gas gangrene)  
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Describe the gram stain morph of C. perfringens   gram-pos boxed-car shaped rods  
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Describe the hemolysis pattern of C. perfringens on anaBAP   a double zone of beta hemolysis on anaBAP  
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C. difficile produces what toxins   enterotoxin - toxin A cytotoxin - toxin B  
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What organism causes botulism   clostridium botulinum  
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What actinomycetes most commonly causes disease   a. israelii  
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For direct examination for actinomycetes, what should be examined and for what   Pus- for sulfer granules  
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What is the most commonly isolated bacteroides   b. fragilis  
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Describe the gram stain morph of bacteroides   faintly staining gram-neg rods w/round ends  
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Prevotella are resistant to what antibiotics   kanamycin and vancomycin  
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General characteristics of Mycobacteria include   aerobic, non-spore forming, non-motile rods that are usually straight to slightly curved  
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Why is routine gram stain not recommended for Mycobacteria   they stain poorly because their cell wall lipids interfere w/the penetration of crystal violet and safrain into the cell  
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How is M tuberculosis transmitted   inhalation of droplet nuclei  
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What is the causative agent of leprosy   M. leprae  
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What are the two most common acid fast stains used for mycobacteria   carbdfuchsin-based and fluorochrome-based stains  
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What type of culture media might be used to grow mycobacteria   egg-based, agar based, liquid or bifasic culture media  
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What are the five groups that mycobacteria can be divided into based on rate of growth, colonial morphology and ability to produce pigment   rapid or slow growers, colonial morph, photochromogin, scotochromogen, and non photochromogen  
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What biochemical tests are used in identifying mycobacteria   arylsulfatase, catalase, semiquantitative catalase, drop method, iron uptake, special mac, and tellurite reduction  
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Antimicrobial susceptivility tests should be performed on which mycobacteria growths   all initial isolates  
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Describe the general characteristics of chlamydiae   non-motile gram-neg obligate intracellular parasites  
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How are most chlamydia organisms identified   licopolysaccharide & major outer membrane protein (MOMP)  
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Describe the general appearance of spirochetes   long slender spiral shape  
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What is the causative agent of Lyme disease   borrialla dorphri  
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What type of lab tests are mose often used to diagnose Lyme disease   serological  
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