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Microbes to Know - Exam 2
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- 1Saccharomyces cerevisiae-Eukarya, Fungi
-used in fermentation (yeast)
-Facultative anaerobe - 2Bacillus anthracis- Gram positive bacteria
- Streptobacillus
- Capsule
-Endospores
- causes Anthrax - 3Penicillium chrysogenum- Eukaryotic, Fungi, mold
- produces penicillin
-can be used as pathogen or allergen - 4Corynebacterium diphtheriae- Pleomorphic bacteria
-Metachromatic granules
- causes diphtheria
- VACCINE = DTap - 5Escherichia coli- Gram negative bacteria
-Bacillus, no arrangement
- Petrichous: flagella surrounding cell
- some strains are harmless: gut flora
-some strains cause disease: E.coli 0157:147
- Glycogen granules
- Facultative anaerobes - 6Treponema pallidum- Gram Negative bacteria
-Spirochete, no arrangement
-Axial filaments
-causes syphillis - 7Borellia burgdorferi- Gram negative bacteria
- Spirochete, no arrangement
- Axial filaments
- causes Lymes disease - 8Neisseria gonorrhoeae-Gram negative bacteria
-Diplococci
-Fimbriae: attach to urinary tract
-causes the STD gonorrhea w/ pus - 9Mycobacterium tuberculosis- NOT GRAM POS/NEG bc of unusual cell wall that contains a waxy lipid called MYCOLICACID
- Lipid storage granules
- causes tuberculosis: respiratory disease
- Obligate aerobe - 10Mycobacterium leprae- NOT GRAM POS/NEG bc of unusual cell wall that contains a waxy lipid called MYCOLICACID
- Lipid storage granules
- causes leprosy: skin disease - 11Clostridium botulinum- Gram positive, bacillus
-Obligate anaerobe
- found in soil
- forms endospores when oxygen present
- causes botulism
-Produces neurotoxin botulinum toxin (botox) - 12Clostridium tetani- Gram positive, bacillus
-Obligate anaerobe
- found in soil
- forms endospores when oxygen present
-causes tetanus
- Produces neurotoxin tetanospasmin
- Prevented by DTap vaccine - 13Staphylococcus aureus- Gram positive bacteria
-staphylococcus
- antibiotic resistant
-capsule
-causes MRSA
-Facultative anaerobe - 14Yersinia pestis-Gram negative bacteria
- Coccobacillus, single or short chained
-Slime layer
-causes the Plague - 15Bordetella pertussis- Gram negative bacteria
-Coccobacillus, single or small groups
- causes Pertussis
-prevented by DTap vaccine
-Obligate aerobe - 16Clostridium perfringens- Gram positive bacillus, no arrangement
- Obligate anaerobe
-found in soil
- Forms endospores
-causes Gas Gangrene - 17Streptococcus pyogenes- Gram positive bacteria
-Streptococcus
-Capsule
-Fimbriae
- Aerotolerant anaerobe
- causes Necrotizing Fasciitis - 18Salmonella typhi-Gram negative bacteria
-Bacillus
- Flagella
- causes Typhoid Fever
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