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Microbiology
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09/16/2010

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Term
Enterococcus sp
Definition
Gram Positive
Facultative anaerobe
Gut, and biliary system
Term
Staphylococcus aureus
Definition
gram positive
coagulase positive
mannitol fermenting
skin-nares (transient /pathogen) /perianal/
Term
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Definition
dry skin/nares, GU , gram positive
coagulase negative
epidermis, conjunctiva, UG system, and nostril
Term
Streptococcus mutans
Definition
Facultative anaerobe
tooth decay, causes heart valve probs after oral surgery - bacterial infective endocarditis
Term
Enterobacter sp
Definition
Coliform (fecal), gram negative, bacillis, moist skin
Term
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Definition
alpha hemolytic, gram positive
Term
Streptococcus salivarius
Definition
facultative anaerobe Alpha hemolytic

Viridans (green) Streptococci

gram positive

 fastidious, facultative anaerobe

Term
Streptococcus oralis
Definition
alpha-hemolytic 
Viridans (green) Streptococci
 fastidious, facultative anaerobe
gram positive
Term
Streptococcus parasanguis
Definition
alpha-hemolytic  
Viridans (green) Streptococci
fastidious, facultative anaerobe
gram positive
Term
Streptococcus anginosus
Definition
a-hemolytic  Viridans (green) Streptococci fastidious, facultative anaerobe

 

Term
Streptococcus gordonii
Definition
a-hemolytic 
Viridans (green) Streptococci
fastidious, facultative anaerobe
gram positive
Term
Neisseria meningitides
Definition
diplococci, capnophile, gram negative, cocci
Term
Moraxella catarrhalis
Definition
coccobacilli, aerobic, gram negative, cocci
Term
Veillonella parvula
Definition
cocci, anaerobic
Term
Acinetobacter sp
Definition
gram negative bacilli, aerobe, moist skin
Term
Bacteroides sp.
Definition
gram negative bacilli, slim, encapsulated, pale staining, anaerobe
Term
Porphyromonas sp.
Definition
gram negative bacilli, anaerobe
Term
Prevotella sp.
Definition
gram negative bacilli, anaerobe, opportunistic pathogen in oral cavity, after surgery
Term
Bifidobacterium sp
Definition
Gram-Positive Bacilli, irregular, nonsporeforming anaerobe
Term
Propionibacterium acnes
Definition
on dry skin/ nares, conjunctiva, Gram-Positive Bacilli, anaerobe, causes acne, a coryneform
Term
streptococcus pyogenes
Definition
pharynx
Term
Clostridium perfringens
Definition
bacillis gram-positive, anaerobe, spore former, gangrene and food-borne disease, transient, and found in perineum and upper thigh of diabetic
Term
Clostridium difficile
Definition
bacillis gram-positive, anaerobe, spore former, pseudomembranous colitis after antibiotic treatment, skin
Term
Lactobacillus sp
Definition
Gram-Positive Bacilli, regular nonsporeforming anaerobic or facultative anaerobe
Also know as Döderlein’s bacilli
Term
Treponema denticola
Definition
Oral spirochetes, *Gram-negative, anaerobes, implicated in periodontal disease
Term
Malassezia (Pityrosporum) sp.
Definition
Yeast, skin - folliculitis
Term
Candida albicans
Definition
Yeast, Oral Thrush
Term
Micrococcus luteus
Definition
gram-positive, on dry skin
Term
Cornybacterium sp
Definition
skin, gram positive, bacillis
Term
Klebsiella sp
Definition
gram neg, moist skin
Term
Escherichia coli
Definition
gram neg, moist skin, coliform (fecal), bacillis
Term
Proteus sp
Definition
gram neg, moist skin
Term
Aspergillus
Definition
fungus in nails
Term
Penicillium
Definition
fungus in nails
Term
Mucor
Definition
fungus in nails
Term
Cladophilaophoria
Definition
fungus in nails
Term
Haemophilus sp
Definition
occasionaly in conjunctiva
Term
Neisseria
Definition
occasionaly in conjunctiva
Term
Coryneforms
Definition
conjunctiva
Term
Turicella otitidis
Definition
aerobe; otitis media, bacillus
Term
Alloiococcus otitis
Definition
aerobe; otitis media
Term
H. influenzae
Definition
gram neg, infects lower respiratory tract
Term
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Definition
gram neg, infects lower respiratory tract
Term
S. pneumoniae
Definition
gram pos, infects lower respiratory tract
Term
Enterococcus faecalis
Definition
gi tract, and UG, gram pos
Term
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Definition
gram pos, doderleins bac, in vagina
Term
staphlococcus auricularis
Definition
gram pos, external auditory canal,
Term
turicella otitis
Definition
bacillus, aerobe, external auditory canal, otitis media
Term
alloiococcus otitis
Definition
coccus, aerobe, external auditory canal, otitis media
Term
bordetella pertussis
Definition
causes whooping cough, colonizes tracheal epi
Term
actinomyces
Definition
facultative anaerobe in oral cavity
Term
veilonella
Definition
facultative anaerobe in oral cavity
Term
prevotella
Definition
obligate anaerobe of oral cavity
Term
fusobacterium
Definition
obligate anaerobe of oral cavity
Term
peptostreptococcus
Definition
obligate anaerobe of oral cavity
Term
streptococcus sanguis
Definition
gets on teeth, require non epithelial surface
Term
streptococcus sanguis
Definition
gets on teeth, require non epithelial surface
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