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U.S. Air Force - Microbiology
Test 2 Day 2
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Microbiology
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02/03/2010

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Term
Oxidase Neg.
Nonfermentative GNB.
Opportunistic.
A. lwoffi
Definition
Acinetobacter spp.
Term
Small GNB.
Found in respiratory tract of warm blooded animals.
Definition
Bordatella spp.
Term
Causes whooping cough.
Definition
Bordatella pertussis.
Term
Respiratory disease in animals.
Definition
Bordatella bronchisepta.
Term
Mercury droplets.
Definition
Bordatella spp.
Term
Stage of whooping cough that is communicable and resembles a cold.
Definition
Catarrhal.
Term
Stage of whooping cough with severe repetitive coughing; characteristic "whooping" sound.
Definition
Paroxysmal.
Term
Recovery stage of whooping cough.
Definition
Convalescent.
Term
Bordatella Media.
Definition
Bordet Gengou and Regan Lowe.
Term
What is Brucella abortus found in?
Definition
Cows.
Term
What is Brucella mostly found in?
Definition
Animals. GNB.
Term
Where is Brucella suis found?
Definition
Pigs.
Term
Where is Brucella melitensis found?
Definition
In goats.
Term
Where is Brucella canis found?
Definition
Canines.
Term
What does Brucella spp. cause in animals?
Definition
Abortion.
Term
Humans in animal occupations aquire what from Brucella spp?
Definition
Undulant fever. Also known as Bangs disease.
Term
Can be used as a biological weapon?
Definition
Brucella spp. and Franciscella tularensis.
Term
Causes tularemia or rabbit fever?
Definition
Franciscella tularensis.

(GNB and found in water and wild animals)
Term
Requires cysteine suppliment?
Definition
Franciscella tularensis.
Term
Associated with surface and portable water or moist environments?
Definition
Legionella spp.
Term
Causes legionellosis (Legionnaires' disease)?
Definition
Legionella pneumophila
Term
Has a "cut glass" appeearance?
Definition
Legionella spp.
Term
Media of choice is BCYE?
Definition
Legionellla spp.
Term
Faculative anaerobic, also fastidious?
Definition
Haemophilus spp.
Term
Grows on chocolate and not BAP without cross streaking with Staph. aureus (V factor) and lysed RBCs (X factor)?
Definition
Haemophilus spp.
Term
Causes meningitis?
Definition
Haemophilus spp.
Term
"Mouselike" oder?
Definition
Haemophilus spp.
Term
Meningitus in children and requires both X and V facrtors to grow?
Definition
Haemophilus influenzae.
Term
STD. Requires X factor. "School of fish."
Definition
Haemophilus ducreyi.
Term
Causes contagious conjunctivitis and commonly called "pink eye."
Definition
Haemophilus influenzae biotype aegyptius.
Term
Obtained through an animal bite. Most common isolate is P. multocida.
Definition
Pasteurella spp.
Term
Human bites or fistfights?
Definition
Eikenella spp.
Term
Affect someone with oral cavity trauma?
Definition
Eikenella spp.
Term
Has the ability to pit or corrode the agar as it grows?
Definition
Eikenella corrodens.
Term
GPC. Causes infection by spreading to sterile areas of the body?
Definition
Peptostreptococcus spp.
Term
Causes acne in teens?
Definition
Propionibacterium acnes.
Term
Drumstick or tennis racquet appearance?
Definition
Clostridium tetani.
Term
Causes tetanus?
Definition
Clostridium tetani.
Term
Difficult to detect, "box car" shaped?
Definition
Clostridium perfringens.
Term
Causes gas gangrene and beta hemolysis "target."
Definition
Clostridium perfringens.
Term
Botox. Gas in cans. Botulism (food poisoning.) Causes a swollen appearance.
Definition
Clostridium botulinum.
Term
Caused if on antibiotics for a long time and kills off normal flora?
Definition
Clostridium difficile.
Term
Produces a black pigment when grown on bile esculin agar?
Definition
Bacteroides spp.
Term
Causes abcesses and wound infecions?
Definition
Bacteroides fragilis.
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