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Lecture 1 - Taxonomy
Given a genus and/or species and family, name the characteristics of its FAMILY (e.g. gram stain, shape, catalase + or -, aerobic/anerobic etc.)
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02/11/2013

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Term
  • Gram positive 
  • Cocci in pairs and clusters 
  • Catalase positive

 

Definition

 Staphylococcus sp. (Staphylococcacea)

 

Term
  • Gram-positive
  • Cocci in pairs and chains
  • Catalase negative (Facultative anaerobes)
Definition
Streptococcus sp. and Enterococcus faecalis  (Streptococcacea) 
Term
  • Gram-negative
  • Cocci
  • Oxidase-positive (Aerobic)
Definition
Neisseria sp. and Moraxella catarrhalis(Neisseriaceae)
Term
  • Gram-positive 
  • Aerobic 
  • Spore-forming Rods
Definition
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus)
Term
  • Gram-positive
  • Anaerobic 
  • Spore-forming Rods
Definition
Clostridium sp. (Clostridium)
Term
  • Gram positive
  • Non-spore-forming Rods
  • Not pleiomorphic
Definition

Listeria monocytogenes and Corynebacterium diphtheriae

 

 

Term
  • Gram-negative rods
  • Oxidase-positive, non-fermenting
  • Obligate Aerobe

 

Definition

Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cepacia (Pseudomonadaceae)

 

Term
  • Gram-negative rod but does not stain well by Gram stain
  • Difficult to detect in patient specimens 
  • Best method for visualization is silver impregnation (Dieterle stain)
  • Aerobic
Definition

Legionella pneumophila (Legionellaceae)

 

 

 

Term
  • Gram-negative
  • Coccobacilli 
  • Aerobic
Definition
Bordetella pertussis, Fransicella tularensis and Brucella abortis
Term

Gram-negative Rods

Facultatively anaerobic 

Glucose fermenters 

Oxidase-negative

Definition

Enterobacteriaceae

  • Escherichia coli 
  • Shigella dysenteriae 
  • Enterobacter aerogenes 
  • Salmonella sp.
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae 
  • Proteus mirabilis
  • Serratia marcescens 
  • Yersinia sp.
Term
  • Gram-negative curved rods 
  • Facultatively anaerobic
Definition
Vibrio sp. (Vibrionaceae)
Term
  • Gram-negative coccobacilli 
  • Facultatively anaerobic 
  • Often pleiomorphic
Definition
Pasteurella multocida and Haemophilus sp. (Pasteurellaceae)
Term
  • Gram-negative
  • Aerobic/Microaerophilic
  • Helical/Vibriod Rods
Definition

Campylobacter jejuni and Helicobacter pylori

 

 

Term
  • Gram-negative-like 
    • Don't have LPS!
  • Helical
Definition


Treponema palidum and Borrelia sp.  (Spirochaetaceae)



Term

Gram-negative, Helical

 

Definition
Leptospira interrogans (Leptospiraceae)
Term

 

  • Gram-negative Rods
  • Anaerobic
Definition
Bacteroides fragilis, Fusobacterium sp., and Prevotella melaninogenica (Bacteroidaceae)
Term
  • Gram-negative
  • Obligate intracellular pathogen



Definition
  1. Rickettsia sp., Coxiella burnetii and Ehrlichia sp. (Rickettsiaceae)
  2. Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydophila sp.(Chlamydiaceae)
Term
Bacteria without a peptidoglycan cell wall
Definition
Mycoplasma sp. and Ureaplasma sp.(Mycoplasmataceae)
Term

Acid-fast Rods with a unique cell envelope

Definition
Mycobacterium sp. (Mycobacteriaceae)
Term

Gram-positive irregular Rods 

Partially acid-fast 

Aerobic

Definition
Nocardia asteroides
Term

Gram-positive irregular Rods

Not Acid-fast

Anaerobic or facultative

Definition
Actinomyces israelii
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