Microbiolgy Ch. 11

Name the criteria for grouping bacteria

Nucleic acid, staining, cell shape/size, arrangements, flagella, endospores, capsules, pH, temperature, oxygen

What is a species?

Groups of strains that are genetically similar

What is a strain?

bacteria that grows from a single pure culture

What bacteria grows in soil, takes nutrients from plants, and fixes nitrogen?

Azospirillum

What bacteria can change shape?

Proteobacteria

What bacteria is rod shaped and transmitted by insects?

Rickettsia

What bacteria causes typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever?

Rickettsia

What bacteria lives in soil, and causes tumors in plants? (Crown gall)

Agrobacterium

What bacteria from sheaths and limy coats on rocks?

Sphaerotilus

What bacteria causes sewage treatment problems?

Sphaerotilus

What bacteria has polar flagella and can break down organic matter?

Burkholderia

What bacteria has nonmotile aerobic rods?

Bordetella

What bacteria causes whooping cough?

Bordetella

What bacteria lives in mucus membranes of animals?

Neisseria

What bacteria causes gonorrhea and meningococcal meningitis?

Neisseria

What bacteria is used for sewage treatment plans?

Zoogloea

Common in soil, decomposes pesticides, resistant to antibiotics, grows in refrigerator + antiseptics

Psuedomonas

Can cause unitary tract infections and harm burn patients?

Psuedomonas

What causes conjunctivitis? (Pink eye)

Moraxella

What bacteria is comma shaped and transmitted by raw/uncooked shellfish?

Vibrio

What bacteria causes Cholera?

Vibrio

What are enteric?

Bacteria that live in intestines

What type of bacteria is anaerobic, has peritrichous flagella, and inhibits the growth of other bacteria through proteins?

Enterics

What causes travelers diarrhea and E. coli poisoning?

Escherichia

What can be found in poultry and cattle and can contaminate food?

Salmonella

What causes typhoid fever and salmonellosis?

Salmonella

What is carried by rats and can be transmitted to humans by fleas?

Yersinia

What causes bubonic plague?

Yersinia

What causes puemonia and septicemia?

Pasturella

What causes earaches, veneral disease, and chancroid?

Haemophilus

What produces sulfur as a waste product, corrodes pipes, and is toxic to fish?

Desulfovibrio

What causes peptic users and stomach cancer?

Helicobacter

What bacteria is also known as blue-green algae?

Cyanobacteria

What bacteria produces endospores, is obligate anaerobic, and resistant to heat and chemicals?

Clostridium

What causes tetanus, botulism, and gangrene?

Clostridium

What is used in insecticides and causes anthrax?

Bacillus

What bacteria forms yellow colonies that are resistant to bacteria and produce toxins?

Staphylococcus

What causes toxic shock syndrome and staph infections?

Staphylococcus

What bacteria is used to produce yogurt, pickles, buttermilk, and sauerkraut?

Lactobacillus

What bacteria genus causes more illness than any other?

Streptococcus

What causes street throat, sore throat, impetigo, and rheumatic fever?

Streptococcus

What bacteria has no cell wall, is pleomorphic, and has a fried egg appearance?

Mycoplasma

What bacteria causes tuberculosis and leprosy?

Mycobacteria

What bacteria causes diphtheria and is club shaped?

Corynebacterium

What bacteria is found on the skin and causes acne?

Propionibacreria

What bacteria is fungus-like and produces antibiotics?

Streptomyces

What bacteria can form filaments and causes cavities?

Actinomyces

What bacteria causes lung disease and mycetoma?

Nocardia

What bacteria does not have peptidoglycan and causes trachoma, nongonococcal, and urethritus

Chlamydiae

What bacteria causes Lyme disease and swims in a corkscrew motion?

Borrelia

What bacteria causes syphilis?

Treponema

What bacteria is anaerobic and causes peritonitis?

Bacteroids