GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA microbiology lecture final test

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

cause pneumonia in cystic fibrosis patients, green sputum, very resistant chemical infections

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Green pigment and grape like odor

Francsiella Tularensis

Low infectionus dose (bioterroism) can be fatal, rabit fever

Francsiella Tularensis

Zoonotic and contact with infected animals

E. coli

Opportunistic bacteria, coli form lactose fermenter and travelers diarrhea

Yersenia pestis

Transmitted by an insect vector and Cause of the bubonic plague.

Klebsiella pneumoniae

opportunistic infections and virulence due to large capsule

Borrelia burgdorferi

Transmitted by a tick vector, bull eye rash

Shigella dysenteriae

Produces A/B toxins, shiga toxins

Legionella

Lives in associations with amebas, can contaminated cooling towers

Bordtella pertussis

whooping cough and DTP vaccines

Rickettsia diseases

transmitted by ticks, rocky mountain spotted fever and lives intracellularly

Salmonella typhi

causes typhoid fever, food poisoning

Salmonella typhi

cause invasive diarrhea, asymptomatic carriers