Bacteriology — Flashcards

Nocardia is a gram _____ branching filamentous rod

_____ is found in abundance within a bacterial spore and is thought to provide heat resistance

_____ Agar is a potato extract used to grow Bordetella pertussis

_____ is a virulence factor released from Group A Strep that converts plasminogen to plasmin (a fibrinolytic)

Rickettsia is technically a gram _____, however it doesn't gram stain well at all

The _____ unit of cholera toxin attach to the GM1 ganglioside receptors on the surface of jejunal epithelial cells.

_____ medium is made of charcoal, blood and antibiotic and used to grow Bordetella pertussis

Gram Positive Algorithm:Streptococcus beta-hemolysis Bacitracin _____ - Streptococcus pyogenes (group A strep)

_____ of Mycobacterium tuberculosis activates macrophages via induction of TNF-α, which then form granulomas

_____ agar is commonly used to differentiate species of streptococcus