Bacteriology — Flashcards

_____ produces the exotoxin Streptolysin O (cytolysin)

_____ is the second most common cause of atypical pneumonia in young adults

All Clostridium spp. are _____erobic, gram positive rods

_____, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Legionella are common causes of pneumonia superimposed on COPD

Causative agent of _____ is T.pertenue.

_____ Agar is a potato extract used to grow Bordetella pertussis

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

The _____ phase of bacterial growth is dependent on the generation/doubling time

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

Exotoxin A causes _____ of EF-2 (elongation factor-2), thus inhibiting protein synthesis