Bacteriology — Flashcards

_____ is the most common cause of C-MOPS:Conjunctivitis (redness and discharge)Meningitis (fever, chills, headache, neck stiffness)Otitis media (ear pain)Pneumonia (fever, cough, chills)Sinusitis (nasal discharge, sinus tenderness)

Lipopolysaccharide _____ have a Lipid A core responsible for their toxicity and anO antigen terminal end that varies among bacterial strains

Hint: Exo or Endotoxins

_____ difficile; botulinum; perfringens; tetani are all obligate anaerobes

_____ is a virulence factor of Staphylococcus aureus

The E. coli _____ antigen is present on its capsule

Neisseria is a _____ organism, that shows twitching motility

Hint: motile/non-motile

Gram _____ Bacteria contain a periplasm, which is a space between the cell membrane and outer membrane

_____ is a component of gram negative bacteria cell walls

Hint: Exo or Endotoxin

Bacillus (anthrax, cereus) is a gram _____ rod

_____ has a polysaccharide capsule, which inhibits phagocytosis

Hint: Which species of Neisseria