Bacteriology — Flashcards

_____ allows for clumping of Mycobacteria tuberculosis in a "serpentine-like" formation

_____ is the most common cause of osteomyelitis

Hint: which bug

_____ is a major structural component of bacterial cell walls, consisting of the two sugars N-acetylglucosamine (NAG) and N-acetylmuramic acid (NAM)

Clostridium is a gram _____ rod

Gram-positive algorithm: Gram-positive _____ are either anaerobic or facultative anaerobes

Mycobacteria tuberculosis grows _____ (fast or slow), requiring 2-6 wks to grow

The _____ of E. coli allow the bug to cause urinary tract infections.

_____ synthesizes the superantigens Pyrogenic exotoxin A or C

Shigella spp. is _____ intracellular within M cells

_____ E. Coli (EHEC) produces a "Shiga-like" toxin