MLT 209 Module 3: Anaerobes Study Sheet

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Module 3 of MLT 209 Diagnostic Clinical Microbiology II covers the study of __________.

Anaerobes

Endospores located in the middle of a bacterial cell are termed __________ spores.

central

Endospores located at the very end of a bacterial cell are termed __________ spores.

terminal

Endospores located between the center and the end of a bacterial cell are termed __________ spores.

subterminal

Question 2 asks which organism compromises a majority of the normal __________ flora.

vaginal

Question 6 asks what sample type P. acnes is commonly found as a __________.

contaminant

The four biochemical tests listed in Question 7 are Catalase, Indole, Nitrate, and __________.

Bile esculin

In the Toxins table, the toxin listed that is linked to sporulation is the __________.

Enterotoxin

In the Toxins table, the toxin listed associated with tetanus is __________.

Tetanospasmin

In the Toxins table, the toxin listed directly above Enterotoxin (linked to sporulation) is __________.

Alpha-toxin

In the Toxins table, the toxin listed directly below Enterotoxin (linked to sporulation) is __________.

Beta-toxin

In the first organism table, the five Clostridium species listed are Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium tetani, Clostridium difficile, and Clostridium __________.

septicum

In the first organism table, the organism listed directly after Clostridium septicum is __________.

Actinomyces israelii

In the first organism table, the genus listed directly after Actinomyces israelii is __________.

Lactobacillus

In the first organism table, the species listed directly after Lactobacillus is Propionibacterium __________.

acnes

In the first organism table, the genus listed directly after Propionibacterium acnes is __________.

Bifidobacterium

In the second organism table, the species listed alongside Fusobacterium nucleatum is Fusobacterium __________.

necrophorum

In the second organism table, the species listed alongside Porphyromonas asaccharolytica is Porphyromonas __________.

gingivalis

In the second organism table, the anaerobic Gram-positive coccus listed with a shaded colony morphology box is __________.

Finegoldia magna

In the first organism table shown in the image, the anaerobe group listed at the bottom is the __________ group.

Bacteroides fragilis

In the single-row organism table shown in the image, the organism listed is Fusobacterium __________.

nucleatum

In the second organism table shown in the image, the anaerobic coccus genus listed at the bottom is __________.

Veillonella

In the Toxins table shown in the image, the toxin entry listed at the bottom is Toxin __________.

A and B