gam positive rod bacteria

Lactobacillus, clostridium, listeria, actinomycetes, corynebacteria (diptheroids), bacillus, and mycobacterium

What bacteria are considered gram positive rod bacteria

Listeria, bacillus, and mycobacterium

What gram positive rod bacteria are not apart of human normal flora

Clostridium and bacillus

What gram positive bacteria can produce spores

Bacillus, mycobacterium, and listeria

What gram positive rod bacteria are intracellular bacteria

In soil or humans

Where can clostridium be found

Spore forming

What is the major virulence factor of clostridium

Botulism exotoxin

What is the virulence factor of clostridium botulinum

Tetanus toxin

What is the virulence factor of clostridium tetani

Hydrogen sulfide gas

What is the virulence factor of Clostridium perfringens

Colitis, tetanus, botulism, and gangrene

What infections can the clostridium group cause

Anaerobic

What type of metabolism does clostridium use

Can survive cold temperature on processed foods and can infect via congenital transmission

What is unique about listeria’s function

Superficial gastroenteritis

What infection listeria cause

Listeria and actinomyces

What gran positive rod bacteria use facultative anaerobic metabolism

Corynebacteria, bacillus, and mycobacteria

What gram positive rod bacteria use aerobic metabolism

Lactobacillus

What gram positive rod bacteria uses fermentation

Lipid metabolism

What unique metabolism can mycobacteria do

Actinomycosis

What infection does Actinomyces cause

Yellow sulfur granules

What is actinomycosis characterized by

Metachromatic granules causes its club shape

What is a unique feature about corynebacterium

Soluble toxin

What is the virulence factor of corynebacterium diphtheria

Diphtheria

What does corynebacterium diptheriae cause

Treats Diptheria, Pertussis, and tetanus

What is the DPT vaccine for

Capsule

What is the virulence factor of bacillus anthracite

Mycolic acid forming waxy cell

What is the virulence factor for mycobacterium

Tuberculosis

What does mycobacterium tuberculosis cause

It’s is acid fast

What is a unique feature about mycobacterium