Microbiology Chapter 18 Campylobacter and Helicobacter

Enterobacteria ferment glucose and reduce _______.

nitrate

_______ causes most upper urinary tract infections (pyelonephritis) and cystitis

E. coli

_________ infection can cause gastroenteritis, septicemia, and typhoid fever.

Salmonella

S dysenteriae type 1 produces ______ ______ and is responsible for the most serious forms of shigellosis. Shigella causes about 150 million cases of infectious diarrhea worldwide and 600,000 deaths per year.

shiga toxin

_______ are Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic coccobacilli that cause bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, and gastroenteritis.

Yersinia Pestis

________ and C coli are some of the most common causes of infectious diarrhea. C concisus and C rectus are involved in periodontal disease.

C jejuni

_______ are Gram-negative, curved bacilli that cause chronic gastritis and increase the risk of peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer.

H. pylori