Microorganisms 1-36

0.0(0)

Studied by 0 people

Call Kai

Learn

Practice Test

Spaced Repetition

Match

Flashcards

Knowt Play

Card Sorting

1/35

There's no tags or description

Looks like no tags are added yet.

36 Terms

New cards

Features:

• Gram-positive bacterium
• Human pathogen
• Skin infections
• Coagulase-positive
• Toxins (TSST)

Staphylococcus aureus

New cards

<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">FEATURES</span><br><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Gram-positive bacterium</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Human pathogen</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Catheter infections</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Coagulase-negative</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Prosthetic joint infections</span></p>

FEATURES
• Gram-positive bacterium
• Human pathogen
• Catheter infections
• Coagulase-negative
• Prosthetic joint infections

Staphylococcus epidermidis

New cards

<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">FEATURES</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Gram-positive bacterium</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Human pathogen</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Pharyngitis and skin infections</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Beta-hemolytic</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Rheumatic fever</span></p>

FEATURES
• Gram-positive bacterium
• Human pathogen
• Pharyngitis and skin infections
• Beta-hemolytic
• Rheumatic fever

Streptococcus pyogenes

New cards

FEATURES
• Gram-positive bacterium
• Human pathogen
• Upper respiratory tract
colonization
• Alpha-hemolytic
• Capsule formation

Streptococcus pneumoniae

New cards

<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">FEATURES</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Acid-fast staining (gram</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">positive if gram-stained)</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Human pathogen</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Lung infection</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Mycolic acid</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Tuberculosis is caused</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">by this organism</span></p>

FEATURES
• Acid-fast staining (gram
positive if gram-stained)
• Human pathogen
• Lung infection
• Mycolic acid
• Tuberculosis is caused
by this organism

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

New cards

<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">FEATURES</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Gram-negative bacterium</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Human pathogen</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Intestinal flora</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• LPS (endotoxin)</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Enterohemorrhagic E. coli</span></p>

FEATURES
• Gram-negative bacterium
• Human pathogen
• Intestinal flora
• LPS (endotoxin)
• Enterohemorrhagic E. coli

Escherichia coli

New cards

FEATURES
• Gram-negative bacterium
• Opportunistic pathogen
• Nosocomial infection
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Pyocianin-production

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

New cards

FEATURES
• Gram-positive bacterium
• Human pathogen
• Soil
• Spore formation
• Muscle spasms

Clostridium tetani

New cards

FEATURES
• Gram-positive bacterium
• Human pathogen
• Soil
• Spore formation
• Flaccid paralysis

Clostridium botulinum

New cards

FEATURES
• Gram-positive bacterium
• Spore-forming
• Motile and beta-hemolytic
• Facultatively anaerobic
• Causes emetic and diarrheal
food poisoning

Bacillus cereus

New cards

FEATURES
• Gram-negative bacterium
• Facultatively anaerobic and
motile
• May produce the red pigment
prodigiosin
• Forms biofilms on moist surfaces
and devices
• Opportunistic cause of
healthcare-associated infections

Serratia marcescens

New cards

FEATURES
• Gram-negative bacterium
• Nonmotile and facultatively
anaerobic
• Lactose-fermenting with mucoid
colonies
• Causes pneumonia, urinary tract
infection, and sepsis
• Healthcare-associated strains
may be multidrug-resistant

Klebsiella pneumoniae

New cards

FEATURES
• Gram-positive bacterium
• Arranged in palisades or
Chinese-letter patterns
• Contains metachromatic
granules
• Toxigenic strains produce
diphtheria toxin
• Causes a pharyngeal
pseudomembrane and systemic
toxicity

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

New cards

FEATURES
• Gram-negative bacterium
• Highly motile with swarming
growth
• Urease-positive and produces
hydrogen sulfide
• Indole-positive
• Opportunistic cause of urinary
tract and wound infections

Poteus vulgaris

New cards

<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">FEATURES</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Eukaryote</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Broad, ribbon-like, sparsely</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">septate hyphae</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Hyphae typically branch at</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">right angles</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Black bread mold</span></p>

FEATURES
• Eukaryote
• Broad, ribbon-like, sparsely
septate hyphae
• Hyphae typically branch at
right angles
• Black bread mold

Rhizopus microsporus

New cards

FEATURES
• Eukaryote
• Beneficial microorganism
• Antibiotics
• Alexander Fleming
• Penicillin

Penicillium notatum

New cards

FEATURES
• Eukaryote
• Septate hyphae with acute-
angle branching
• Produces airborne conidia
• Thermotolerant; grows at 37°C
• Causes allergic and invasive
aspergillosis

Aspergillus fumigatus

New cards

FEATURES
• Eukaryote
• Beneficial microorganism
• Yeast
• Fermentation
• Bread and beer production

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

New cards

FEATURES
• Eukaryote
• Human pathogen
• Mosquito-borne
• Intracellular in red blood cells
• Malaria is caused by this
parasite

Plasmodium falciparum

New cards

<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">FEATURES</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Virus</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Human pathogen</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Aerosol transmission</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• Pneumonia</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">• COVID-19 is caused by</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">this virus</span></p>

FEATURES
• Virus
• Human pathogen
• Aerosol transmission
• Pneumonia
• COVID-19 is caused by
this virus

Severe Acute Respiraatory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

New cards

<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">FEATURES<br>• Eukaryote<br>• Human pathogen<br>• Undercooked meat (Bear,<br>pork, etc)<br>• Muscle cyst formation<br>• Periorbital edema</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">FEATURES<br>• Gram-positive bacterium<br>• Beneficial bacterium<br>• Spore-forming bacterium<br>• Hay bacillus<br>• Natto bacteria</span></p>

FEATURES
• Eukaryote
• Human pathogen
• Undercooked meat (Bear,
pork, etc)
• Muscle cyst formation
• Periorbital edema

FEATURES
• Gram-positive bacterium
• Beneficial bacterium
• Spore-forming bacterium
• Hay bacillus
• Natto bacteria

Bacillus subtilis

New cards

Bradyrhizobium japonicum

New cards

<p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">FEATURES<br>• Gram-positive bacterium<br>• Beneficial bacterium<br>• Soil bacterium<br>• Antibiotics<br>• Ivermectin</span></p><p></p>

FEATURES
• Gram-positive bacterium
• Beneficial bacterium
• Soil bacterium
• Antibiotics
• Ivermectin

Streptomyces avermitilis

New cards

<p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">FEATURES<br>• Gram-positive bacterium<br>• Beneficial bacterium<br>• Obligate anaerobic<br>• Yogurt<br>• Y-shaped cells</span></p><p></p>

FEATURES
• Gram-positive bacterium
• Beneficial bacterium
• Obligate anaerobic
• Yogurt
• Y-shaped cells

Bifidobacterium bifidum

New cards

<p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">FEATURES<br>• Virus<br>• Human pathogen<br>• Blood and body fluid<br>transmission<br>• Infects CD4+ T cells<br>• AIDS is caused by this virus</span></p>

FEATURES
• Virus
• Human pathogen
• Blood and body fluid
transmission
• Infects CD4+ T cells
• AIDS is caused by this virus

Human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV)

New cards

FEATURES
• Eukaryote
• Human pathogen
• Undercooked meat (Bear,
pork, etc)
• Muscle cyst formation
• Periorbital edema

Trichinella spiralis

New cards

FEATURES
• gram-negative bacterium
• Marine bacterium
• Quorum sensing
• Bioluminescence
• Squid-symbiotic bacterium

Aliivibrio fischeri

New cards

FEATURES
• Gram-negative bacterium
• Beneficial microorganism
• Hydrogen oxidation
• Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)
accumulation
• Biodegradable plastic
production

Cupriavidus necator

New cards

<p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">FEATURES<br>• Bacterium<br>• Human pathogen<br>• Droplet transmission<br>• Lacks a cell wall<br>• Beta-lactam antibiotics<br>ineffective</span></p>

FEATURES
• Bacterium
• Human pathogen
• Droplet transmission
• Lacks a cell wall
• Beta-lactam antibiotics
ineffective

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

New cards

FEATURES
• Gram-negative bacterium
• Plant-parasitic bacterium
• Wall-less
• Phytoplasma
• Hydrangea phyllody

Candidatus Phytoplasma japonicum

New cards

<p>FEATURES<br>• Eukaryote<br>• Human pathogen<br>• Waterborne<br>• Fecal-oral transmission<br>• Fatty stools</p>

FEATURES
• Eukaryote
• Human pathogen
• Waterborne
• Fecal-oral transmission
• Fatty stools

Giardia lamblia

New cards

FEATURES
• Eukaryote
• Human pathogen
• Dermatophyte
• Anthropophilic
• Athlete's foot fungus

Trichophyton tonsurans

New cards

<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 235, 235);">FEATURES</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 235, 235);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 235, 235);">• Archea</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 235, 235);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 235, 235);">• Strict anaerobe</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 235, 235);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 235, 235);">• Rumen of ruminants</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 235, 235);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 235, 235);">• Termite gut</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 235, 235);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 235, 235);">• Methanogen</span></p>

FEATURES
• Archea
• Strict anaerobe
• Rumen of ruminants
• Termite gut
• Methanogen

Methanobacterium formicicum

New cards

FEATURES
• Virus
• Human pathogen
• Animal transmission
• Neurotropic
• Nearly 100% fetan

Rabies virus

New cards

<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 253, 253);">FEATURES</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 253, 253);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 253, 253);">• Virus</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 253, 253);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 253, 253);">• Human pathogen</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 253, 253);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 253, 253);">• Saliva transmission</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 253, 253);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 253, 253);">• Latent infection</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 253, 253);"><br></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 253, 253);">• Infectious mononucleosis</span></p>

FEATURES
• Virus
• Human pathogen
• Saliva transmission
• Latent infection
• Infectious mononucleosis

Epstein-Barr virus

New cards

FEATURES
• Virus
• Human pathogen
• Aerosol transmission
• HA and NA proteins
• Influenza is caused by
this virus

Influenza A virus