Gram Negative Bacteria

Cell wall structure

Peptidoglycan and Lipopolysaccharide

Neisseria Gonorrhea

1.) Thayer-martin chocolate agar

2.) Diploe cocci, gonorrhea, STD, infantile vagina, cervix

Niesseria Meningitis

Meningitis

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

“Hot Tubs” → blue/green pus, burn infections

E. Coli

“Travelers diarrhea” → metallic green sheen

UTI, Symptoms occur over 3 days, EMB Agar

Shigella

No fever → bacillary dysentery, tenesmus

Flies = vector

Yersenia Pestis

Bubonic Plague (Black death)

Carried on rat fleas → could ask other flea carrying mammals like prairie dog

Haemophilus

Meningitis

Campylobacter Jejuni

most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis

contaminated foods and beverages

Bordetella Pertussis

Whooping cough → DPT vaccine

Brucella Abortis

brucellosis

Contaminated meat and unpasteurized cheese/milk

Acute and chronic phase

Francisella Tularensis

Rabbit fever → tularemia

Biological terrorist threat (category A)

Legionella

legionnaires’ disease, pneumophila

Salmonella

2nd most common cause of gastroenteritis

meat poultry, eggs

klebsiella

pneumonia → currant jelly sputum

Vibrio cholera

John snow

Comma shaped → rice water stools, death, 24-48 hours

Rice water stools = mucous and water

Chlamydia Psittaci

“exotic bird importer with a fever”

Ornithosis → flu like

systemic complications = pneumonia

Chlamydia trachomatis

Most common STD in US

Lymphogranuloma Vernereum (invades lymph tissue of genitalia)

Causes Rieter’s → Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)