gram negative rod bacteria

Shigella and salmonella

What gram negative rod bacteria are intracellular bacteria

Enterbacteriaceae coli, shigella, salmonella, and Cholera

What are examples of the gram negative rod bacteria

E. Coli

What gram negative rod bacteria use facultative anaerobic metabolism

E.coli

What gram negative bacteria is normal to the human micro flora

LPS, and exchange DNA readily

What are the virulence factors of E.coli

Normal strain- UTI, septicemia, neonatal meningitis.

Unique strains- gastroenteritis

What can E.coli cause

Can acquire heat labile and heat stabile enterotoxin or shiga toxin

What is unique about E.coli

Shiga toxin

What is the virulence factor of shigella

Shigella dysenteries- bacterial dysentery

Other shigella- shigellosis

What infections does shigella cause

Inhibits protein synthesis

What is the function of shiga toxin

In intestinal tract of animals

Where is salmonella found

Use macrophages to gain access to inside cell and Vi capsule (salmonella typhi)

What is the virulence factor of salmonella

Salmonella typhimurium- food poisoning all over the world (gastroenteritis)

Salmonella typhi- food poisoning typhoid fever

What infections are formed from salmonella

In oysters and fecal pollution

Where is cholera found

Cholera enterotoxin

What is the virulence factor of vibrio cholera

Cholera (dehydration)

What does vibrio cholera cause