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Microbiology Key Concepts and Terms

This document provides a review of key microbiology concepts and tests. It covers characteristics of different types of bacteria and fungi like molds, yeasts, and mycelium. It also discusses pathogenic bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Salmonella, and Escherichia coli. Additional topics covered include microscopy techniques, staining methods, bacterial classification, and identification tests.

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Microbiology Key Concepts and Terms

This document provides a review of key microbiology concepts and tests. It covers characteristics of different types of bacteria and fungi like molds, yeasts, and mycelium. It also discusses pathogenic bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Salmonella, and Escherichia coli. Additional topics covered include microscopy techniques, staining methods, bacterial classification, and identification tests.

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MICROBIOLOGY RECALLS

1. Characteristics of fungi – AOTA


2. Septate hyphae- divisions
3. Molds w/ aseptate hyphae produce a specialized hyphal structure –sporangiophore
4. Basic, branching, interwinning structures of molds – mycelium
5. Mycelia w/in the colony that grow into the substrate – vegetative hyhae
6. Smallest RNA – enterovirus
7. RNA consists – DNA, RNA
8. High CO2 – capnophiles (5-10%)
9. Facultative anaerobe – grow either in presence /absence of CO2
10. Microaerophile – require little O2 to survive
11. Reduced, preformed, organic molecules from other bacteria- heterotrophs
12. Utilize energy produced by organic or inorganic compounds –chemotrophs
13. Common temp. for pathogenic bacteria – mesophile
14. Heat loving bacteria – thermophile
15. 0-2 degree celcius –psychrophile
16. Alkaline peptone –complex media
17. Ideal incubation – 35
18. Start biosynthesis – Lag phase
19. Growing/dividing – log phase
20. Nutrient – stationary phase
21. Simplest method sterilization – autoclave
22. Indicator autoclave – B. stearothermophilus
23. Organisms normally do not cause disease in their natural habitat to a healthy person –
opportunistic pathogen
24. Bacteria – prokaryotic
25. S. aureus – B. lactamate
26. Kirby-bauer test – filter paper disks
27. [Link]- TSS syndrome
28. Exfoliative [Link]- scalded skin syndrome
29. UTI in young; Resistant novobiocin – [Link]
30. Latex agglutination- clumping and protein A
31. [Link] appearance in SBA – Bhemolytic
32. Lancefield is based on – antigen cell wall
33. Animal virulence factor – Hyalurodinase
34. Methyl Red test indicator- methyl red
35. Coffee/kidney/bean shaped – Neisseria
36. Virulence factor [Link] – common pili
37. Main cause of meningitis – [Link]
38. [Link] incubation- 42
39. Found in “raw milk”- Brucella
40. Leptospirosis reference method – MAT
41. [Link] – whooping cough
42. Clue cells – [Link]
43. Acid fast organism best method – kinyoun
44. Preferred diff [Link] from [Link] – coagulase test
45. Quellung test – capsular swelling
46. Specimens for [Link] – AOTA (eyes, rectum, oral cavity)
47. Chinese letters “palisade” –corynebacterium
48. Babes-ernst - [Link]
49. Acid fast bacilli retain dye- carbol fuschin
50. “rice water”- vibrio cholera
51. Aseptic technique – Pasteur
52. Septic technique – Lister
53. Bacillus antracis discovery – [Link]
54. pH bacteria -6.5-7.5
55. pH fungi – 5-6
56. Motility test – wet mount and hanging drop
57. Ethylene oxide – gas
58. VF of [Link] – capsule
59. Traveler’s diarrhea – [Link]
60. Salmonella antigens – S, O, Vi antigen
61. T. pallidum motility – corkscrew motility
62. Causes chanroid w/c STD charac. By paniful and tender genital lesions that advance to
ulcers with satellite lesions – [Link]
63. W/ V growth factor – [Link]
64. Gum/dental infection – periodonditis
65. Appear [Link] – Medusa head
66. European relapsing fever – [Link]
67. Lyme disease – B. burgdorferi
68. Severe form of illness that affects the liver and kidney – Icteric leptospirosis/weil
syndrome
69. Havernhill fever- Streptobacillus molliformnis
70. Light microscope –
71. Serve as energy source – inclusion bodies
72. Ocular brightfield microscope – 10x
73. Measure relative velocity at w/c light passes through a material – refractive index
74. Compensate for the diff. in observer’s sight/vision [Link] left and right eyes
75. Controls the amount of light entering the condenser – consider iris diaphragm dial
76. Utilized in observation of chlamydiae, legionellae, mycobacteria, fungi – fluorescent
microscope
77. Detect [Link] – dark-field microscopy
78. 100,000x magnification – electron microscopy
79. Mistaken as lymphocyte – Cryptococcus
80. Bacteria unit – um
81. [Link] lyses – RBC, Plts, macrophages, ;AOTA
82. Cause PINTA – [Link]
83. Confirmatory test – treponemal test
84. [Link] – whitmore’s disease
85. Miscarriage – [Link]
86. Aerotolerant – [Link]
87. Neutralize the antimicrobial – thiol broth
88. Viruses contain – DNA /RNA
89. Viruses according to shape – helical/polyhedral
90. Negri bodies – rabies/rhabdoviridae
91. Dark granules – metachromatic/ black
92. Flagella all over the organisms – peritrichous
93. Has calcium dipicolinate – clostridia
94. Stain for acid-fast bacilli – methylene blue
95. Positive for acid fast bacilli – red/pink
96. Most pathogenic bacteria – mesophile
97. Bacteria classification that uses energy from organic molecules – heterotrophs
98. SPS –prevents phagocytosis and complement activity
99. Incubator temp for CSF-
100. Deoxychocolate agar for –enterobacteriaceae
101. CTBA is for –
102. Antibiotic class for treatment of M. tuberculosis -
103. Coagulase test plasma –
104. Distinguish micrococcus from strep –
105. Grows on 6.5% NaCl – enterococcus
106. Leptospira test – culture
107. Whooping cough – B. pertussis
108. Interwinning – mycelium
109. Staphylococcus differential from streptococcus – catalase negative
110. The same coagulase with [Link] – [Link]
111. Difference bet. [Link] and S. intermedius
112. Similar morphologic physiologic and genetic traits into specific group –
classification
113. Bacterial genetics – DNA and RNA
114. Stains capsule –negative staining
115. Most pathogenic : facultative anaerobe
116. Fungi exhibit sexual phase – perfect fungi

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