Flashcards: microbio1
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caffeinequeen on February 7, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 gram negative rods | enterobacteria |
| obligate intracellular parasites | rickettsia and chlamydia |
| gram negative curved rods | vibrio, helicobacter, camplylobactor |
| gram positive rods | bacillus, clostridium |
| gram positive cocci | staphylococcus, streptococcus |
| acid fast rods | mycobacterium, nocardia |
| spirochetes | treponema, borellia |
| gracilicutes | prokaryotes with thin cell walls, gram(-) |
| firmicutes | prokaryotes w thick walls, gram+ |
| teniricutes | pliable prokaryotes, lack of rigid wall |
| mendosicutes | archaeobacteria-lack peptidoglycan |
| Bergey's Manual of Systemic Bacteriology | standard ref on bac classification |
| strain | a group of bacteria derived from a single cell |
| mycoplasma | wall-less |
| fungi | absorptive heterotrophs that develop from spores |
| diplococci | neisseiria gonorrhoea, diplococcus magnus |
| streptococcus | streptococcus pneumoniae, s.pyogenes |
| cocobacilli | bordetella pertussis |
| diplobacillus | renibacterium salmoninarum, maraxella lacunata |
| curved rod | vibrio cholera |
| streptobacillus | streptobacillus moniliformis, bacillus megaterium |
| sarcina | sarcina luteus, sarcina ventriculis, methanococcus |
| tetrad | micrococcus luteus, gaffkya tetragena |
| spirillium minus | agent of rat bite fever |
| treponema pallidum | syphyllis |
| cornyebacterium | dyptheriae |