BIOS10115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Propionibacterium Acnes, Mycobacterium Leprae, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
3 Dec 2016
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Examples of some important bacteria just know gram pos or neg and. Shape: for 8 questions on the exam, know features of the bacterial genus, you will not be asked about diseases for this exam. For example: for numbers 1-3 below, use the following answers to best describe the bacteria (answers can be used more than once or not at all): Staphlococcus: gram + | cocci, clusters, species. Mrsa (also staphylococcus: methicillin resistant s. aureus, can lead to massive tissue destruction and death, what you need to know: gram + and cocci. Streptococcus: gram + | cocci, chains, important species. Gram positive rods we"ll discuss: bacillus, clostridium, mycobacterium, propionibacterium, streptomyces, mycoplasma. Bacillus: endospore forming, found mostly in soil, source of bacitracin and other antibiotics, one species causes anthrax. Clostridium: endospore forming, important clostridium species. Mycobacterium: gram positive but also acid fast due to unique cells wall, important mycobacterium species, mycobacterium tuberculosis.
