BIOL 2P98 Study Guide - Final Guide: Klebsiella Oxytoca, Pneumocystis Jirovecii, Gram Staining
8 Dec 2013
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Escherichia coli: gram- rod-shaped bacteria found in lower intestine; can cause food poisoning; indicator of fecal pollution in water; most commonly used prokaryotic in lab; part of normal gut flora. Xanthomonas campestris: causes disease is stems, fruits, and other plants; can produce. Yersinia pestis: the bacterium responsible for black death & bubonic plague; began in. 1347; within 4 years killed 1/3 of europe. Bacillus anthracis: gram+, anthrax; spore forming, 1st bacteria to be shown to cause disease; bacterium enters cut or intestines through contaminated meat ingestion; respiratory distress, fever, shock, die quickly. Serratia marcescens: found in damp conditions (bathroom, etc. ); pink/red pigmentation; found in urinary tracts and gastrointestinal systems. Clostridium botulinum: botulism (muscular paralysis); gram+, rod-shaped, produces neurotoxin; grows in low ph. Pseudomonas aeruginosa: gram-, green, rod-shaped cells; leading gram- pathogen; opportunist pathogen, leaves green around the skin. : gram+, spherical cell that forms long chains. : gram+, wide range on environments, mainly on face, arms, hands, etc.
