The genus Mycobacterium is distinguished with this stain
What is an acid-fast stain?
100
This bacteria causes rice water stool.
What is Vibrio cholerae?
100
A curved GNR causing peptic ulcers; commonly detected by urease production breath test.
what is Helicobacter pylori?
100
Staph species that is most known for its cause of UTI in young women.
What is Staph saprophyticus?
100
Opportunistic yeast with numerous blastoconidia and pseudohyphae, that will germ tube positive within 2 hours.
What is Candida albicans?
200
The gram stain differentiates this based on the cell wall composition.
What is the thickness of the peptidoglycan layer/cell wall?
200
This bacteria causes whooping cough.
What is Bordetella pertussis?
200
Organism causing a unique school of fish gram stain; also causes Chancroid (genitalia ulceration STD).
What is Haemophilus ducreyi?
200
GPR that gram stains as “Chinese letter arrangements” and is catalase positive.
What is Corynebacterium species?
200
Branching GPR forming molar tooth colonies on agar.
What is Actinomyces sp?
300
This outer covering makes an organism acid-fast.
What is Mycolic Acid?
300
This bacteria causes the bubonic plague.
What is Yersinia pestis?
300
Oxidase positive, gram negative coccobacilli bacterium that forms a hockey-puck colony; also causes otitis media and sinusitis in children.
What is Moraxella catarrhalis?
300
GPR with “test tube brush” growth in gelatin--and also poses an occupational hazard for fishermen, butchers, veterinarians, rose growers.
What is Erysipelothrix sp?
300
Anaerobic GPR that has Double Zone Hemolysis, and causes gas gangrene.
What is Clostridium perfringens?
400
The media used to isolate Vibrio species.
What is TCBS?
400
This organism causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and is passed by a tick.
What is Rickettsia rickettsii?
400
Curved GNR organism that has a “seagull appearance” on a gram stain, and grows best at 42 degrees.
What is Campylobacter jejuni?
400
Strep species associated with colorectal cancer.
What is Group D Strep?
400
Opportunistic mold with a conidiophore that ends in swelling, and consists of Black Conidia.
What is Aspergillus niger?
500
The stain used for yeast and fungi.
What is Calcofluor white and 10% KOH?
500
This organism causes Wool Sorter's Disease.
What is Bacillus anthracis?
500
Bipolar staining GNR organism that is contracted from Cat and Dog Bites, also causes a “mousy” odor from colony growth.
What is Pasteurella multocida?
500
Strep species that causes neonatal sepsis and meningitis, UTI, and vaginal infections; CAMP reaction with Staph aureus.
What is S. agalactiae (GBS)?
500
Parasitic species that have hemoflagellates living in human blood and tissues, and causes diseases such as Chaga’s Disease and West African sleeping sickness.