Bacteria Structure
Morphology and Staining
Growing and Testing Bacteria
Susceptibility Testing
Bacterial Diseases and Antibiotics
100

Protects the cell and the internal structures. Also responsible for Gram positive or negative results 

Cell Wall

100

What are the three structures of bacteria and what do they look like? 

Cocci: spheres

Bacilli: Rods

Spirilla: Spirals 

100

Name of a sample collected for further testing and analysis 

Specimen
100

A bacteria is _________ if an antibiotic inhibits the growth of the microbe 

Susceptible 

100

Antibiotic that prevents the growth of bacteria 

Bacteriostatic 

200

Sticky exterior structure on bacteria cell. Aids in antibiotic resistance 

Capsule/Glycocalyx

200

Two part staining process where the fbacteria may be recolorized and restained

Gram staining

200

Techniques used to eliminate contamination from other pathogens

Aseptic Technique

200

Susceptibility test there antibiotics are placed on culture plate. Clear rings mean no growth. 

Disk Diffusion

200

Antibiotic that kills bacteria 

Bactericidal 

300

Long structure used to propel organism through the environment 

Flagella 

300

What structure is responsible for gram negative versus gram positive staining and how? 

The cell wall. Thick holds on to the dye making it gram positive. Thin walls are gram negative

300

What is it called to introduce microbes to a medium (1) and to grow the microorganisms (2)

Inoculation and culturing 

300

Susceptibility test that determines the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of an antibiotic 

Broth Dilution

300

This type of antibiotic is ideal for treating pathogenic E. Coli infections. Recall, E.Coli is part of the normal flora 

Bacteriostatic 
400

Unbonded region where chromosome is found 

Nuceoid

400

Staining used in lieu of gram staining due to chemical differences between crystal violet for gram staining and the bacteria cell

Acid-Fast Staining

400

Media that favors some organisms and suppressing growth of others. ex: Mannitol Salt Agar (MSA)

Selective Media 

400

Determined via "no visual growth" from broth dilution

Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC)

400

This disease required acid-fast staining to help identify and multiple months of antibiotics to treat 

TB

500

Used to translate genetic material to proteins 

Ribosomes 

500

Illness caused by a bacteria that cannot be gram stained due to the waxy layer outside of the cell wall 

Tuberculosis 

500

Growth media that produces visible difference between microorganisms 

Differential 

500

Determined via culturing sample with the Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). This determines the dose of antibiotics along with the MIC

Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC)

500
MRSA is a Staphylococcus strain that is resistant to Methicillin. How would you determine whether the Staph strain you have is MRSA

Disk Diffusion with Methicillin