Introduction to Bacteriology: Taxonomy and Morphology

Red

Ziehl-Neelsen method

Dipicolinic acid

<p>Sporulation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bacillus and Clostridium</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Attachment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Arrangement or catalogue of related organisms into logical groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Establish criteria in the identification; Arrange related organisms into groups; Provide information on how they evolve; Provide orderly basis for identification and; Placing related organisms into groups or various categories</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>There is only one correct name for an organism; Names that cause error and confusion shall be rejected; All names shall be Latinized; The first letter of the genus is capitalized; The species is written in lowercase letters; Scientific names are underlined or italicized when printed or written.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sugar coat of the bacteria; Gel-like, sticky layer of molecules external to the cell wall.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To identify and enumerate the bacterial cytology</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Protects the cell, biofilms, desiccation, protects the cells underneath, toxic materials, facilitate communication among microorganisms found within, phagocytosis, survival of the cells by attaching to various surfaces in its natural environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Thread-like or whip-like filamentous appendage</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Adhere some bacterial cells to one another and to environmental surfaces, functions in biofilm formation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Provides rigidity and strength to the exterior of the cell, maintains intracellular water pressure, maintains association of the wall with cell membrane, point of anchorage of the flagella, site of antibiotic action</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gram positive bacteria have several layers of peptidoglycan and contain teichoic acid, while gram negative bacteria have one or two layers of peptidoglycan and a lipopolysaccharide component.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lipid A is the 'endotoxin' component of the gram negative wall and can cause inflammatory reactions and fever shock.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To stain bacteria with high lipid and wax content in their cell walls that do not stain well with traditional bacterial stains.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Movement towards a source of nutrients (chemotaxis), light (phototaxis), or oxygen (aerotaxis).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Endospores allow bacteria to survive harsh conditions and facilitate their germination when conditions are favorable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Glycocalyx are exterior protein filaments that cause bacteria to be motile.</p> Signup and view all the answers