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Gemella
-
ANSGram
positive
diplococcus.
Thrive
best
at
high
partial
carbon
dioxide
pressure.
Facultative
anaerobe.
Oxidase
negative.
Catalase
negative.
In
mucous
membranes
of
humans
and
animals
and
upper
digestive
tract.
Leuconstoc
-
ANSGram
positive
cocci
often
in
chains.
Intrinsically
resistant
to
vancomycin.
Catalase
negative.
Are
generally
slime
forming.
Responsible
for
cabbage
fermentation.
Acanthamoeba
-
ANSA
genus
of
amoeba
One
of
the
most
common
single
celled
eukaryotes
in
soil
and
frequently
in
fresh
water.
Has
two
forms
-
metabolically
active
trophozoite.
Dormant
-
stress
resistant
cyst.
Causes
keratitis
and
granulomatous
amoebic
encephalitis.
Naegleria
fowleri
-
ANSProtozoa.
Causes
Primary
Amoebic
Meningoencephalitis.
Enter
through
the
nose
and
travels
to
the
brain.
Commonly
found
in
warm
fresh
water.
Only
species
that
infects
humans.
Almost
always
results
in
death.
Schistisoma
-
ANSAlso
known
as
the
blood
flukes.
Schistisoma
mansoni
-
ANSBlood
fluke
most
commonly
found
in
Africa,
South
America,
West
Indies
and
Porto
Rico.
Lives
in
the
large
intestines.
Approximately
115-175
micrometers
by
45-75
micrometers.
Lateral
spine.
Schistisoma
heamatobium
-
ANSBlood
fluke
most
commonly
found
in
Nile
Vally,
Mideast
and
East
Africa.
Live
in
veins
surrounding
bladder.
Approximately
110-170
micrometers
by
40-70
micrometers.
Terminal
spine.
Schistisoma
japonicum.
-
ANSBlood
fluke
most
commonly
found
in
Far
East
Japan,
China
and
Philippines.
Lives
in
the
small
intestines. Approximately
60-95
micrometers
by
40-60
micrometers.
No
spine.
Hantavirus
-
ANSA
single
stranded
enveloped,
negative
sense
RNA
virus.
In
the
Bunyaviridae
family.
May
become
infected
through
contact
with
rodent
urine,
saliva
or
feces.
Can
cause
fatal
diseases
such
as
hantavirus
hemorrhagic
fever
with
renal
syndrome.
Hantavirus
Pulmonary
Syndrome.
-
ANSRare
respiratory
illness
associated
with
inhalation
of
aerolized
rodent
excreta.
Cause
of
Hantavirus
Pulmonary
Syndrome
in
the
US.
-
ANSThe
Sin
Nombre
virus
carried
by
deer
mice.
Bartonella
-
ANSGram
negative
bacteria.
Facultative
intracellar
parasite.
It
is
transmitted
by
vectors
such
as
ticks,
flees,
sand
flies
and
mosquitoes.
Cause
of
Cat
Scratch
Disease
-
ANSBartonella
henselae.
Edwardsiella
-
ANSAn
Enterobacteriaceae.
Gram
negative
rod.
Facultative
anaerobe.
Enterobacteriaceae
family.
First
discovered
in
snakes.
Edwardsiella
tarda
-
ANSUrea
-
negative
Lysine
decarboxylase
-
positive
Hydrogen
Sulfide-
positive
Indole-
positive
Only
recognized
human
pathogen
in
Edwardsiella
genus.
Chryseobacterium
-
ANSGram
negative,
filamentous
rod.
Non
motile.
Capable
of
reproduction
in
cold
temperatures.
Flavobacteriaceae
family.
Found
in
soil,
plants,
foodstuffs
and
water
sources.
Chryseobacterium
indologenes
-
ANSYellow
pigmented
colonies.
Has
been
found
in
indwelling
devices.
West
Nile
Virus
-
ANSAn
arbovirus.
In
the
Flaviviridae
family.
Transmitted
to
humans
by
mosquitoes.
80%
infected
will
have
few
to
no
symptoms.
Cause
fever
headaches,
feeling
tired,
muscle
pain,
nausea,
loss
of
appetite,
vomiting
and
rash. Anthrax
-
ANSCaused
by
bacterium,
Bacillus
anthracis.
It
is
spread
by
contact
with
spores
of
bacteria
which
are
often
from
infectious
animal
products.
Transmission
is
by
breathing,
eating
or
contact
through
broken
skin.
Botulism
-
ANSCaused
by
Clostridium
botulinum.
Causes
weakness,
trouble
seeing,
feeling
tired,
trouble
speaking.
May
be
followed
by
weakness
of
arms,
chest
muscles
and
legs.
Cause
of
food
poisoning.
How
is
botulism
toxin
destroyed?
-
ANSHeating
to
more
than
85
degrees
Celsius
or
185
degrees
Fahrenheit.
Clostridium
botulinum
-
ANSGram
positive
rod.
Anaerobic.
Spore
forming.
Motile.
Capable
of
producing
the
neurotoxin,
botulism.
Yersenia
pestis.
-
ANSCause
of
the
bubonic
plague.
Gram
negative
coccobacillus.
Facultative
anaerobe.
Transmitted
by
oriental
rat
flee.
Non
motile.
Stick
shapped
bacteria
with
bipolar
staining.
Safety
pin
appearance.
Variola
virus.
-
ANSCause
of
Smallpox.
Transmission
by
inhalation
of
airborne
virus,
usually
droplets
from
the
oral,
nasal,
or
pharyngeal
mucosa
of
infected
person.
Franciscella
tularemia.
-
ANSCause
of
Tularemia.
Gram
negative
coccobacillus.
Facultative
Aerobe.
(?)
Non
spore
forming.
Non
motile.
Fastidious.
Requires
cysteine
for
growth.
Transmitted
by
contact
with
infected
animals.
Staphylococcus
aureus
-
ANSGram
positive
cocci.
Usually
in
clusters.
Catalase
positive.
Coagulase
positive.
Non
motile.
Nitrate
reduction
positive.
Facultative
anaerobe.
Skin
infections,
respiratory
infections
and
food
poisoning.
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