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Gemella Answer: Gram 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 Answer: Gram positive cocci often in chains.
Intrinsically resistant to vancomycin.
Catalase negative.
Are generally slime forming.
Responsible for cabbage fermentation.
Acanthamoeba Answer: A 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 Answer: Protozoa.
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 Answer: Also known as the blood flukes.
Schistisoma mansoni Answer: Blood 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 Answer: Blood 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. Answer: Blood 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 Answer: A 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. Answer: Rare respiratory illness associated with inhalation of
aerolized rodent excreta.
Cause of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in the US. Answer: The Sin Nombre virus carried by deer
mice.
Bartonella Answer: Gram negative bacteria.
Facultative intracellar parasite.
It is transmitted by vectors such as ticks, flees, sand flies and mosquitoes.
Cause of Cat Scratch Disease Answer: Bartonella henselae.
Edwardsiella Answer: An Enterobacteriaceae.
Gram negative rod.
Facultative anaerobe.
Enterobacteriaceae family.
First discovered in snakes.
Edwardsiella tarda Answer: Urea - negative
Lysine decarboxylase - positive
Hydrogen Sulfide- positive
Indole- positive
, Only recognized human pathogen in Edwardsiella genus.
Chryseobacterium Answer: Gram negative, filamentous rod.
Non motile.
Capable of reproduction in cold temperatures.
Flavobacteriaceae family.
Found in soil, plants, foodstuffs and water sources.
Chryseobacterium indologenes Answer: Yellow pigmented colonies.
Has been found in indwelling devices.
West Nile Virus Answer: An 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 Answer: Caused 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 Answer: Caused 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.
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