Question

Name some gram positive and gram negative bacteria

Answer 1

Actinomyces (Gram +)

Filamentous
Respiratory Diseases, cavities

Corynebacterium (Gram +)

Pleiomorphic
C. Diphtheriae


Listeria (Gram +)

Rods
Fetal Pathogens
Newborn meningitis

Mycobacterium (Gram +)

Acid Fast
M leprae
M tuberculosis


Propionibacterium (Gram +)

Rods
Acne

Staphylococcus (Gram +)

Cocci in clusters
S epidermidis
S aureus
Methicillin Resistant Staph aureus (MRSA)
Vancomycin Resistant Staph aureus (VRSA)


Streptomyces (Gram +)

Filamentous
Antibiotics

Acetobacter (gram -)

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Acetic acid from ethanol

Borrelia (gram -)

Spirochete
Lyme Disease
Arthropod borne

Campylobacter (gram -)

Curved Rod
GI infections


Enterobacter (gram -)

Rod
Opportunistic UTI (urinary tract infections)

Fusobacterium (gram -)

Rod Anaerobe
Gingivitis

Helicobacter (gram -)

CURVED ROD
Peptic Ulcer