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    This document describes the key characteristics of 13 different bacterial genera based on their Gram stain properties and morphology. The bacteria described include staphylococci, streptococci, pneumococci, gonococci, bacilli, enterobacteria, lactobacilli, listeria, mycobacteria, diphtheriae, haemophilus, and klebsiella. The summaries focus on their Gram stain type, shape, arrangement, motility, spore formation, and pathogenic characteristics.

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    This document describes the key characteristics of 13 different bacterial genera based on their Gram stain properties and morphology. The bacteria described include staphylococci, streptococci, pneumococci, gonococci, bacilli, enterobacteria, lactobacilli, listeria, mycobacteria, diphtheriae, haemophilus, and klebsiella. The summaries focus on their Gram stain type, shape, arrangement, motility, spore formation, and pathogenic characteristics.

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    This document describes the key characteristics of 13 different bacterial genera based on their Gram stain properties and morphology. The bacteria described include staphylococci, streptococci, pneumococci, gonococci, bacilli, enterobacteria, lactobacilli, listeria, mycobacteria, diphtheriae, haemophilus, and klebsiella. The summaries focus on their Gram stain type, shape, arrangement, motility, spore formation, and pathogenic characteristics.

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    Genus Staphylococcus (Gram stain)

    - Gramm positive
    - Appear round
    - Grape like clusters of cells

    2. Genus Streptococcus (Gram stain)

    - Gramm positive
    - Cocci arranged, in pairs of chain
    - Shorter and longer chains
    - Spherical or oval shape

    3. S.pneumoniae (Gram stain)

    - Cocci bacteria, Gram positive,


    - Alpha hemolytic
    - Lancet shaped diplococcic
    - Adjacent side are blunt
    - While the distal side (ends) are pointed
    - Arranged two by two in capsule forms (in
    human body)
    - Aerobic member of genus streprococcus
    - Inhabitant of the upper respiratory tract
    - No animal reservoir, infection by direct
    contact
    5. N.gonorrhoeae (Loeffler's methylene blue
    stain)

    - Genus Neisseria
    - Gram Negative
    - Are diplococci (in form of two joined cells)
    - Coffee beans like, arranged in pairs
    - Not motile (don’t move, don’t have flagella)
    - Non spore forming
    - Systemic infection (spread via the blood
    stream )

    6. Genus Bacillus (Gram stain)

    Familyà Bacillaceae
    - Grow aerobically or only anaerobically
    - Gram Positive rods
    - From oval, centrally located spores
    - Non motile
    - Mostly aerobes (Genus Bacillus)
    - Bacillus anthacis – causing anthrax
    - Bacillus cereus – causing gastroenteritis,
    traumatic eye infection
    7. Family Enterobacteriaceae (Gram stain)

    - Largest family of Gram Negative rods


    - Include Samonella, E coli, Klebsiella, Shigella
    - Cause:bacteremias, UT infections, intestinal
    infections
    - Opportunistic pathogns: can only cause
    diseases under certain conditins
    - Primary oathogen: can cause disease in
    anyone
    - Non spore forming
    8. L.bulgaricus (Gram or Neisser stain)

    - Familyà Lactobacillaceae
    - Genusà Lactobacillus
    - Gram positive
    - Rod shapa like
    - Non motile
    - Non spores forming


    9. L.monocytogenes (Gram stain)
    Genus Listeria

    - Listeria species are facultative anaerobic,


    - Non- spore forming
    - Gram-positive rods that are uniform in
    shape.
    - Coccobacili, often arranged
    - Facultative intracellular pathogen.
    - Do not form spores and capsules.
    - Motile at room temperature
    10 M.tuberculosis (Ziehl-Neelsen stain)
    Family Mycobacterium

    - Acid fast stain: acid fast organism contain


    large amount of lipid in cell wall (mycolic acid)
    This acid resist gram staining.
    - Slightly curved pleomorphic rods
    - Non-motile
    - Intracellular pathogen (intracellular growth in
    alveolar macrophages), that is able to
    establish lifelong infection.
    - Grows best at temperatures of 37°C.
    - Do not form spores and capsules.
    Oblig - Obligate aerobes growing most successfully
    in tissues with a high oxygen content, such as
    the lungs.

    11 C.diphtheriae (Gram or Neisser stain)

    - Genus Corynebacterium
    - Gram- positive, rod-shaped bacteria
    - Their cell walls contain short-chain mycolic
    acids. Inspite of this they are not acid-fast.
    - C.diphtheriae is a nonmotile, noncapsulated,
    club- shaped rod
    - They are arranged in pairs and trios
    - Facultative anaerobes.

    12 H.influencae (Gram stain)

    Familyà Pasteurellaceae
    Genusà Haemophillus

    - Sometimes pleomorphic, coccobacilli bacteria


    - Is a Gram- negative, coccobacillary
    - Facultatively anaerobic bacterium
    - Do not have flagella.Non- motile.
    - Do not form capsules.
    - Forming capsules only in clinical speciments.


    13 K.pneumoniae (Indian Ink stain)

    FamilyàEnterobacteriaceae
    Genusà Klebsiella

    - Non-motile, Gram- negative, rod-shaped


    bacteria with a prominent polysaccharide-
    based capsule.
    - Do not form spores.
    - Typically occur as straight rods with rounded
    or slightly pointed ends.
    - Can be found singly, in pairs or in short
    chains.
    - Facultative anaerobes

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