Gram Positive Cells
Contains 2 Layers:
1) Inner Cytoplasmic Membrane
2) Outer THICK Peptidoglycan Layer (60 - 100% Peptidoglycan)
- Low Lipid Content
- NO Endotoxin
- NO Periplasmic Space
- NO Porin Channel
- VULNERABLE to LYSOZYME and PENICILLIN Attack
Gram Negative Cells
Contains 3 layerS:
1) Inner Cytoplasmic Membrane
2) THIN Peptidoglycan Layer (5 - 10%)
3) Outer Membrane with LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE (LPS)
- High Lipid Content
- Endotoxin (LPS) : LIPID A!!!!!
- Periplasmic Space
- Porin Channel
- RESISTANT to Lysozyme and Penicillin attack
Coccus Bacteria
GRAM POSITIVE:
- Streptococcus
- Enterococcus
- Staphylococcus
GRAM NEGATIVE:
- Neisseria
- Moraxella
Bacillus Bacteria
GRAM POSITIVE:
- Corynebacterium
- Listeria
- Bacillus
- Clostridium
- Mycobacterium (Acid Fast)
GRAM NEGATIVE:
- Escheria coli
- Shigella
- Salmonella
- Yersinia
- Klebsiella
- Proteus
- Enterobacter
- Serrate
- Vibrio
- Campylobacter
- Helicobacter
- Pseudomonas
- Bactericides (Anaerobic)
- Haemophilus
- Bordetellla
- Legionella
- Yersinia
- Francisella
- Brucella
- Pasteurella
- Gardnerella
Spiral Bacteria
GRAM POSITIVE:
- None!!!!!
GRAM NEGATIVE:
- Treponema
- Borrelia
- Leptospira
Branching Filamentous Growth Bacteria (Like Fungi)
GRAM POSITIVE:
- Actinomyces (Anaerobic)
- Nocardia (Partially Acid-Fast)
GRAM NEGATIVE:
- None!!!!!!!!
Pleomorphic bacteria
GRAM POSITIVE:
- None!!!!!
GRAM NEGATIVE:
- Chlamydia
- Rickettsiae
No Cell Wall Bacteria
- MYCOPLASMA!!!!!!!!
Gram Positive Bacteria (Aerobes, Anaerobes, etc)
OBLIGATE AEROBES:
- Nocardia (Weakly Acid- Fast)
- Bacillus Cereus
FACULTATIVE ANAEROBES:
- Staphylococcus
- Bacillus Anthraces
- Corynebacterium
- Listeria
- Actinomyces
MICROAEROPHILIC:
- Enterococcus
- Streptococcus
- Some species of Streptococci are Facultative Anaerobes
OBLIGATE ANAEROBES:
- Clostridium
Gran- Negative Bacteria (Aerobes, Anaerobes, etc)
OBLIGATE AEROBES:
- Neisseria
- Pseudomonas
- Bordetella
- Legionella
- Brucella
FACULTATIVE ANAEROBES:
- Most other Gram Negative Rods
MICROAEROPHILIC:
- Spirochetes
a) Trepnoema
b) Borrelia
c) Leptospira - Campylobacter
OBLIGATE ANAEROBES:
- Bacteriodes
Acid- Fact Bacteria (Aerobes, Anaerobes, etc)
OBLIGATE AEROBES:
- Mycobacterium
- Nocardia
No Cell Wall
FACULTATIVE ANAEROBES:
- Mycoplasma
Facultative Intracellular Organisms
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Salmonella typhi
- Yersinia
- Francisella tularensis
- Brucella
- Mycobacterium
- Legionella
- Nocardia
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