VIVA Alert: Basic Microbiology with mnemonics
Name one cluster shaped (grape-like) cocci?
Staphylococcus aureus
Name one chain shaped cocci?
Streptococcusspp.
What is the difference betweenStaphylococcus aureusandStreptococcus?
S. aureusis cluster shaped andStreptococcusis chain shaped.
S. aureusis catalase-positive andStreptococcusis catalase negative.
Name any five lactose fermenting organisms?
Escherichia coli,Klebsiellaspp. ,Enterobacterspp. ,Citrobacterspp @KC Enter coldSerrak (laughing)
Name any seven non-lactose fermenting organisms?
Salmonella, Shigella, Proteus, Morganella, Providencia, Edwardsiella, Hafnia @She公关ovideshalf Sal荷兰国际集团(ing)ydF4y2BaEDfromnon-governmentorganization
Name any ten aerobic bacteria?
Bacillus, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Escherichia coli, Proteus, Pseudomonas, Klebsiella, Salmonella, Shigella, Nocardia @没有She is(es)bacKwith公关o staff ( staph)notpseudo(false ) type.
Name any seven anaerobic bacteria?
Clostridium, Actinomyces, Propionibacterium, Bifidobacterium, Bacteroides, Fusobacterium, Prevotella @An AC fuse公关eviouslyclosedby propi bacteria
Name any two spirochetes?
TreponemaandBorrelia @springtripwasbor荷兰国际集团(ing)
Name any fiveendospore-forming bacteria?
Bacillus, Clostridium, Coxiella burnetii, Desulfotomaculum,Geobacillus @BaDOxclosed geo tomato inside.
Why we don’t underline/italicized the Typhi while writingSalmonellaTyphi? first letter T is also capitalized?
因为我们强调genus and species.Salmonellais a genus but Typhi is not species. Salmonella consists of two species i.eentericaandbongori.It is actuallySalmonella entericasubsp.entericaserovar Typhi.
Salmonella is motile or non-motile?
It is motile having peritrichous flagella
Are there any exceptions?
SalmonellaPullorum andSalmonellaGallinarum are non-motile.
Name any four species of Shigella?
It consists of four species i.eShigella dysenteriae, S. flexneri, S. boydii, S. sonnei.
Human disease and causative agents
淋病=Neisseria gonorrhoea
Ascariasis =Ascaris lumbricoides
Athletes’s foot=Trichophyton
Bacillary Dysentry=Shigella dysenteriae
Botulism=Clostridium botulinum
Chicken pox=Varicella virus
Cholera=Vibrio cholerae
Common cold=Rhino virus
Diphtheria=Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Whooping cough=Bordetella pertusis
Vaginatis=阴道毛滴虫
Sleeping sickness=Tryponosoma brucei
Kalazar=Leishmania donovani
Plague=Yersinia pestis
Ringworm=Microsporum trichophyton
Leprosy=Mycobacterium leprae
Hookworm disease=Ancyclostoma duodenale
Pinworm disease=Enterobius vermicularis caecum
References
- TJ. Mackie and JE. McCartney (1996). “Mackie and McCartney Practical Medical Microbiology,14thedition, New York, Churchill living stone
- Chaurasia R and Jain A (2009). “Self Assessment and Review Microbiology Immunology”,4thedition, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Ltd, New Delhi, India, page number: 03 -09.
