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Gram positive bacteria

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Cocci

Clusters
1. catalase + Staph sp
2. coagulase + S. aureus
3. coagulase - Staph. epidermidis
Pairs/chains -
1. catalase - Strep Species

Rods (Bacilli)

Organism		Cult	Morphology
Listeria monocytogenes	Small	Aero	tumbling
Diphtheroids	Small	Anaero	pallisades
Actinomyces	Small	Anaero	Branching
Propionibac	Small	Anaero	clumps/pleo
Lactobacillus	Variable	Both	may chain
Clostridium	Large	Anaero	Spores
Bacillus	Large	Aero	Spores

Table Overview

Disease-Causing Bacteria

Cocci

Clusters	Staph aureus (MSSA, MRSA, CA-MRSA) Staph epidermidis Staph saprophyticus Staph lugdunensis Staph haemolyticus

Pairs/Chains	Enterococcus faecalis Strep. Groups A, B, C, G Strep. anginosus gp Strep. pneumoniae Viridans strep

Other	Enterococcus faecium

Rods

Listeria monocytogenes

Corynebacterium jeikeium

Bacillus cereus

Cocci

Rods

Lactose Fermenters	E. coli Klebsiella Enterobacter Citrobacter

Lactose Non-Fermenters	Pseudomonas Salmonella Shigella Acinetobacter coccobac H. influenzae Pasteurella

Other	Serratia sp. Proteus mirabilis Proteus vulgaris Providencia sp. Morganella sp. Aeromonas sp. Capnocytophaga canimorsus

Rods/Cocci

Y. enterocolitica

Pasteurella multocida

Haemophilus ducreyi

Peptostreptococus

See Also

Microbiology (Main)

Source

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