Bacteria Names

Question 1

Staphylococci (x2)

Answer 1

• Staph. Aureus

- Staph. Epidermidis

Question 2

Streptococci (x6 - 4 main grp + 2)

Answer 2

• Strep. Mutans
• Strep. Salivarius
• Strep. Oralis
• Strep. Anginosus
• S. Pneumoniae
• S. Pyogenes

Question 3

Members of Strep. Mutans (x3)

Answer 3

S. Mutans
S. Sobrinus
S. Cricetus

Question 4

Members of Strep. Oralis (x5)

Answer 4

S. Mitis
S. Oralis
S. Sanguinis
S. Crista
S. Gordonii

Question 5

Actinomyces (x2)

Answer 5

Actinomyces Naeslundii

Actinomyces Israelii

Question 6

Opportunistic bacteria

Answer 6

Actinomyces Israelii
Strep. anginosus
Strep. Oralis/Sanguinis/Gordonii

Question 7

Lactobacillus (x4)

Answer 7

L. casei
L. rhamnosus
L. acidophilus
L. fermentum

Question 8

Name a species of Lactobacillus that is a heterofermenter

Answer 8

L. Fermentum

Question 9

Name 2 species of Lactobacillus that are homofermentors

Answer 9

L. casei

L. acidophilus

Question 10

Eubacterium (x1)

Answer 10

Eubacterium brachy

Question 11

Neisseria (x4)

Answer 11

• Neisseria meningitidis
• Neisseria gonorrhoea
• Neisseria subflava
• Neisseria sicca

Question 12

Name 2 members of Neisseria that are pathogens

Answer 12

1. Neisseria Meningitidis

2. Neisseria Gonorrhoea

Question 13

Name 2 oral Neisseria

Answer 13

1. Neisseria sicca

2. Neisseria subflava

Question 14

Name 3 gram-negative cocci bacteria and state if they are aerobic/anaerobic

Answer 14

1. Neisseria - aerobic
2. Veillonella - anaerobic
3. Moraxella - aerobic

Question 15

Moraxella (x1)

Where is it found?

Answer 15

Moraxella Catarrhalis

Commensal of the mouth and upper respiratory tract

Question 16

Veillonella (x3)

Answer 16

Veillonella Parvula
Veillonella Atypica
Veillonella Dispar

Question 17

Selenomonas

Answer 17

Selenomonas Sputigena

Question 18

Centipeda

Answer 18

Centipeda Periodontii - isolated from periodontitis sites

Question 19

Helicobacter

Answer 19

Helicobacter Pylori

Question 20

Bacteroides

Answer 20

Bacteroides Fragilis

Question 21

Motile GNAB (x3)

Answer 21

• Helicobacter
• Centipeda
• Selenomonas

Question 22

Non-motile GNABs (x6)

Answer 22

• Prevotella
• Bacteroides
• Porphyromonas
• Tannerella
• Fusobacterium
• Leptotrichia

Question 23

Porphyromonas

Answer 23

Porphyromonas Gingivalis

Question 24

Prevotella (x3)

Answer 24

Prevotella Nigrescens
Prevotella Intermedia
Prevotella Dentalis

Question 25

Tannerella

Answer 25

Tannerella Forsythia

Question 26

Fusobacterium

Answer 26

Fusobacterium nucleatum

Question 27

Aggregatibacter

Answer 27

Aggregatibacter Actinomycetemcomitans

Question 28

Eikenella

Answer 28

Eikenella Corrodens

Question 29

Name 2 species of Spirochaetes

Answer 29

Treponema | Borrelia

Question 30

Treponema (x3)

Answer 30

Treponema Denticola Treponema Pallidum Treponema vincentii

Question 31

Name the members of the red complex

Answer 31

Treponema Denticola Porphyromonas Gingivalis Tannerella Forsythia

Question 32

Name the members of the orange complex

Answer 32

Fusobacterium nucleatum Prevotella Intermedia Prevotella Nigrescens

Question 33

Dark-pigment producing bacteria (x3)

Answer 33

Bacteroides Porphyromonas Prevotella