Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
peptidoglycan
- sugar backbone with peptide side chains crosslinked by transpeptidase
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
cell wall/cell membrane (gram +)
- peptidoglycan for support. Lipoteichoic acid induces TNF & IL-1
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
outer membrane (gram -)
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
plasma membrane
- lipoprotein bilayer
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
ribosome
- 50S & 30S subunits
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
periplasm
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
capsule
- polysaccharide (except Bacillus anthracis, which contains D-glutamate)
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
pilus/fimbria
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
flagellum
- protein
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
spore
- keratin-like coat; dipicolinic acid; peptidoglycan
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
plasmid
Bacterial structures: function & chem composition
glycocalyx
Bacterial taxonomy morphology:
circular (coccus)
Bacterial taxonomy morphology:
Rod (bacillus)
Bacterial taxonomy morphology:
branching filamentous
Bacterial taxonomy morphology:
pleomorphic
Bacterial taxonomy morphology:
spiral
Bacterial taxonomy morphology:
no cell wall
Bacteria c unusual cell membranes/walls
2. mycobacteria-contain mycolic acid, high lipid content
gram stain limitations:
six bugs
These bugs do not Gram stain well:
These bugs do not Gram stain well because:
Treponema-
too thin to be visualized
-dark-field microscopy & fluorescent antibody staining
These bugs do not Gram stain well because:
Rickettsia
intracellular parasite
These bugs do not Gram stain well because:
Mycobacteria
high lipid content in cell wall detected by cardolfuchsin in acid-fast stain
These bugs do not Gram stain well because:
Mycoplasma
no cell wall