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Bacte Reviewer (Anaerobic Bacteria)
Bacte Reviewer (Anaerobic Bacteria)
ANAEROBIC BACTERIA
Foul odour upon Indicators of Anaerobic Bacteria
opening an anaerobic
jar of bag
Presence of sulfur
granules
Brick-Red
Fluorescence
Absence of Superoxide
Dismutase (SOD)
Growth on Anaerobic
Culture Plate
Double Zone of
Hemolysis incubated
anaerobically
Clostridium spp.
Clostridium spp. Obligate Aerobes;
Gram (+) Spore-forming rod;
Catalase (+)
Clostridium perfringens All Clostridium spp. have Single Hemolytic Reaction, except
Clostridium perfringens All Clostridium spp. have Peritrichous flagella, except
Clostridium ranosum
Clostridium innocum
Clostridium perfringens
Gas Gangrene Bacillus Common name of Clostridium perfringens
Clostridium tetani
Tack Head Bacillus Common name of Clostridium tetani
Clostridium tetani In Culture with BAP, Colonies with matte surface with
narrow zone of B-Hemolysis
Botulism Toxin Clostridium botulinum virulence factor, and most potent toxin
known to man
Clostridium difficile
Most common cause: Antibiotic-associated diarrhoea and
Pseudomembranous Enterocolitis
LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS
● Thioglycollate Media used
● Cycloserine
Cefoxitin
Fructose Agar
(CCFA)
CULTURE MEDIA
NON-SELECTIVE CULTURE MEDIUM SELECTIVE CULTURE MEDIUM
LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS
Catalase Test Differentiate Clostridium (-) from Bacillus (+)
ACTINOBACTERIA
1. Actinomyces
2. Bifidobacterium
3. Cutibacterium
4. Eggerthella
5. Mobiluncus
Veilonella
Bacteroides fragilis R R R
Bacteroides S R S
ureolyticus
Fusobacterium S R S
Porphyromonas R S S
Veilonella S R S
TREATMENT DESCRIPTION