It is also known as Comma-shape or Curved bacillus

Not a human microbiota, facultatively anaerobic and monotrichous organisms.

Where can Vibrio be found?

Vibrio can be isolated from what?

Vibrio are halophilic organisms except for ___________________.

What is the mode of acquisition of Vibrio?

What are the diseases/infections that can be caused by Vibrio?

What are the common isolates of Vibrio?

Describe the appearance of Vibrio under the microscope

It is the causative agent of cholera

What is the common cause of cholera?

It is an acute diarrheal infection that is mainly spread through contaminated water sources.

What is the hallmark of cholera?

V. cholerae O1 caused ____________, while non-O1 strain causes ____________.

It is a protein toxin produced mainly by Vibrio cholerae O1 strain

Describe the motility of Vibrio cholerae

Second most common Vibrio species that is associated with gastroenteritis

It was the etiologic agent of the outbreak of “summer diarrhea” in Japan in 1950

What is the selective medium for Vibrio parahaemolyticus?

Known as the “ lactose-positive” Vibrio species

Second to V. cholerae as the cause of a severe Vibrio-associated infections.

What are the infections caused by Vibrio vulnificus?

Vibrio species that is commonly isolated and is considered as the least pathogenic to humans

Vibrio alginolyticus is a ____________ that requires a medium with 1% to 10% NaCl.

What are infections caused by Vibrio alginolyticus?

What are the laboratory test for Vibrio?

What is the transport medium for the culture of vibrio?

What is the Enrichment media for V.cholerae?

What are the Culture media used in the Laboratory diagnosis of Vibrio?

-Species are found in fresh, estuarine, and chlorinated water -Not part of human microbiota and glucose fermenters

-Motile with single polar flagellum and facultatively anaerobic -May cause traveller’s diarrhea similar to ETEC

It is the causative agent of “red leg” disease in amphibians

What are the human infections caused by aeromonas?

Give out atleast 3 species of Campylobacter

Give out the Enteric CAMPYLOBACTER

What is the mode of acquision of Campylobacter?

What is the optimum temperature for the growth of Campylobacter jejuni?

What is the motility of Campylobacter jejuni?

-They are slow-growing, fastidious and asaccharolytic organism -Has darting motility and is unable to grow with high salt concentration.

Campylobacter jejuni is the most common cause of what?

-Most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis -Causes septic arthritis among AIDS patients

This specie of Campylobacter causes bacteremia and is rarely associated with gastrointestinal illness

What are the specimens used in the laboratory diagnosis of Campylobacter?

What are the Laboratory Diagnosis for Campylobacter?

What is the recommended counterstain for the microscopy of Campylobacter?

Result of Hanging drop preparation in the laboratory diagnosis of Campylobacter

What are the selective media used in in the culture of Campylobacter?

What is the transport medium used in the culture of Campylobacter?

Describe the flagella of Campylobacter

Describe the flagella of Helicobacter

Describe Helicobacter under the microscope

What is the routes of transmission of Helicobacter?

Give out atleast 3 species of Helicobacter

They are found in the mucous layer of the antrum and fundus of the stomach but does not penetrate the gastric epithelium

What does Helicobacter pylori bind with?

What is the primary habitat of Helicobacter pylori?

-Major cause of type B gastritis, peptic ulcer, and gastric carcinoma -Found in the mucous layer of the antrum and fundus of the stomach but does not penetrate the gastric epithelium

These species have been isolated from the blood of patients with bacteremia and recovered from blood of homosexual males with or without HIV

What are the specimens used in the laboratory diagnosis of Helicobacter?

What is the best specimen for the culture of H. pylori?

True/False: Gastric tissue in the culture of Helicobacter pylori should be maintained at 4 deg.cent and processed within 2 hours of collection

In the laboratory diagnosis of helicobacter, what is utilized for ammonia testing?

What are the laboratory diagnosis for Helicobacter?

What are the stains for biopsy specimen in Helicobacter?

True/False: In the gram stain of Helicobacter, 0.1% basic fuchsin counterstain DOES NOT enhances morphology

Helicobacter pylori is susceptible to what?

What are the other tests for Helicobacter aside from culture and gram stain?

Agar dilution using MHA with 5% sheep’s blood incubated at microaerophilic condition and read after 3 days

It is the sensitive method of detecting H. pylori

What are the transport medium for the culture of Helicobacter?

In the culture of Helicobacter, how long should the incubation be in a capnophilic environment?

What are the selective media used in Helicobacter?