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Bakteriologie (Subject) / Cocci (Lesson)

Staphyloccocus, Streptococcus, Micrococcus, Lactobacillus

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  • S. pneumoniae diseases pneumonia (human, guinea pig, rat) meningitis
  • Micrococcus pigments yellow, pink, orange
  • Micrococcus biochemistry catalase + oxidase + fermentative 
  • micrococcus culture obligate aerobic
  • micrococcus pathogenicity saprophytic
  • enterococcus habitat intestinal tract of animals and man
  • enterococcus morphology some isolates are motile
  • Enterococcus Culture grow on MacConkey agar (red pin-point colonies) tolerate bile salts 10-45°C pH 9,6 alpha-haemolysis
  • enterococcus pathogenicity mainly saprophytes E. faecalis, faecium, E. avium, E. gallinarium sometimes cause endocarditis and abscesses
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