BIO307: Microbiology

5.5: Other Bacteria

• 5.5.1: Treponema and Leptospira

  • University of South Carolina School of Medicine: Alvin Fox's "Spirochetes and Neisseria"

    Read the sections titled "Treponema pallidum" and "Leptospirosis." The Treponema genus causes syphilis, a common sexually transmitted disease. Take advantage of the PowerPoint lecture slides as you study.
    

• 5.5.2: Vibrio and Campylobacter

  • University of South Carolina School of Medicine: Alvin Fox's "Enterobacteriaceae, Vibrio, Campylobacter, and Helicobacter"

    Read the sections titled "Vibrio Species" and "Campylobacter and Helicobacter." Vibrio cholerae causes cholera. Take advantage of the PowerPoint lecture slides as you study.
    

• 5.5.3: Chlamydia

  • University of South Carolina School of Medicine: Gene Mayer's "Chlamydia and Chlamydophila"

    Read this article on Chlamydia. Chlamydia, a common sexually transmitted disease, is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. Take advantage of the PowerPoint lecture slides as you study.
    

• 5.5.4: Mycoplasma

  • University of South Carolina School of Medicine: Gene Mayer's "Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma"

    Read this chapter, which covers Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma. All Mycoplasma species lack a cell wall. Because they lack a cell wall, they are unaffected by many antibiotics (such as penicillin) that destroy bacteria by targeting cell walls. Take advantage of the PowerPoint lecture slides as you study.
    

  • Community College of Baltimore County: Gary E. Kaiser's "Isolation and Identification of Neisseriae, Mycobacteria and Obligate Anaerobes"

    Complete this quiz. After clicking on the link above, scroll down to "Self-Quiz" at the bottom of the page. After completing the quiz return to the first page and click on "Answers" to see the correct answers. There is a detailed introduction to this assessment above the "Self-Quiz." Be sure to visit the "Results" section, also note that clicking on the links under the empty frames brings you to annotated micrographs.