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    Meanings of Bacterial Names 

     


    Anthrax Coal
    Clostridia Spindle
    Hemophilus Blood Loving
    Diptheros Leather
    Gonorrhoea Flow of seed
    Staphyle Bunch of grapes
    Streptos Twisted
    Coryne Club
    Leptas Fine or thin
    Chlamys Mantle
    Proteus Pleomorphism

     
     
    Alternate Names for Organisms 
    K. Pneumoniae Friedlander’s bacillus
    H.Aegypticus Koch-weeks bacillus
    Salmonella Eberth Gaffky Bacillus/ Ebarthella
    M. Paratuberculosis Johne bacillus
    Coryne bacterium Pseudo- Tuberculosis Preisz- nocard Bacillus
    Pseudomonas pseudomallei Whitmore Bacillus
    C. Diptheriae Klebs- Loeffler’s Bacillus
    Mycoplasma Eaton Agent
    Battey’s Bacillus M.Intracellulare
    M. Tuberculosis Koch’s Bacillus

     
     
    Shape of Organism 
    Safety pin appearance a) Plague b) Donovania granulomatis
    Meningococci Half moon
    Gonococci Kidney
    Pneumococci Lanceolate
    Cl. Tetani Drumstick
    Cl. Welchii Spindle
    Rabies Virus Bullet

     
     
    Basis for Typing of Organisms
    Cholera Voges- Proskauer test and Hemolytic activity
    Streptococci Carbohydrate ( Lancefield classification) (A.P.P.G.E)
    Diptheria Bacteriophage
    Salmonella Structural formulae of H &O Antigen
    Staphylococci Bacteriophage
    Pneumococci Antigenic nature of capsular polysaccharide ( Specific soluble substance)
    Enterobacteriae Lactose fermentation
    Yersinia. Reduction of Nitrates and fermentation of glycerol
    Neisseria Sugar reaction

 


 

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