Bacillus: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 14:18, 8 October 2020

Organism	Width >1 μm	Wide Zone Lecithinase	Spores Swell Sporangium	VP Test	Ferments Mannitol	Ferments Xylose	Anaerobic Growth
Bacillus anthracis	+	+	–	+	–	–	+
Bacillus cereus	+	+	–	+	–	–	+
Bacillus subtilis	–	–	–	+	+	+	–
Paenibacillus species	–	–	+	±	±	±	+

Species	Disease
Bacillus anthracis	anthrax
Bacillus cereus	food poisoning, central line infections

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+== Background ==
+=== Microbiology ===
+* Genus of non-branching, catalase [[Catalase::positive]] [[Gram stain::Gram-positive]] [[Shape::bacillus|bacilli]]
+* Often over-decolorized
+=== Identification ===
 {| class="wikitable"
+!Organism
-! Species
+!Width >1 μm
-! Disease
+!Wide Zone Lecithinase
+!Spores Swell Sporangium
+!VP Test
+!Ferments Mannitol
+!Ferments Xylose
+!Anaerobic Growth
 |-
-| [[Bacillus anthracis]]
+|[[Bacillus anthracis]]
-| anthrax
+| +
+| +
+|–
+| +
+|–
+|–
+| +
 |-
-| [[Bacillus cereus]]
+|[[Bacillus cereus]]
+| +
-| food poisoning, central line infections
+| +
+|–
+| +
+|–
+|–
+| +
+|-
+|[[Bacillus subtilis]]
+|–
+|–
+|–
+| +
+| +
+| +
+|–
+|-
+|[[Paenibacillus species]]
+|–
+|–
+| +
+|±
+|±
+|±
+| +
+|}
+== Clinical Presentation ==
+{| class="wikitable"
+!Species
+!Disease
+|-
+|[[Bacillus anthracis]]
+|anthrax
+|-
+|[[Bacillus cereus]]
+|food poisoning, central line infections
 |}