USMLE Step 1 Mnemonics-Microbiology (Bacteria) 100% SOLVED

USMLE Step 1 Mnemonics-Microbiology (Bacteria) 100% SOLVED Gram Stain Limitations - ANSThese Rascals May Microscopically Lack Color Treponema (too thin) Rickettsia (intracellular) Mycobacteria (high lipid content in cell wall) Mycoplasma (no cell wall) Legionella pneumo (intracellular) Chlamydia (intracellular, no muramic acid in cell wall) Giemsa Stain - ANSCertain Bugs Really Try my Patience Chlamydia, Borrelia, Rickettsiae, Trypanosomes, Plasmodium PAS (periodic acid shiff) Stain - ANSstains glycogen; PASs the sugar Special Culture Requirements - ANSFungi--Sabouraud's Agar; "Sabs a fun guy" Bordatella--Bordet Obligate aerobes - ANSNagging Pests Must Breathe Nocardia, Pseudomonas, Mycobacterium tub, Bacillus Obligate anaerobes - ANSanaerobes Can't Breathe Air Clostridium, Bacteroides, Actinomyces AminOglycosides don't work--because these ab