Non-Sporeforming

Anaerobes

Non-Sporeforming

Anaerobes

Stains gram-variable or gram-negative, but not a gram-negative cell wall

Non-Sporeforming

Anaerobes (cont.)

Most Common

Sites of Anaerobic

Infection

Characteristics of

Anaerobic Infection

Characteristic Clinical Signs of

Anaerobic Infection

Anaerobic Gram-Positive

Non-Sporeforming

Bacterial Infections

Gram-Positive

Non-sporeforming

Anaerobes

NOTE: Figure legend in text

indicates that each of these organisms is a bacillus (i.e., rod- shaped). This is INCORRECT.

Peptostreptococcus is, as the name indicates, a coccus.

Diseases Associated with Anaerobic Gram-Positive Bacilli