Alpha beta Archea Chlamydiea Flashcards

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AlphaProteoBacteria

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Gram -

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A genus rickettsia

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obligate intra celluar parasite

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A rickettsia ricketti

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rocky spotted fever tick
can not use glucose as an energy source
-Pathogen avoids digestion in phagosome by escaping from the phagosome
shortly after phagocytosis and moving into the cytoso
-damge to blood vessles

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4
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A rickettsia prowazekil

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epidemic typhus lice

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5
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A rickettsia typhi

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murine typus flea

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6
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A Bartonella

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Human pathogen
cat scratch disease

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A Brucella

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Obligate parasite of mammals
* May be contracted from unpasteurized dairy products
* Causes brucellosis
* Survives phagocytosis by white blood cells

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A Ehrlichia

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Transmitted by ticks
* Cause ehrlichiosis

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9
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Rhizobium

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Fix nitrogen in the roots of plants

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10
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Bordetella V

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B. pertussis: causes the respiratory disease whooping
cough
Easily spread
* Infection may have complications such as pneumonia,
convulsions, and brain damage.
NON MOLITILE RODS

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N. meningitidis

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meningococcal meningitis

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12
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N. gonorrhoeae:

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cause of gonorrhea
-Males painful urination
and purulent discharge
- Females PID

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13
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Archaea

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Pseudomurein rRNA (lack peptidoglycan
Archaea are found in most ecosystems
oceans
gut, mouth, and on the skin

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14
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Methanobrevibacter smithii

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abundant methanogen in the human digestive tract

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15
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Halophiles

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Extremophiles
Require salt concentration >25%

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Thermophiles

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Extremophiles
Require growth temperature >80 C

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Methanogens

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Anaerobic and produces methane
CARBON FINAL ACCEPTOR

18
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Chlamydiae

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Gram -
obligate intracellular pathogens

19
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Chlamydophila psittaci

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respiratory issues
parrot fever
 Zoonotic

20
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Chlamydia trachomatis

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Trachoma
 STI, urethritis

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C.Trachoma Reticulate body

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metabolically active form
grows and multiplies inside host cells

22
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C.Trachoma Elementary body

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infective form
Smaller
Survives outside the cell
Induces endocytosis to infect a new host cell

23
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Trachoma

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inflammation eyelid
Scarring of the conjunctiva and cornea
Purulent discharge causes deformed eyelids

24
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Chlamydial STD Women

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PID
PCR for detection

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Chlamydial STD men
painful urination and pus discharge from penis PCR detection
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Bacteroidetes
Anaerobic Most common human normal microbiota
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Cytophaga
degrade cellulose in soil
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Cyanobacteria
Gliding motility  Fix nitrogen