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Bacteria and Archaea Flashcards

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Diplococci (pairs)

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bacteria: Neisseria gonorrhoeae
disease: Gonorrhea

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Streptococci (chains)

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bacteria: Streptococcus pyogenes
disease: Strep throat

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Staphylococci (grape-like cluster)

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bacteria: Staphylococcus aureus
disease: boils

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rod-shaped bacteria

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Listeria monocytogenes and Haemophilus influenza

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cholera

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vibrio cholera (single polar flagellum)

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Borreliaburgdoferi

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Lyme disease

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Borrelia hermsii

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relapsing fever

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Campylobacter (pairs)

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diarrhea

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Treponema pallidum

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syphilis

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Pleomorphic bacteria

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CDW cell wall-deficient bacteria

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mycopLAsma

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pleomorphic bacteria (no cell wall)
resistant to antibiotics that inhibit cell wall synthesis

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what is the best method for bacterial fixation

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methanol fixation

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acid-fast chain is used in the diagnosis of

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Tuberculosis

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acid-fast stain is used to diffrentiate between

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Mycobacteria

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acid-fast stain is used to diffrentiate between

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Mycobacteria

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acid-fast stain is used to differentiate between

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Mycobacterium and any other bacterium

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how can we test for bacteria motility

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1- semisolid agar or stabbing method
motile organisms will grow away from the stab line
2- hanging-drop method

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the size of colonies is determined by

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the organism’s rate of growth (generation time)

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Obligate aetobes

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Mycobacteria

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Microaerophilic aerobes

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Campylobacter

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facultative Anaerobes

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staphylococci and streptococci

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main elements (nutritional requirements) for all bacteria

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C, H, O, S, P, N

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Rickettsias

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unique bacteria
gram-negative
All the diseases it causes involve production of rash

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Chlamydias

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unique bacteria
Gram-negative
obligate intracellular pathogens

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Chlamydia trachomatis

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Trachoma → causes blindness
Conjunctivitis (also eye disease)
Nongonococcal urethritis (NGU, STD)

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Mycoplasma (M. pneumoniae)

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atypical pneumonia

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M. genitalium (mycoplasma)

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NGU

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human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) is caused by

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Ehrlichia chaffeensis:

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human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) is caused by

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Anaplasma

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example on oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria

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cyanobacteria

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