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Bacteria as causes of diseases Flashcards

1
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What is the resolving power of the naked eye

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100 micrometers

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2
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What is the resolving power of a light microscope

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0.2 micrometer

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Nomenclature of bacteria

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Genus followed by species name

e.g. Staphylococcus (genus) aureus (species)

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4
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Define pathogen

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Organism that causes disease

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5
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Define commensals

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Organism which colonises the host but causes no disease in normal circumstances

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6
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Define Opportunist Pathogen

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Microbe that only causes disease if host defences are compromised

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7
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Define Virulence/Pathogenicity

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The degree to which a given organism is pathogenic

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8
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Define asymptomatic carriage

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When a pathogen is carried harmlessly at a tissue site where it causes no disease

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9
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What does Trypanosoma Gambiense cause

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Sleeping sickness

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10
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What do entamoeba histolytic cause

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Amoebic dysentery

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11
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What are trypanosomes and entamoeba examples of

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Eukaryotic cells

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12
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What does Borrellia recurrent cause

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recurring fever

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13
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What does Borrellia Burgdorferi cause

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Lyme disease

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14
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What does treponema palladium cause

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Syphillis

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15
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What are Borrellia and Treponema palladium

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Spiral bacteria

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16
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What does rotavirus cause

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Vomiting and Diarrhea

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17
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What areas are open to bacteria

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ALL mucosal surfaces
Skin
Beginning of urethra
Kidneys
Colon 
Mouth
Eyes
Anus
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18
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Are the lungs prone to bacterial colonisation

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No, they should be sterile

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19
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What two shapes are most bacteria found in

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Round (cocci)

Rod-shaped (bacilli)

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20
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How do gam stains help identify bacteria

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Divides them into either gram positive or negative bacteria

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21
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How do we know what bacteria is gram positive

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Stains purple

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22
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How do we know what bacteria is gram negative

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Stains pink

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23
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What are two cocci gram positive bacteria called

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diplococcus

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24
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What is a vibrio

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Curved rod

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25
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What is a spirochaete

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A spiral rod

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26
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Examples of spiral rods

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Borrellia and Treponema palladium

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27
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Describe the structure of a bacteria

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In order:

  1. Inner membrane
  2. Outer membrane
  3. Cell wall
  4. Capsule
    - ——
  5. Single chromosome of circular double stranded DNA free floating
  6. Pilli projecting from outermsmbrane into area (leg-like projections)
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28
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What bacteria has a double membrane

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Gram negative

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29
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What bacteria has a single membrane

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Gram positive

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30
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role of pilli

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Used to attach to the host

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31
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Role of capsule

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Protect from immune system/complement system

Difficult for immune system to recognise bacteria

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32
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Structure of a gram positive bacteria envelope

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  1. Single cytoplasmic membrane
  2. Layer of peptidoglycan attached to outer part of cytoplasmic membrane
  3. Capsule
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33
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What binds the peptidoglycan layer to the membrane of a gram positive bacteria

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Lipoteichoic acid

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34
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Structure of gram negative envelope

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  1. Inner membrane
  2. THIINNER peptidoglycan sheet
  3. Lipoproteins
  4. Outer membrane
  5. A lipopolysaccharide layer (Endotoxin)
  6. Capsule
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35
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What are the spaces found between the lipoproteins called

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Periplasmic space

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36
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What is the role of the lipopolysaccharide layer

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It is a PAMP so can trigger immune response

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37
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Temperature range for bacteria survival

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between -80 and 80 degrees

38
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Temperature range for spores

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120 degrees

39
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pH of bacterial environment

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<4

above 9

40
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Define desiccation

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Process of extracting moisture

41
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Desiccation survival time for bacteria

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2hrs - 3months

42
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What lightwave can some bacteria survive

43
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What bacteria can survive radiation

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Radmococcus by surviving on uranium

44
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Doubling time for most viruses

45
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What environment allows microbes to double faster

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Broth or media

46
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How long does it take to diagnose conditions caused by mycobacterium

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6-8 weeks (a LOT longer than other viruses and bacteria)

47
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Describe the growth curve of bacteria

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  1. Lag (slow growth - bacteria getting used to the environment and changing metabolic pathways and producing nutrients)
  2. Exponential (rapid increase in colony numbers)
  3. Stationary (nutrients run out and competition increases + toxic compounds produced)
48
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What is an ENDOTOXIN

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Component of the outer membrane of bacteria (lipopolysaccharide)

49
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Define an EXOTOXIN

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Secreted proteins of gram positive and gram negative bacteria

50
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Consequence of an endotoxic shock

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Inflammation response

51
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Example of an exotoxin

52
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Example of an endotoxin

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Lipopolysaccharide

53
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Exotoxin vs Endotoxin (specific or non-specific action)

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Exotoxin - Specific

Endotoxin - Non-specific

54
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How does heat effect exotoxins vs endotoxins

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Exotoxins - inactivate

Endotoxins - not effected

55
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Extent to how well exotoxins and endotoxins work as an antigen

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Exotoxin - strong

Endotoxin - weak

56
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What bacteria produces exotoxins

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Gram Positive

Gram Negative

57
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What bacteria produces Endotoxins

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Gram Negative (LPS)

58
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Can we use an endotoxin as a toxoid

59
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Can we use an exotoxin as a toxoid

60
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Three ways DNA can mutate

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Base substitution
Deletion
Insertion

61
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How many base pairs does bacterial chromosome consist of

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2-4 x 10^3 Kb

62
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Other than bacterial chromosome, where else is DNA found

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Bacterial plasmids

63
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How many bases are found in plasmid DNA

64
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What are Plasma DNA

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Autonomously repeated packets of DNA that are shared between different bacteria (needed for adaptations - e.g. resistance)

65
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How are plasmids shared between different types of bacteria

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  1. Tra locus contains pilin and regulatory genes which form pili
  2. Conjugation is initiated by a signal the relaxes enzyme creates nick in one of the strands of the conjugative plasmid.
  3. Nicked strand is unwound
  4. Strand is replicated
66
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Why is a plasmid called an episome

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It can integrate itself on bacterial chromosome by homologous recombination

67
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Why can some of the host’s genes be donated to the recipient

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Because plasmids may have replicated genes from host’s DNA

68
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What three ways are genes spread between bacteria

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  1. Transformation via plasmids
  2. Transduction via Bacteriaphages
  3. Conjugation via sex pilus
69
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What are bacteriophages and how do they spread DNA between bacteria

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  1. Viruses that infect bacteria

2. Spread DNA as they jump from one bacteria to the next

70
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What is an obligate intracellular bacteria

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Parasites that can’t reproduce outside their host cell

71
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Three obligate intracellular bacteria

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  1. Rickettsia
  2. Chlamydia
  3. Coxiella
72
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How do we distinguish between enterobacteriacae and other forms of bacteria

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Add lactose fermenter solution to agar plate (should be able to ferment them)

73
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Name three types of enterobacteriacae

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  1. E. coli
  2. Klebsiella
  3. Enterobacter
  4. Citrobacter
74
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What can cause problems when trying to detect lactose-fermenting bacteria

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  1. Some are late-lactose fermenters
75
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How do we detect late-lactose fermenters

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Positive ONPG test

76
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Two examples of late-lactose fermentors

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Serratia

Citrobacter

77
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5 examples of lactose non-fermentors

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  1. Salmonella
  2. Shigella
  3. Yesrinia
  4. Proteus
  5. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
78
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Name an anaerobic gram negative bacteria

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Bacteroides (B. fragilis)

79
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What are coliform

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rod-shaped gram-negative non-spore bacteria

80
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What are Vibrio bacteria

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Gram negative, curved-rod shaped

81
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What type of bacteria is Helicobacter

82
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What type of bacteria is salmonella

83
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How can motility help distinguish bacteria

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We can see motility patterns showing up on the agar

84
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How can we detect if Proteus mirabilis is present on a petri dish

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Concentric circles formed by swimming

85
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What type of bacteria is Proteus

86
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Role of the oxidase test

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Tests if micro-organisms contain cytochrome oxidase or indophenol oxidase

87
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What is a redox indicator

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an indicator which undergoes a definite color change at a specific electrode potential.

88
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Give an example of a redox indicator used in the oxidase test

89
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When oxidised state, what colour is TMPD

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Dark blue or maroon

90
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What does the oxidised state mean

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Organism is able to use oxygen as terminal electron acceptor

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