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Bacterial structure Flashcards

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cell wall - chemical composition

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peptidoglican: sugar back bone with peptide side side chains cross-linked by transpeptidase

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cell wall - function

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  1. gives rigid support
  2. protects against osmotic pressure
  3. major surface antigen
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lipotechoic acid –>

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induce TNF and IL-1

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lipotechoic acid - area

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Gram-positive bacteria

anchored to cytoplasmic membrane –> through the cell wall

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bacteria with outer membrane / function / structure

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gram (-)

function: 1. site of endotoxin (LPS) 2. major antigen surface (outer membrane proteins) 3. porins: transport accross outer membrane
structure: outer leaflet (endotoxins and embedded proteins), inner leaflet (phospholipids)

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LPS - is composed by

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Lippid A (inner)
O polysaccharide (outer)
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LPS - function

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Lipid A –> induce TNF and IL-1

O polysaccharide –> antigen

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bacteria with LPS (and location)

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gram (-) (outer membrane)

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bacterial plasma membrane - structure

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phospholipid bilayer with embedded proteins (penicillin-binding proteins) and other enzymes 
lipotechoic acid (only gram +)
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bacterial plasma membrane - function

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site of oxidative and transport enzyme

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function of ribosomes / composed by (in bacteria)

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protein synthesis (50s and 30s)

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bacterial periplasm?

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space between the cytoplasmic membrane and outer membrane in gram (-) bacteria (peptidoglycan in middle)

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bacterial periplasm function

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contains many hydrolytic enzymes, including β-Lactamases

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Pilus/firia function

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  1. mediate adherence of bacteria to cell surface

2. sex pilus forms attachment between 2 bacteria during conjunction

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Pilus/firia - chemical composition

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glycoprotein

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bacterial spore - characteristics

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resistant to dehydration, heat and chemicals

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bacterial spore - chemical composition

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  1. keratin like - coat
  2. dipicolinic acid
  3. peptidoglycan
  4. DNA
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plasmid contain variety of genes for

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  1. antibiotic resistance
  2. enzymes
  3. toxins
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bacterial capsule - function

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protects against phagocytosis

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bacterial capsule - chemical composition

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Organized, discrete polysaccharide layer except Bacillus antrhacis wich contains D-glutamate

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bacterial capsule - Organized, discrete polysaccharide layer (except Bacillus antrhacis wich contains D-glutamate

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Bacillus antrhacis wich contains D-glutamate

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bacterial glycocalyx - function

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mediates adherence to surfaces, especially foreign surface

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bacterial glycocalyx mediates adherence to surfaces, especially foreign surface - example

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indwelling catheters

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bacterial glycocalyx is composed by

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a loose network of polysaccharides

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bacterial structure - what is unique for gram (+)

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Lipotechoic acid

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bacterial structure - what is unique for gram (-)

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  1. Porins on outer mambrane
  2. outer membrane
  3. endotoxin/LPS
  4. periplasmic space
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gram + with endotoxin/LPS

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Listeria monocytogenes

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flagellum - gram + or - ? / function / chemical composition ?

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both
function: motility
chemical composition: protein

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peptidoclycan is AKA

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murein

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bacterial taxonomy - groups according to morphology

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  1. spherical (coccus)
  2. rob (bacillus)
  3. Branching filamentous
  4. Pleomorphic
  5. spiral
  6. no cell wall
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bacterial taxonomy - spherical and rob AKA

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spherical –> coccus

rob –> bacillus

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bacterial taxonomy - gram + coccus

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  1. staphylococcus

2. streptococcus

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bacterial taxonomy - gram - coccus

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  1. Moraxella catarrhalis

2. Neisseria

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bacterial taxonomy - gram negative robs are divided to (according to their action/origin)

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  1. enterics
  2. respiratory
  3. zoonotic
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bacterial taxonomy - branching filamentous bugs and gram?

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gram +

  1. actinomyces
  2. nocardia
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bacterial taxonomy - pleomorphic - gram and bugs ?

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gram -

  1. chlamydiae
  2. Rickettsiae
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bacterial taxonomy - spiral - bags and gram?

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gram -

spirochetes (Borrelia, Leptospira, Treponema)

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respiratory gram negative robs?

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  1. Bordetella
  2. Haemophilus
  3. Legionella
  4. Burkholderia cepacia
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zoonotin gram negative robs?

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  1. Bartonella
  2. Brucella
  3. Francisella
  4. Pasteurella
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bacterial taxonomy - no cell walls

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  1. Mycoplasma

2. ureoplasma

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bacteria with no cell wall - special characteristic

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contain sterols, which do not gram stain

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how do bacterial cell membranes differ from mammalian cell membranes

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Bacterial cell membranes lack sterols (except Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma)

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Gram stain limitations for bugs means

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these bugs do not gram stain well

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Gram stain limitations - bugs?

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Mnemonic: These Microbes May Lack Real Color 
Treponema (and leptospura) 
Mycobacteria (and ureoplasma) 
Legionella pneumonophila 
Rickettsia 
Chlamydia 
(+ BARTONELLA, ehrlichia, anaplasma)
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Gram stain limitations - treponema - mechanism

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too thin to be visualized

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Gram stain limitations - Mycoplasma - mechanism

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no cell wall

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Gram stain limitations - legionella pneumophila - mechanism

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primarily intracellular

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Gram stain limitations - Rickettsia - mechanism

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intracellular parasite

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Gram stain limitations - Chlamydia - mechanism

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  1. intracellular parasite

2. lacks classic peptidoglycan because of low muramic acid

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how to see treponemes

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dark field microscopy
and
fluorescent antibody staining

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microbiology - types of stains

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  1. Giemsa
  2. PAS
  3. Ziehl-Neelsen
  4. India INK
  5. Silver stain
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Giemsa stain - microbes?

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Mnemonic - Certain Bugs Really TRY my Patience 
Chlamydia 
Borrelia
Rickettsia 
TRYpanosomes 
Plasmodium
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PAS stain? (means) / (which substance)

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periodic acid-Schiff

  1. glycogen
  2. mucopolysaccharides
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PAS is used to

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diagnose Whipple disease (Tropheryma Whipplei)

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Ziehl-Neelsen (carbol fuschin) stains

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Acid-Fast bacteria (Nocardia, Mycobaceria) and protozoa (Cryptosporidium oocysts)

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protozoa that are stained by Ziehl-Neelsen

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Cryptosporidium oocysts

57
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Ziehl-Neelsen - alternative stain?

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auramine - rhbamine stain

58
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auramine - rhbamine stain is Ziehl-Neelsen alternative for … (why)

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screening (inexpensive, more sensitive but less specific)

59
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mycobacteria - special characteristic of the structure (and clinical relevance)

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cell wall are high in mycolic acid - detected by carbolfuchin in acid-fast stain

60
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india ink stains

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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Cryptococcus neoformans is stained by

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  1. India ink

2. Mucicarmine

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Cryptococcus neoformans - mucicarimine - mechanism

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stain thick polysaccharide capsule red

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silver stain is used to stain

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  1. Fungi (eg. Pneumocytosis)
  2. Legionella
  3. Helicobacter pylori
64
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Special culture requirements - H. influenza - media (and its contains)?

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Chocolate agar - Factor V (NAD+) and X (hematin)

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Special culture requirements - Neisseria - media (and its contains)?

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Thayer - Martin - vancomicin , trimethoprim, colistin , nystatin

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Thayer - Martin contains … (and action)

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  1. vancomicin –> inhibits gram (+)
  2. trimethoprim
  3. colistin –> inhibits gram (-) except Neisseria
  4. nystatin –> inhibits fungi
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Special culture requirements -Bordetella Pertussis - media (and its contains)?

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  1. Bordet-Gengou agar (potato)

2. Regan-Lowe medium (Charcoal, blood, antibiotic)

68
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Special culture requirements - Corynebacterium diphtheriae - media ?

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Tellurite agar and Loffler medium

69
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Special culture requirements - Mycoplasma Pneumoniae - media (and its contains)?

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Eaton agar –> cholesterol (because Mycoplasma requires sterols)

70
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Mycoplasma - special charactersitics

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no cell wall

contains sterols

71
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Special culture requirements - Lactose-fermenting enterics - media?

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MacConkey agar

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MacConkey agar - mechanism

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Lactose fermenting enterics –> fermentation produce acid causing colonies to turn PINK

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Special culture requirements - E-coli - media?

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  1. Eosin methylene blue (EMB) agar

2. it also lactose fermenting (not all strains)

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E-coli in Eosin methylene blue agar –>

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colonies with green metallic sheen

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Special culture requirements - Legionella - media?

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charcoal yeast extract agar buffered with cysteine and iron

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Special culture requirements - Fungi - media?

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Sabouraud agar

77
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Bordet-gengou agar - bugs

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Bordetella Pertussis

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Special culture requirements - Mycobabterium Tuberculosis - media?

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Lowenstein-Jensen agar

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media with charcoal, blood, antibiotis (and bugs)

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Regan-Powe medium - Bordetella Pertussis

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Sabouraud agar - bugs

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Chocolate agar - contains and bugs

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contains V (NAD+) and X (hematin)
H. influenzae
82
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potato agar? (and bug)

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Bordet-Gengou agar

Bordetella Pertussis

83
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colonies with green metallic sheen - media and bug

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Eosin methylene blue (EMB) agar

E-coli

84
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charcoal yeast extract agar buffered with cysteine and iron - bug?

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Legionella

85
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bacteria are divided to … (according to O2 use)

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  1. aerobes

2, anaerobes

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aerobes bacteria - mechanism

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use an O2 dependent system to generate ATP

87
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aerobes bacteria - examples (3)

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  1. Nocardia
  2. Pseudomonas
  3. Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
88
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factors that induce M. Tuberculosis reactivation

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  1. immunocompromise

2. TNF-α inhibitors

89
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Reactivation of M. Tuberculosis has a predilection for the …. (location) (why)

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apices of the lung, which have the highest PO2

90
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anaerobe bacteria - examples (4)

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  1. fusobacterium
  2. Clostiridium
  3. Bacteroids
  4. Actinomyces
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anaerobe bacteria lack ….. and thus ….

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catalase and/or superoxide dismutase and thus susceptible to oxidative damage

92
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anaerobes - smelling (and mechanism)

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foul smeling - short (volatile short-chain fatty acids)

93
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anaerobes - culturing

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very difficult

94
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anaerobes prodce

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gas in tissue (CO2 and H2)

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anaerobes in the body

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normal flora in GI tract

typically pathogenic elsewhere else

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anaerobes and aminoglycosides

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aminoglycosides are ineffective against anaerobes because these antibiotics require 02 to enter into bacterial cell

97
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Intracellular bugs are divided to

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  1. Obligate intracellular

2. Facultive intracellular

98
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Obligate intracellular bugs - characteristic and bugs

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rely on host ATP

  1. Rickettsia
  2. Chlamydia
  3. Coxiella
99
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Facultive intracellular - bugs?

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  1. Salmonella 2. Neisseria 3. Brucella 4. Mycobacterium

5. Listeria 6. Francisella 7. Legionella 8. Yersinia pestis

100
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Encapsuled bacteria - examples

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  1. Streptococcus pneumoniae
  2. Haemophilus influenzae type B
  3. Neisseria meningitidis
  4. E. coli
  5. Salmonella
  6. Klebsiella pneumoniae
  7. group B strep
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Encapsuled bacteria - their capsule serve as an

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anthiphagocytic viruence factor

102
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Encapsuled bacteria - clinically relevance

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  1. capsule + protein conjugate serves an as antigen in vaccines
  2. Are opsonized and then cleared by spleen (so increased risk for severe infection in asplenics)
103
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Encapsuled bacteria - asplenic

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asplenic have decreased opsonizing ability and thus high risk for severe infections

104
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asplenic patients - vaccines?

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  1. S. pneumoniae
  2. H. influenzae type B
  3. N. meningitidis
105
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Encapsuled bacteria - vaccines mechanism

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Some vaccines containing polysaccharide capsule antigens are conjugated to a carrier protein, enchancing immunogenicity by promoting T-cell activation and subsequent class switching.

106
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asplenic patients - vaccines - structure

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  1. S. pneumoniae –> PCV conjugate, PPSV non congugate
  2. H. influenzae type B–> conjugate
  3. N. meningitidis –> conjugate
107
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S pneumoniae - vaccines and structure

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PCV - pneumonococcal congugate vaccine (Prevnar)

PPSV - pneumonococcal polysaccharide vaccine with no congugate protein (Pneumovax)

108
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Urease-positive organisms / action of urease

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  1. Cryptococcus
  2. H. pylori
  3. Proteus
  4. Ureoplasma
  5. Nocardia
  6. Klebsiella
  7. S. epidermidis
  8. S. saprophyticus
    UREA –> ammonia + CO2 (high ph) –> ammoniun magnesium phosphate stone
109
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bacterial catalase - mechanism

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degrades H2O2 into H20 and bubbles of O2 before it can be converted to microbicidal products products by the enzyme peroxidase

110
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Chronic granoulomatous disease - pathophysiology

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NADPH oxidase deficiency

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NADPH oxidase - action

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O2 + NADPH –> NADP+ + O2- (superoxide anion)

112
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people with Chronic granoulomatous disease have recurrent infection of with …. (why)

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CATALASE + organism
even without NADPH they can convert H2O2 produced by bacteria
CATALASE + organism degrade their H2O2

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CATALASE + organism - examples

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PLACESS (+ nocardia, H. pylori, B. cepacia

  1. Staphylococci 2. E-coli 3. Candida
  2. Serratia 5. Listeria 6. Aspergillus
  3. Pseudomonas 8. Nocardia
114
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Catalase + non bacterial organisms?

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  1. Candida

2. Aspergillus

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Pigmented - producing bacteria / pigmented?

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  1. Staphylococcus aureus –> yellow
  2. Pseudomonas aeroginosa –> blue green
  3. Serratia marcencens –> red
  4. Actinomyces israelli –> yellow “sulfur” granules
116
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Bacterial virulence factors - action

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promote evasion of host immune response

117
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Bacterial virulence factors - types

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  1. Protein A
  2. IgA protease
  3. M protein
118
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Bacterial virulence factors - Protein A is expressed by

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Staphylococcus aureus

119
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Bacterial virulence factors - Protein A?

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Binds Fc region of IgG –> prevent opsonization and phagocytosis

120
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Bacterial virulence factors - IgA protease is secreted by

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  1. S. pneumoniae
  2. H. influenzae type B
  3. Neisseria
121
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Bacterial virulence factors - IgA protease - action

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enzyme that cleaves IgA, in order to colonize respiratory mucossa

122
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Bacterial virulence factors - M Protein is expressed by

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group A streptococci

123
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Bacterial virulence factors - M Protein - action

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Helps prevent phagocytosis

124
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Bacterial virulence factors - M Protein - clinical relevance

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Share similar epitopes to human cellular proteins (protein mimicry –> possibly underlines the autoimmune response in acute rheumatic fever

125
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Bacterial virulence factors - types and expression by

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  1. Protein A –> S. aureus
  2. IgA protease –> S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae type B, Neisseria
  3. M protein –> group A streptococci
126
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Type III secretion system is AKA

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injectisome

127
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Type III secretion system (injectisome)

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'’Needle-like’’ protein appendage facilitating direct delivery of toxins from certain gram (-) bacteria INTO eukaryotic host cell

128
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Type III secretion system (injectisome) - which bacteria (and example)

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certain gram (-) bacteria 
example: pseudomonas, Salmonella, Shigella, E-coli
129
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spore forming bacteria - bugs and diseases

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  1. Bacillus antrhacis –> antrax
  2. Bacillus cereus –> Food poisoning
  3. Clostiridium botulinum –> botulism
  4. Clostiridium difficile –> Antibiotic associated colitis
  5. Clostiridium perfingess –> gas gangrene
  6. Clostiridium tetani –> tetanus
130
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Some bacteria can form spores at the (phase)

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end of stationary phase when nutrients are limited

131
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How to kill spores

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Must autoclave to potentially kill spores (as in done to surgical equipment by streaming at 121 C for 15 min

132
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bacterial spore - chemical composition

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  1. keratin like - coat
  2. dipicolinic acid
  3. peptidoglycan
  4. DNA
133
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Properties of growth media - explain

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  1. Selective media 2. Indicator (differential) media

The same type of media can posses both or neither of these properties

134
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Selective media - function

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Favors the growth of particular organism while preventing growth of other organism

135
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Indicator (differential) media

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yields a color change in responde to the medatbolsum of certain organism

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