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Basic bacteriology Flashcards

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Bacterial structures

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Petidoglycan, cell wall/membrane (gram pos), outer membrane (gram neg), plasma membrane, ribosome, periplasm, capsule pilus/fimbria, flagellum, spore, plasmic, glycocalyx

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Petidoglycan

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Rigid support, protects from osmotic P

- Sugar backbone, peptide side chains

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Cell wall/membrane

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Gram positives, major surface antigen

- Peptidoglycan for support, lipoteichoic acid induces TNF/IL-1

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Outer membrane

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Gram negatives, site of endotoxin (LPS), major surface antigen (O polysaccharide)
- Lipid A induces TNF/IL-1

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Plasma membrane

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Site of oxidation/transport enzymes

- Phospholipid bilayer

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Ribosome

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Protein synthesis

- 50S, 30S subunits

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Periplasm

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Gram neg; space btwn cytoplasmic membrnae and outer membrane

- Hydrolytic enzymes (B-lactamases)

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Capsule

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Protects from phagocytosis by macrophages/neutrophils

- Made of polysaccharide

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Pilus/fimbria

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Lets bacteria adhere to cell surface
(Conjugation = sex pilus btwn 2 bacteria)
- Glycoprotein

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Flagellum

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Motility

- Made of protein

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Spore

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Resistant to dehydration, heat, chemicals

- Keratin-like coat

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Plasmid

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Genes for abx resistance, enzymes, toxins

- DNA

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Glycocalyx

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Adherence to surfaces (foreign), i.e. indwelling catheters

- Polysaccharide

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Unique structure of gram negative

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Endotoxin/LPS and periplasm

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Unique structure of gram positive

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Lipoteichoic acid

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Both gram neg/pos

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Flagellum, pilus, capsule, peptidoglycan, cytoplasmic membrane

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Bacterial taxonomy

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Circular, rod, branching, pleomorphic, spiral no cell wall

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Circular

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Coccus

  • Gram +: staph, strep
  • Gram -: Neisseria
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Rod

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Bacillus

  • Gram +: Clostridium, corynebacterium, bacillus, listeria, mycobacterium (acid fast), gardernella
  • Gram -: most (enteric, respiratory, zoonotic)
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Branching filamentous

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Gram +: Actinomyces nocardia

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Pleomorphic

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Rickettsia, chlamydiae

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Spiral

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Spirochetes

- Borelia, leptospira, treponema

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No cell wall

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Mycoplasma - contain sterols, no cell wall

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Gram stain limitations

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TMMLRC - these microbes may lack real color

- Treponema, mycobaceria, mycoplasma, legionella (silver stain), rickettsia, chlamydia

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Stains

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Giemsa, PAS, Ziehl-Neelson (acid-fast), India ink (cryptococcus n), silver stain (fungi, legionella, H. pylori)

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Obligate aerobes

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Use O2-dependent system to make ATP

  • “Nagging Pests MustBreath” = Neisseria, pseudomonas, MycoBacteriumTB
  • Reactivation of TB in apices of lung (highest PO2)
  • P. aeruginosa - aerobe in burn wounds, diabetes, nosocomial/CF pneumonia
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Obligate anaerobes

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  • “Anaerobes Can’t Breathe Air” = Clostridium, Bacteriodes, Actinomyces
  • Lack catylase or SOD –> susceptible to superoxide damage
  • Nl in GI, abn everywhere else
  • Sx: Foul smelling, hard to culture, make gas in tissue
  • AminO2glycosides - ineffective bc need O2 to enter bacterial cell
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Encapsulated bacteria

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Strep pneumoniae, Hib, Neisseria meningitis, E. coli, Salmonella, Klebsiella, group B Strep (SHiNESKiS)

  • Capsules = antiphagocytic virulence factor (from macrophages/neutrophils)
  • Opsonized + cleared by spleen; asplenic pts are incr risk of infections from encapsulated bacteria
  • Give H. flu, S. pneumoniae, N. meningitis vaccines*
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Catalase-positive organisms

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Catalase degrades H2O2 before MPO can convert to bleach (ROS)
- Chronic granulomatous disease = NADPH oxidase deficiency –> recurrent infections w/ these organisms

*“PLACESS for your CATs” - pseudomonas, listeria, aspergillus, candida, E. coli, S. aureus, Serratia

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Encapsulated bacteria vaccines

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Conjugated vaccines - take polysaccharide capsule, present to/activate T cells --> class switching
- Pneumococcal, HiB, meningococcal vaccines
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Urease-positive bugs

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“CHuck Norris hates weird PUNKSS” - cryptococcus, H. pylori, proteus, ureaplasma, nocardia, klebsiella, S. epidermidis, S. saphrophyticus (epidermidis/saphrophyticus = weird staph)

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Pigment-producing bacteria

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  • Actinomyces israelii = yellow “sulfur” granules (filaments/bacteria)
  • Israel has yellow sand
  • S. aureus = yellow pigment
  • Aureus = gold
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa = blue-green pigment
  • Aerugula = green
  • Serratia marcescens = red pigment
  • Red maraschino cherries
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Bacterial virulence factors

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Promote evasion of host immune system

  • Protein A
  • IgA protease
  • M protein
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Protein A

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Virulence factor, expressed by S. aureus

- Binds Fc region of IgG, prevents opsonization/phagocytosis

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IgA protease

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Virulence factor, enzyme cleaves IgA (which regulate mucosal penetration, esp respiratory)
- SHiN = S. pneumoniae, HiB, Neisseria

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M protein

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Virulence factor, from Group A strep

- Prevents phagocytosis + complement activation

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Exotoxin features

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Some gram pos and gram negatives, secreted from cell, made of polypeptide

  • Genes in plasmid/bacteriophage
  • High toxicity –> induces antitoxicity (high-titer Abs)
  • Toxoids formed, used for vaccine
  • Not heat stable (destroyed at 60C, rapidly)

Examples: tetanus, botulism, diptheria

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Endotoxin features

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Outer cell membrane of most gram negatives (cocci and rods)

  • Genes in bacterial chromosome
  • Not secreted from cell, made of LPS (structure of bacteria = toxin when lysed)
  • Induces TNF, IL-1, IL-6 –> causes fever, shock, DIC
  • No vaccines available (bc no toxoid formed)
  • Heat stable (100C for 1 hr)

Example: meningococcemia, sepsis by gram neg rods

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Endotoxin mechanism

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Activates macrophages, complement, tissue factor

Macrophages:
- IL-1 = fever, TNF = fever/hypotension, NO = hypotension

Complement:
- C3a = hypotension, edema, C5a = neutrophil chemotaxis

Tissue factor: coag cascade/DIC

ENDOTOXIN - edema, NO, DIC/death, outer membrane(LPS), TNF-a, O-antigen, eXtremely heat stable, IL-1, Neutrophil chemotaxis

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Bacterial genetics

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Transformation, conjugation, transposition, transduction

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Transformation

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Take up naked DNA (cell lysis) from environment –> any DNA can by used

  • See in SHiN
  • Add DNAase to environment –> degrade naked DNA –> no transformation seen
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Conjugation

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F+ plasmid has genes for sex pilus/conjugation

  • Plasmid (dsDNA) = replicated/transferred through pilus of F+
  • Chromosomal genes not transfered

Hfr cell = F+ plasmid can be incorporated to bacterial chromosomal DNA
- Replication of incorporated plasmid DNA can include flanking chromosomal DNA = plasmid + chromosomal genes transfered

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Transposition

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Segment of DNA that can jump from 1 location to another –> can transfer genes from plasmid to chromosome (or vice versa)
- Can include chromosomal genes flanking –> incorporate into another bacterium

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Transduction

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Uses viral replication

  • Lytic = separate DNA w/in bacteria
  • Lysogenic = incorporated into host DNA
  • Generalized vs. specialized*
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Generalized transduction

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Generalized = packing event

  • Lytic phage (sep from host/bacterial DNA) infects bacterium –> cleaves bacterial DNA
  • Parts of bacteria can be packaged into viral capsid –> infects other bacterium, transfers genes btwn bacteria
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Specialized transduction

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Specialized = excision event

  • Lysogenic phage (in host/bacterial DNA) infects bacterium + viral DNA incorporates into bacterial chrom
  • Phage DNA excised + flanking bacterial genes excised/packaged –> infect other bacterium
  • ABCDE = shigA-like toxin, Botulinum toxin, Cholera toxin, Diptheria toxin, Erythrogenic toxin of strep pyogenes

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