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Bio 101 Flashcards

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Zoonotic

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transmitted from humans and vice versa = all agents except smallpox

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Characteristics of Bacteria

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Living, unicelluar/colonies, binominal naming system, genomic material in ribosome

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Traits of Bacteria

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gram positive vs gram negative, coccus, bacillus (rod), sprillum, aerobic vs anaerobic, contain flagella that allow them to move, corkscrew movement, slimte jets

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Types of bacteria

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saprophytic, mutualistic, parasitic, commesalistic, pathogenic

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Saprophytic

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microbe lives outside host

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Reproduction of bacteria

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asexual, sexual

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Sexual reproduction methods for bacteria

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transformation, conjugation, transduction

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Transduction

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genes transferred by viruses for sexual reproduction

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Commensalistics relationship

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microbe benefits, host not harmed

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Lethal Anti-human agents

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tularemia, botulinum toxin, smallpox, plague, anthrax

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incapacitating anti-human agents

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staphylococcal enterotoxin B, VEE

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Anti-animal agents

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Foot and Mouth, Brucellosis, Glanders, Anthrax

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Anti plant agents

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Wheat stem rust, rice blast, late blight of potato

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Antimicrobial compounds

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bacteriostatic agents, bacteriocidal agents, antiseptics, disinfectants, antibiotics

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Bacteriostatic agents

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inhibit bacterial growth, allow immune system to clear infection

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Bacteriocidal agents

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kill bacteria

17
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Sanitization

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antispectics, reduction of microbe load to safe level

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disinfection

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removal of harmful microbes

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sterilization

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removal of all microbes

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Antispetics

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less toxic

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Antibiotics

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small molecules made by fungi or other bacteria, high toxicity to bacteria, low to humans; target specific bacterial enzyme

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causes of resistance to antibiotics

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oversure, misue, indequatepathogen coverage, excessive use in agriculture

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