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BIO UNIT 3 Flashcards

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viruses

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Obligate intracellular Parasites

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virion

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single virus particle

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general size viruses

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very small, 20-250nm

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Most viruses can only be seen with…

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electron microscopy

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5
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DNA and poxviruses can be observed with…

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light microscopy

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Viruses Evolution hypotheses (3)

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  1. Regressive hypothesis – from free living cells
  2. Progressive hypothesis – RNA or DNA that escaped host cells
  3. Self-replicating hypothesis
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Non-cellular – Biological entities with no cellular structure

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  1. Nucleic acid core
  2. Outer protein coating = capsid
  3. Phospholipid membrane = envelope – not always present
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Complexity not associated with host

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bacteriophage

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9
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shaped

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  1. Helical – many plant viruses
  2. Icosahedral – Roughly sphere – Poliovirus, herpesvirus
  3. Enveloped – Animal viruses - HIV
  4. Head-and-tail – Infect bacteria
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Virus Core

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contains the genome

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RNA viruses

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only RNA
* Must encode own enzymes to replicate RNA to RNA or RNA to DNA (retroviruses)
* More prone to change –RNA polymerases make more errors

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DNA viruses

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Viral DNA “tricks” host cell into replicating its genome

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Virus Classification: Structure

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Enveloped or not, capsid structure, RNA or DNA

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Baltimore Classification

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Morphology, genetics, how mRNA is produced

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Permissive

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Host cells where virus replicates, Must have receptor *permission is first step!!!

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Attachment

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needs specific receptor, this is second step!

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Entry

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endocytosis (plant and animal), membrane fusing, third step!

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Replication and Assembly

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Viral mRNA, reverse transcription (HIV)

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Egress

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release of new virions
* Lysis & apoptosis * Budding

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DISEASE: Acute

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symptoms get worse for a short period before elimination from body

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DISEASE: Chronic

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long term
(could be intermittent or asymptomatic)

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22
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DISEASE: Oncogenic Viruses

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ability to cause cancer

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22
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Vaccine

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live, killed, molecular subunits of viruses
* Live strains and back mutation
*High mutation rate of viruses

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Anti-viral Drugs

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  • Manage symptoms – not curative
  • May control viral replication rates (HIV drugs)
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Non-Virus Disease Organisms: Prions

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– Cause TSE’s
* Cause misfolding in normal proteins
* Usually fast acting and always fatal

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Human Prions

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Kuru, Krutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

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Animal Prions

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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Chronic Wasting Disease, Scrapie

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27
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First organisms on Earth

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Subjected to harsh conditions

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28
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Microbial mats – 3.5 BYA

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Multilayer sheet of prokaryotes

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Stromatolite

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sedimentary structure formed as minerals are precipitated out of water by prokaryotes

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Extremophiles

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Lovers of extremes (Early Earth was anoxic, hot, subject to solar radiation and volcanic eruptions)

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Phototrophs within… cyanobacteria…

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1 billion years of earth, 1 Billion years later (Oxygenation)

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Koch and Petri

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  • Culture method still used today
  • Koch’s postulates – infected samples, healthy samples, re-infection
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Non-culturable Prokaryotes

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  • 99% of prokaryotes – unknown conditions – DNA, PCR, NGS
  • Viable-but-non-culturable state – previously cultured – stressed
  • Resuscitation – goes back to normal state with improved conditions
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Biofilms

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  • Microbial community held together by a gummy-like texture
  • Protects prokaryotes from the environment
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Prokaryote Structure

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  • Single-celled with no membrane-bound organelles
  • Usually single chromosome
  • Circular DNA in nucleoid
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Cell wall

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– protective layer
– determines shape

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Capsule

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outside of cell wall – protection – pathogens…

38
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Flagella

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locomotion

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Pili (pilus singular)

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attachment to surfaces (HGT)

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Plasmids

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(extra-chromosomal DNA)

41
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Major bacterial Phyla

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** Proteobacteria (largest lineage)
** Chlamydial (smallest lineage) – obligate parasites
* Spirochaetes
* Cyanobacteria
* Gram-positive bacteria

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Archaea

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  • Euryarchaeota
    *Crenarchaeota
  • Nanoarcheota
  • Korarchaeota
43
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membrane

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  • Thin lipid bilayer plasma membrane
  • Selectively permeable
  • Archaea – replace fatty acids (link glycerol) with isoprene
  • Some lipid monolayers
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Cell walls

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outside membrane – withstands high osmotic pressure
***Gram pos. bacteria have a THICK peptidoglycan layer

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Archaea four cell wall types

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*Pseudopeptidoglycan, polysaccharide, glycoprotein, pure protein

46
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Reproduction: Rates vary

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minutes to longer (mutation and resistance)

47
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Reproduction: Asexual

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usually binary fission = clones
* No genetic recombination

48
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Gene transfer in Prokaryotes

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Transformation
Transduction
Conjugation

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Micronutrients

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required in small amounts ex. iron

50
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Macronutrients

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required in large amounts (CHONPS)
* Components of proteins, carbohydrates, lipids…

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Phototrophs

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light energy

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Chemotrophs

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chemical compounds

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Energy producing pathways

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aerobic or anaerobic

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Carbon cycle

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  • CO2 removed and returned
  • Primary producers, consumers, decomposers
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Nitrogen Cycle

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  • Nitrogen fixation
  • Ammonification
  • Denitrification
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Pathogen

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Bacteria or infectious agent that causes harm to its host

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Pandemic

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Widespread (worldwide) epidemic

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Epidemic

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Within the same population at the same time

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Endemic disease

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always present, usually in low incidence, in a population

59
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Zoonoses

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Diseases normally in animals that can infect humans (animals to humans**)

60
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Plague of Athens (430 B.C.)

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salmonella enterica (typhoid fever)

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Bubonic Plagues – Yersinia pestis

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  • Justinian Plague (from 541-750) – 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 of the human population
  • Black Death (1346-1361), Mid 1600’s
    (New cases annually= 10-20 American Southwest)
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Historical & Foodborne Diseases: Biofilms

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can resist 1,000x antibiotic concentration
*catheters, orthopedic devices

62
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Foodborne Diseases

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  • Botulism
  • E. coli
  • Listeria monocytogenes
63
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antibiotic

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Chemical that suppresses or inhibits the growth of other organisms

64
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Resistance

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arises from overexposure to antibiotics * Humans and livestock

65
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MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)

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  • Usually easily treated – normal strain
  • Skin, can be in the bloodstream, lungs, urinary tract, sites of injury
  • Community-associated (23 yrs average), normal 68 yrs average
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Nitrogen Fixation

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Biological nitrogen fixation
– only prokaryotes (65% in agriculture)
- Symbionts (more than free living by 10x) and free living
* Legumes

67
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Prokaryotes in our food

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  • Cheese, yogurt, pickles, kimchi, sauerkraut, beer, wine, bread
  • Bacteria and yeast (really a fungus)
  • Allowed for longer storage of milk products and other foods
68
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Bioremediation

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  • Using biological organisms to remove harmful chemicals from the environment
  • Fertilizers to **oil spills
69
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to infect a new host, steps!

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  1. permission
  2. attachment
  3. entry
70
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protein causing CWD

71
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largest lineage of bacteria

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proteobacteria

72
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found in deep oceans or along volcanoes

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extremophiles, archaea OR bacteria
(could be any)

73
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prokaryotes have an essential role in…

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both N and C cycles

74
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why do we still not know much about prokaryotes?

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99% unculturable

75
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bacterial diseas in both humans and animals

fall semester 2024-25 LSSU (10 decks)

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