Block B 1 Flashcards

gram-positive bacteria

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1
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chemicals used in gram stain

A

crystal violet
iodine sol
alcohol
safarin

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2
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what colour do gram +ve cells turn

A

purple

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3
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what colour do gram -ve cells turn

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pink to red

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4
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what do gram +ve cell walls contain

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90% peptidoglycan

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5
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what is common to have embedded in +ve cell walls

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teichoic acids

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6
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what are lipoteichoic acids

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teichioc acids covalently bound to membrane lipids

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7
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what is morphology

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cell shape

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8
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the 3 major gram +ve bacterial groups

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actinobacteria
tenericutes
firmicutes

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9
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how many taxonomic groups associated with corynebacterium, arthobacter

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30

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10
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2 things that come from corynebacterium, arthrobacter

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C.diptheria (diphtheria)
C. glutamicum (MSG)

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11
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shape of mycobacterium

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rod shaped

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12
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2 things that come from mycobacterium

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M. tuberculosis
M. leprae

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13
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what group makes up 70% of all antibiotics

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filamentous actinobacteria

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14
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2 examples of filamentous bacteria

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streptomyces, norcardia

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15
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shape of lactobacillus

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rod shaped
grow in chains

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16
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uses of lactobacillus

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dairy products
yogurt
sauerkraut
resistant to acidic conditions (grow in pH as low as 4)

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17
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what does the fermentation od lactose produce

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lactic acid

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18
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shape of streptococcus

A

coccus shaped
grow in chains

19
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lactococcus use

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genus of dairy significance

20
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enterococcus

A

UTIs
endocarditis
diverticulitis
meningitis

21
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streptococcus species

A

dental plaque

22
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streptococcus viridans

A

scarlet (rheumatic) fever

23
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streptococcus pyogenes

A

strep throat
necrotizing fascilitis

24
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streptococcus pneumoniae

A

pneumonia

25
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example of nonsporulating bacillales and clostridiales

A

staphlococcus

26
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2 conditions associated with S. aureus

A

methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA)
vancomycin resistant MRSA

27
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what of the 3 main groups do sporulating bacillales and clostridales belong to

A

firmicutes

28
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where are bacillus, clostridium, sporosarcina generally found

A

soil

29
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what are endospores advantageous for

A

soil microorganisms

30
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significance of B. subtilis

A

gram +ve eqvn of E.coli as a model organism

31
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is clostridium aerobic or anaerobic

A

anaerobic
lacks a resp chain

32
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how does clostridium produce ATP

A

by substrate-level phosphorylation

33
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what species perform stickland reactions

A

some clostridium

34
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what is a stickland reaction

A

metabolism of a pair of amino acids

35
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what do pathogenic species of clostridium cause

A

botulism
tetanus
gangrene

36
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3 forms of anthrax and their prognosis

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-cutaneous: insect bite (fair prognosis)
-GI: eating contaminated meat (intermed. prognosis)
-inhalation (pulmonary: inhaling spores (poor prognosis)

37
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what can all forms of anthrax poisoning lead to

A

fatal systemic anthrax

38
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what is capsule when talking about surface structures of B. anthracis

A

linear polymer of y-D-glutamic sheath

39
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what is S layer when talking about surface structures of B. anthracis

A

proteinaceous paracrystalline sheath

40
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what are AB toxins

A

toxins with intracellular target that have 2 functionally distinct regions (A&B)

41
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what is A responsible for in AB toxins

A

enzymatic activity

42
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what is B responsible for in AB toxins

A

for host cell binding or entry of A unit to cell

43
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the 2 ways that AB toxins operate

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-single polypeptide that is proteolytically cleaved at a later stage
-separate polypeptides that subsequently assemble