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Chapter 1- Cells Flashcards

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Microbiology

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Study of small living things

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Bacteria

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One celled organisms

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Classifications of bacteria

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Non pathogenic

Pathogenic

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Non pathogenic bacteria

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Do not produce disease
Can be very beneficial
70% bacteria is non
Surface of skin

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Pathogenic bacteria

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Cause infection, disease, toxins
Lives everywhere
Contagious

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Cocci

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Round shaped Bacteria that appear in groups or singularly

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Staph

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Bunches

Found in boils

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Strep

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Long chains

Strep throat

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Diplococci

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Pairs

Pneumonia

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Bacilli

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Rod

Most common form

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Spirilla

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Spiral

Syphillis, Lyme disease

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Stages of growth cycle

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Active and inactive

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Active growth

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Reproduce and grow rapidly

Like damp dark areas with food

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Inactive growth

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Conditions unfavorable - they die or become inactive

Some form pores only destroyed by sterilization

Conditions good - some become active

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How to cocci travel

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Through air and dust

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How to bacilli and spirilla travel

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Use flagella and cilia to propel themselves through liquids

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Viruses

  1. Cause
  2. Require
  3. Treatment
  4. Smaller than…
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Cause - common cold , measles, hepatitis

Requires - living host

Treatment - not treatable with antibiotics. Vaccinations can prevent

Smaller than bacteria

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Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)

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Blood borne pathogen that causes highly infectious disease to liver

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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

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Leads to AIDS
causes immune system to break down
Spreads when fluids from infected individual enter bloodstream

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Human papilloma virus (HIV)

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Virus can lead to genital and plantar worts, cervical changes and cancer

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External parasites

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Live on or obtain nutrients from a host

21
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Parasitic Fungi

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Mold and yeast

Produce contagious diseases (ringworm, nail fungus)

Non contagious disease (dandruff)

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Parasitic Mites

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Insects that produce contagious diseases such as itch mites and head lice

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