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Chapter 11: The Prokaryotes; Eubacteria Flashcards

1
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what are the 5 major divisions of Gram Negative bacteria

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  1. Alpha
  2. Beta
  3. Gamma
  4. Delta
  5. Campylobacterota / Epislon
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what is an example of alpha bacteria

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Risksettia ricksetti

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what does Risksettia ricksetti cause

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rocky mountain spotted fever
- effects cardiovascular system

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how is Riskettia richsetti spread

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through insect and tick bites
- parasites

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what shape is Rickettsia ricksettii

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  • rod or coccobacillus
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is ricksettsia ricksetti areobic or anaerobic

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areobic

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Ricksettsia ricketti the full picture

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ALPHA
- rod or coccobacillus
- aerobic
- spread through parasites
- causes: rocky mountain spotted fever

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what are two examples of Beta

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  • Bordetella pertussis
  • Neisseria species
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Bordetella pertussis full picture

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BETA
- rods
- aerobic
- contain capsule
- casues whopping cough

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what does Bordetella pertussis cause

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whopping cough

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what shape is Bordetella pertussis

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rod

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what does Bordetella pertussis contain

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a capsule

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13
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is Bordetella pertussis aerobic or anaerobic

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aerobic

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14
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what are the tow Nesseria species

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  • Nesseria meningitidis
  • Nesseria gonnorhea
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15
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Neisseria full picture

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BETA
- diplococci
- aerobic
- contains a capsule

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16
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what shape is Neisseria

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diplococci

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17
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what does Neisseria meningitides cause

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menigitis

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18
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what does Neisseria gonnorhea cause

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gonnorhea

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19
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what special feature does Neisseria gonnorhea contain

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has fimbrae

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20
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What are the 5 dividions of Gamma bacteria

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  • psedomonodales
  • legionellales
  • vibrionales
  • enterobacteriale
  • pasteruellales
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21
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what are the two examples of pseudomonodales

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  • pseudomonas aerginosa
  • pseudomonas moraxellla lacunata
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what shape is pseudomonas aerginosa

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rod

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what does pseudomonas aerginosa contain

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flangells (mono or lopho)

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pseudomonas aerginosa secretes

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pigment (blue or green)
- pus in burn patients

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25
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what does pseudomonas aerginosa cause

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  • UTI’s, septiemic
  • conjectivitis (pink eye)
  • an psycotrophic organism
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psycotrophic organsism

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casues food spoliage

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pseudomonas aerginosa the full picture

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GAMMA
rods
- flagella (mono or lopho)
- secretes pigment (blue or green)
- can cause UTI’s, septiemic
- causes conjectivitis
- psycotrophic organsim

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28
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what shape is p. moxella lacunta

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coccobacillus

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29
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what does p. moxella lacunta cause

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pink eye

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30
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p. moxella lacunta the full picture

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GAMMA
- coccobacillus
- pink eye

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31
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whata re the two examples of leginellates

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  • leginella pneumophile
  • coxiella burnellia
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32
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what shape is Legionella pneumophilia

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rod

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33
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how is Legionella pneumophilia spread

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through water
- AC units, humidifiers, shower heads

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34
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what does Legionella pneumophilia cause

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-leginellars disease (fatal)
- pentilic fever

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Legionella pneumophilia the full picture

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GAMMA
- rod
- spread through water
- casues leginellar disease and pentilic fever

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36
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what does Coxiella Burnetii contain

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endospores

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37
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what shape is Coxiella Burnetii

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rod

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38
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how is Coxiella Burnetii spread

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animals

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39
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Coxiella Burnetii the full picture

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GAMMA
endospores
- rods
- spread through animals
- causes Q fever

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40
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what does Coxiella Burnetii cause

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Q fever

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41
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what are characteristics of enteribacteriales

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  • rods
  • faccutalivly ananerobic
  • Entric
  • flagella (peri)
  • pilus
  • produce bacterialocin
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42
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what does entric mean

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loves intestine

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43
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what are the examples of enteriobacteriales

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  • Escherichia coli
  • Salmonella enterica
  • Salmonella typhi
  • Shigella dysenteriae
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Escherichia coli

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  • lab pet
  • agencies –> “coliform bacteria”
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45
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what does Escherichia coli cause

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  • travellers diarrehea
  • UTI’s (70-75%)
  • food infection
  • Hemolytic Uremic Syndrom (HUS)
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Escherichia coli the full picture

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GAMMA
- rods
- factatativly anaerobic
- Entric
- flagella (peri)
- pilus
- produce bacterialocin
- lab pet
- agencies –>”coliform bacteria”
- casues:- travellers diarrehea , UTI’s (70-75%), food infection, Hemolytic Uremic Syndrom (HUS)

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Salmonella enterica is caused by

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food sources

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48
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Salmonella enterica efffects the

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intestinal tract

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49
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Salmonella enterica the full picture

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GAMMA
- rods
- faccutalivly ananerobic
- Entric (loves the intestine)
- flagella (peri)
- pilus
- produce bacterialocin
- caused by food sources

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50
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Salmonella typhi is cuased by a

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human carrier
- lifelong
- effects gullbladder

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Salmonella typhi the full picture

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GAMMA
- rods
- faccutalivly ananerobic
- Entric (loves the intestine)
- flagella (peri)
- pilus
- produce bacterialocin
- caused by a human carrier

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52
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Shigella dysenteriae releases

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shegi toxin

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53
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Shigella dysenteriae is common in

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daycares

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54
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Shigella dysenteriae the full picture

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GAMMA
- rods
- faccutalivly ananerobic
- Entric (loves the intestine)
- flagella (peri)
- pilus
- produce bacterialocin
- produce shegi toxin
- common in daycares

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55
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What is an example of pasteurellales

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Haemophilus influenzae

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56
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what shape is Haemophilus influenzae

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coccobacilllus

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Haemophilus influenzae contains

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capsule

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Haemophilus influenzae is missing

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ETC components
- NAD
- cytochrome components

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NAD

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bloods v factor

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cytochrome components

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bloods x factor

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Haemophilus influenzae causes

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  • meningitis
  • otitis media
  • pneumonia
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Examples of epislon

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  • Helicobacter pylori
  • Campylobacter jejuni
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what are the common characteristics of Epislon bacteria

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  • microphilic
  • vibro
  • flangella
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what kind of flangella does Helicobacter pylori contain

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peri

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65
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what does Helicobacter pylori cause

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ulcers

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66
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Helicobacter pylori the full picture

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  • EPISLON
  • microaerophilic
  • vibro
  • flagella (peri)
  • causes ulcers
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67
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what kind of flangella does Campylobacter jejuni contain

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mono

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Campylobacter jejuni causes

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gatroenteritis

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Campylobacter jejuni is spread through

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Campylobacter jejuni the full picture

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  • EPISLON
  • microaerophilic
  • vibro
  • flagella (mono)
  • spread through food
  • causes: gastroenteritis
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what are the four examples of bacteria in the other category

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  1. Chlanydiae
  2. Bacteroidetes
  3. Fusobacteria
  4. Spirochaetes
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Chlanydiae trachomatis causes

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  • blinfness / trachoma
  • non gonochoccal urthritis (NGU)
  • lympho granuloma enerneum (LGV)
73
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what shape is Chlamydia trachomatis

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coccobacillus

74
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how is Chlamydia trachomatis spread

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through interpersonal contact and air

75
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how long does the life cycle of Chlamydia trachomatis last

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Fusobacterium are identified becasue they are

77
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what shape is Fusobacterium

78
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is Fusobacterium aerobic or anaerobic

79
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Fusobacterium causes

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infections of the oral cavity (gingivitis)

80
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Fusobacterium the full picture

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OTHER
- rod
-anaerobic
- casues infections of the oral cavity
- spindal

81
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Bacteroidetes the full picture

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  • rods
  • anaerobes
  • casues peritonitis
  • forms pus –> rot canal
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what shape is Bacteroidetes

83
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is Bacteroidetes anaerobic or aerobic

84
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Bacteroidetes causes

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peritonitis

85
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what is an example of a spirochete

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Treponema pallidum

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Treponema pallidum causes

87
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Treponema pallidum is grown

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in viro
- study in rabbits

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Treponema pallidum move by

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axial filaments

89
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can you make a vaccine for Treponema pallidum

A

yes
- genome mapped

90
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What are the three divisions of Gram positive bacteria

A

Firmicutes (low G+C)
Mcoplasmotota (Low G+C)
Actinomycetota

91
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What are the three examples of Firmicutes

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  1. Clostridales
  2. Bacillates
    3.lactobacillus
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What are the three examples of Firmicutes

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  1. Chlostridales
  2. bacillaes
    3.lactobacillus
93
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What are the 4 simularites between chostridium and clostridiodes

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  • rods
  • endospores –> “lolipop rods”
  • anaerobic
  • abundant in the soil
94
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what are the three examples of chlostridium

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c. tetni
c. botulinum
c. perfringes

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What is an example of clostridodes

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c. difficle

96
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c. difficle is an example of a

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HAI / nosocomial infections

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What are the two examples of Bacillales

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  1. Bacillus anthracis
  2. Staphylococcus aureus
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what shape is Bacillus anthracis

99
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respiration of Bacillus anthracis

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aerobic / fac. anaerobic

100
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Bacillus anthracis is a

101
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Bacillus anthracis is abundant in the

102
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special feature of Bacillus anthracis

A

endospores

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Bacillus anthracis causes

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Bacillus anthracis the full picture

A
  • rod
  • aerobic / fac. anaerobic
  • endospore
  • abundant in the soil
  • bioweapon
  • causes anthrax (3 forms)
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Staphylococcus aureus the full picture

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  • clustered cocci
  • golden colonies
  • growth: special media
  • fac. anaerobic
  • causes: skin infections (sty), toxic shock syndrom (TSS), food posioning, UTI’s
106
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what organisms causes UTI’s

A

s. saprophyticus

107
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what shape is Staphylococcus aureus

A

clustered cocci

108
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what color is Staphylococcus aureus colonies

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Staphylococcus aureus grow in

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special media

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Staphylococcus aureus respiration

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fac. anaerobic

111
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Staphylococcus aureus causes

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  • skin infections (sty)
  • toxic shock syndrom
  • food posioning
  • UTI’s
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What are the four examples of Lactobacillales

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  1. lactobacillus
  2. streptococcus
  3. listeria
  4. entrococcus
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lactobacillus is a

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lactobacillus the full picture

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  • aeortolerant
  • commerical
  • non-pathogenic (probiotic)
115
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lactobacillus increases

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  • during puberty –> sterile vagina, digests sugars, brought by estrogen
  • during pregnacy –> doubles, contributes to the babys immune system
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lactobacillus respiration

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aerotolerant

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streptococcus respiration

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aerotolerant

118
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what are the three examples of streptococcus

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  • s. pyogens
  • s. mutans
  • s. pneumoniae
119
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s. pyogens causes

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  • skin infections
  • strep throat
  • rhematic fever
  • scarlett fever
  • otitis media
120
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s. pyogens attatches through

A

m. proteins

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s. pyogens grow in what medium

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blood agar
- forms a clear zone (beta hemolysis)

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what kind of hemolysis does s. pyogens

123
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what kind of hemolysis is in s. mutans

124
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s. mutans grows in what medium

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blood agar
- “green zone”
- meth hemoglobin
- alpha hemolysis

125
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s. mutans causes

A

tooth decay (plaque)

126
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s. mutans attaches through

127
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s. pneumoniae shape
** exception

A

diplococci

128
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s. pneumoniae causes

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pneumoniae

129
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s. pneumoniae causes

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  • meningitis
  • otitis media
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s. pneumoniae feature

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Listeria example

A

Listeria monocytogenes

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Listeria monocytogenes shape

133
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Listeria monocytogenes respiration

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fac. anaerobic

134
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Listeria monocytogenes causes

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lysterosis (menigitis)

135
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Listeria monocytogenes is dangerous in

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  • immunocompromised and pregnancy
136
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in pregnacy Listeria monocytogenes can cause

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  • sponanous miscarriages
  • still born
  • ill newborn
137
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Listeria monocytogenes the full picture

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  • rods
  • fac. anaerobic
  • psychrotrophic –> soft cheese, cold cuts, salad
  • causes lysterosis (menigitis)
  • dangerous in the immunocompromised and pregnancy
  • grows in macrophages ( decreases immune system
138
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what are the two examples of Entrococcus

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  • E. facecalis
  • E. faecium
139
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Enterococcus species are examples of

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HAI
- surgical wounds, catheter, UTI

140
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Example of mcoplasmotota

A

m. pnumoniae

141
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m. pnumoniae cell wall

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atypical (no cell wall)
- sterole in plasma membrane

142
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m. pnumoniae growth

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sterole culture

143
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m. pnumoniae colonies

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fried egg colonies

144
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m. pnumoniae causes and treatment

A

walking pneumonia (common in young adults)
- treatment: tetracycline (inhibits protein synthesis)

145
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m. pnumoniae the full picture

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  • Atypical (no cell wall) –> sterole in plasma membrane
  • growth: sterole culture
  • fried egg colonies
  • non shape (pleomorphic)
  • causes: walking pneumonia
    Treatment: tetracycline (inhibits protein synthesis
146
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What are the three examples of Actinomycetota

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  1. mycobacterium
  2. Corynebacterium diphtheriae
  3. Propiobacterium
147
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What are the exampels of mycobacterium

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TB and lepracy

148
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mycobacterium the full picture

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  • mycolic acid
  • acid fact stain
  • rods
  • aerobic
  • slow growth; nutrients enter slowly
149
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purpose of mycolic acid

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  • resistant to desication, antiseptics, antibiotics
150
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mycobacterium shape

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mycobacterium are stained using

152
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae shape

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae respiration

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fac. anaerobic

154
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae cause and treatment

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diptheria (upper respiratory tract) forms leather like psuedomembrane –> sufficates
D tap vaccine

155
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae the big picture

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  • rods
  • fac. anaerobic
  • cleomorphic or alphabet form
  • causes: diptheria
156
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cleomorphism shape

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picket fence

157
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Alphabet form shape

A

Chinese letters

158
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Propiobacterium examples

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p. acnes casues

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p. acnes respiration

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anaerobic ( no fermentation)

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p. acnes shape

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p. acnes treatment

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cleanser, benzoylic peroxide

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p. acnes grows in

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sebacous glands

164
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Propiobacterium are

A

fermentators

165
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Propiobacterium make

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swish cheese
contribute to: nutty flavour, and holes

166
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nutty flavour is made by

A

propronic acid

167
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hoel in swish cheese are made by

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carbon dioxide

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p. acnes the full picture

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  • causes acne
  • anaerobic
  • grows in sebaceous glands
  • rods
  • treatment: cleanser, benzoyl peroxide

HLST124: Microbiology (18 decks)

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