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Question 1

What is the acid fast stain and what cell types is it used for? Why can’t those cells be stained with other stains?

Question 2

What is the acid fast stain and what cell types is it used for? Why can’t those cells be stained with other stains?

Question 3

What is a capsule and how do we stain for it (what do the images look like)?

Question 4

Same as previous for endospore and flagella..

Question 5

Same as previous for endospore and flagella..

Question 6

We already covered fluorescent stains and so this slide is more of a review

Question 7

Bacterial cell shapes
- What is meant by coccus, bacillus, and spiral?

Question 8

Bacterial cell shapes
- What is meant by strepto-, staphylo-, diplo-,..

Question 9

Bacterial cell shapes
- What are pallisade bacilli and coccobacilli?

Question 10

Bacterial cell shapes
- What is the difference between vibrio, spirillum, and spirochete?

Question 11

What is a glycocalyx, what is it made of, and what is it’s function? What is the difference between a capsule, slime layer, and matrix?

Question 12

What is a glycocalyx, what is it made of, and what is it’s function? What is the difference between a capsule, slime layer, and matrix?

Question 13

What are flagella and what are they used for?

Question 14

What is meant by peritrichous flagella?

Question 15

What are the three major parts of a flagellum and what do those parts do?

Question 16

What are fimbrae and what are they used for?

Question 17

What are pili and what are they used for?

Question 18

What is conjugation?

Question 19

Know general functions of bacterial cell walls.

Question 20

What is the peptidoglycan in general?

Question 21

What is NAG-NAM and how are they connected to one another in G+ vs G- (hint: what are tetrapeptide chains)?

Question 22

G positive cell walls
- What does the peptidoglycan look like and what is teichoic and lipoteichoic acid?

Question 23

G negative cell walls
- What does the peptidoglycan look like? What is the periplasm? What are porins? What does the LPS look like (you need to know its basic anatomy)?

Question 24

What are some alternative cell walls (e.g. what is special about Mycoplasma vs Mycobacteria)

Question 25

What does lysozyme and beta lactam antibotics do to the cell wall?