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Eukaryotic Microbes Flashcards

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Fungi

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  • Nonphotosynthetic

- Cell wall made up of CHITIN

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Mycorrhize

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-increases surface area for absorption of water and minerals

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Yeasts

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-single cells

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Molds

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-Filamentous

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Hyphae/Septate/Aseptate

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-Septa prevent movement of nuclei and other large structures on molds

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Dimorphic

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-2 forms (yeast/mold) depending on temp

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Conidia

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-Spores free on the ends/tips of fungi

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Aspergillus

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  • Afro spores

- Asexual spores

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Penicilluim

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  • Finger like spores

- Asexual spores

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Sporangia

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  • Enclosed/Capsuled spores

- Asexual spores

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Zygospores

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  • Fusion of nuclei from opposite mating types

- Sexual spores

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Fungi life environment

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  • Grow at a pH 5
  • Resistant to low water environment
  • Grows at a high sugar/salt concentrations
  • Heterotrophic metabolism: requires organic carbon source
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Dermatomycoses

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  • Cutaneous infections

- Like keratin rich areas

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Tinea

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-Ringworm

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Tinea Corporis

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-Ringworm on the body

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Tinea Capitis

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-Ringworm on the head

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Tinea Pedis

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-Ringworm on the foot

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Systemic Mycoses

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-Inhale arthorospores

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Arthospores

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  • Very primitive spore type, formed by the breaking up or disarticulation of fungal mycelia
  • Treatment: amphotericin B
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Coccidioidomycosis

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  • Coccidioidesimmitis
  • “Valley Fever”
  • Found: Dry alkaline soils
  • Contracted by inhaling arhrospores
  • Lung infection
  • Treatment: amphotericin B
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Hispoplasmosis

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  • Ennonsiella (Histoplasma) capsulata
  • “Darling’s Disease
  • Found: Rich, moist soils
  • Inhaling spores
  • Treatment: amphotericin B
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Blastomycosis

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  • Cryptococccusneoformans
  • Found: Bird droppings
  • Opportunistic
  • Causes meningitis
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Candidiasis

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  • Candida albicans
  • Human flora
  • Opportunistic
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Protists

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  • Unicellular
  • Nonphotosyntghesizing
  • Wall-less
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Reproduction of a protists

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  • Fission: asexual mitosis
  • Schizogony: multiple nuclei and fragmentation
  • Sexual: gamatocytes
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Transmission of protists to humans

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  • Ingestion

- Arthropod vector

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Life Cycle of a protists

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  1. Trophozite
  2. Cyst
  3. Definitive host
  4. Intermediate host
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Trophozite stage

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  • Active

- Adult feeding

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Cyst

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  • Resting state or resistant form

- NOT A REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURE

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Definitive host

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-Houses sexual stage

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Intermediate host

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-All asexual stages

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Amoebae

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-Move and inquire food through pseudopods (extensions of the cytoplasm)

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Flagellates

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-Blood parasites transmitted by biting insects

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Apicomplexa

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-Nonmotile, obligate intracellular parasites and pathogens of animals

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Plasmodium

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  • Causes: Malaria
  • Transmitted: Mosquito bite
  • Symptoms: Fever and chills
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Giardia

Giardia lamblia

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-Causes: Giardiasis
-Transmitted: *cyst are transmitted Oral-fecal route
* trophozites form in small intes. after
ingestion of cyst
-Symptoms: Diarrhea
-2 forms: trophozoites (feeding form) and cyst (dormant)

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Trichomonas vaginalis

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  • Causes: trichomoniasis
  • Transmitted: Sexual contact
  • Symptoms: Profuse vaginal discharge
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Tryponasomes

Trypanosoma cruzii

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  • Causes: Chagas disease (South American sleeping sickness)
  • Transmitted: Kissing bug feces,
  • Symptoms: Anemia, lethargy, heart & brain damage
  • Parasite outside the RBC
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Tryponasomes

Trypanosoma brucei

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  • Causes: African sleeping sickness
  • Transmitted: Tse Tse Fly
  • Symptoms: Anemia, lethargy, heart & brain damage
  • Parasite outside the RBC
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Entamoeba hystolyctica

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  • Causes: Amoebic dysentery
  • Transmitted: Food/water contaminated with human waste in form of cyst
  • Symptoms: Severe diarrhea, bloody stools
  • Cyst & trophozoites
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Helminths

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  • Multicellular

- Parasites

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The two types of phyla

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  1. Platyhelminths: flatworms

2. Nematodes: roundworms

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The two types of helminths

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  1. Platyhelminths

2. Ne

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