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Exam 1: Gram Positive Bacillus Flashcards

1
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Large square - end gram + rods in chains

A

Bacillus

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2
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T/F Bacilli can be aerobes or facultative anaerobes

A

T

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3
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Are Bacillus Catalase + or -?

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+

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4
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Are Bacillus oxidase + or -?

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-

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5
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Are Bacillus motile or non-motile

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Motile except B. anthracis

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6
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Where is bacillus found?

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soil

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7
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T/F. Most Bacillus species are non-pathogenic environmental organisms

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T

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8
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What is the most important species of Bacillus?

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Bacillus anthracis

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9
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The most durable type of cell found in nature

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Endospores

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T/F. Endospores are produced extracellularly

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F. produced intracellularly and excreted extra.

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11
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What are the 2 major virulence factors of Bacillus anthracis?

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  1. capsule

2. tripartie anthrax toxin

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12
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What is the Bacillus anthracis capsule made up of and what is its function?

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polymers of D-glutamic acid, anti-phagocytic

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13
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What are the 3 proteins encoded on pXO1 for anthrax toxin?

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  1. Protective antigen (PA)
  2. Edema factor (EF)
  3. Lethal Factor (LF)
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14
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Anthrax toxin protein thatis responsible for necrosis and hemorrhage

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LF

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15
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Anthrax toxin protien responsible for edema

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EF

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16
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Anthrax toxin protein responsible for translocation into cell

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Protective antigen

17
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List the predisposing factors that inc. exposure of animals to anthrax

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  1. History of anthrax deaths
  2. Soil conditions (pH>6, Rich in Ca and N, inc. moisture)
  3. Warm temp
  4. Flooding and evaporation cycles
  5. Drought conditions
18
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What are the 3 species of bacillus that are important for vet med?

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  1. Bacillus anthracis
  2. Bacillus cereus
  3. Bacillus licheniformis
19
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What species of animals are affected by Bacillus anthracis

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Cattle, sheep, pigs, horses

20
Q

Subacute anthrax in horses with localized edema. Septicemia with colic and enteritis

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Bacillus anthracis

21
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Which species acquire per acute septicemia when infected with anthrax

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cattle

22
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WHich species acquire acute septicemia when infected with anthrax

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Horse

23
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List some c/s of per acute septicemia in ruminants infected with Bacillus anthrax

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  1. Bleeding from orfices
  2. dark unclotted blood
  3. incomplete rigor mortis
  4. splenomegaly
24
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T/F. Anthrax is an obligatory reportable disease.

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T

25
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What are the 4 routes of infection of anthrax in humans?

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  1. cutaneous
  2. intestinal
  3. pulmonary
  4. injection

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