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1
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4 ways cells defend against HGT

A
  1. toxin-antitoxin system
  2. restriction/modification system
  3. CRISPR system
  4. secretion systems
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explain toxin-antitoxin system

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plasmid encodes a toxin and an antitoxin
daughters that lose the plasmid die; toxin is stable, antitoxin decomposes
daughters that retain the plasmid persist
net result is maintanence of plasmid in pop

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system for degrading incoming DNA

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restriction/modification system

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EcoRI

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restriction/modification system
restriction enzyme
cuts DNA at GAATTC
cuts DNA into 4000 bp segments

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bacteria protect their own DNA from EcoRI by…

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using methylase to methylate adenines on GAATTC

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CRISPR abbreviation

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clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats

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Cas1
Cas2

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CRISPR
bind viral DNA at protospacer adjacent motifs (PAMs)

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endonuclease

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CRISPR
cuts out segment of DNA

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CRISPR regions

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memory bank of previous phage infection DNA

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Cas9

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CRISPR
surveillance protein
carries crRNA to corresponding region of virus in the case of a secondary infection

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Cas endonuclease

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CRISPR
degrades tagged DNA of virus in secondary infection

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12
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uses T4SS with a toxin on the tip that harms a DNA donor, preventing conjugation

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Pseudomonas

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13
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discovered first PAIs (2)

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1921, Frobisher and Brown
1951, Freeman

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hly

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alpha hemolysin
E. coli

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15
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stx

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Shiga toxins

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SP1-1

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*Salmonella
*
Type III secretion proteins
PAI example

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supergenome/pangenome

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all cells in a population that an organism can share PAIs with

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18
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superbugs

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combination of PAI transfer and antibiotic resistance transfer

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19
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1979 belmont report (3)

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respect for persons, informed consent
beneficence
justice

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20
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animal models & pathogens:
mice
ferrets
guinea pigs
armadillos
chinchillas
zebra fish
nematodes

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mice: S. enterica Typhimurium
ferrets: H. pylori
guinea pigs:M. tuberculosis
armadillos: M. leprae
chinchillas: H. influenzae, S. pneumoniae
zebra fish: necrotizing Streptococcus, Enterococcus
nematodes: P. aeruginosa

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21
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ideal animal model (4)

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sx and distribution match human
acquire disease in same way
low expense
history of usefulness

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nude mice

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t cell deficient

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neutropenic mice

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no neutrophils

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24
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SCID mice

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lack T and B cells

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25
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knock out mice

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genetic deficiency
influence of missing gene studied

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26
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knock in mice

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human gene inserted

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27
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Lewis B antigen

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RBC sugar
in mice, show binding of H. pylori

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28
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gnobiotic animals

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germ-free

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29
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gnobiotics lack…

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normal gut immune system

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30
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naive animals

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free of a pathogen of interest

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31
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CFU

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one cell, 2 diplococci, 4 tetrads, etc

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32
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dose measured as…

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CFUs

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33
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survival curve

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fraction of surviving animals as a function of time

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34
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luxABDE

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luminescence gene used in biophotonic imaging
S. pneumoniae

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35
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LD50

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lethal dose 50
number of bacteria detected when 50% of animals are moribund

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36
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ID50

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infectious dose 50
number of bacteria that will cause disease in the animal

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37
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ID50 graph

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percentage of animals infected as a function of log(number of bacteria/animal)

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38
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competitive index =

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39
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CI = 1…
CI < 1…
CI > 1…

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CI = 1; mutant is no different; gene not a virulence factor
CI < 1; mutant not as competitive as wild type
CI > 1; mutant is more virulent

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40
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direct comparison between wild type and mutant pathogens

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competitive index

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41
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requirements to use CI

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must be able to tell strains of bacteria apart
no trans effects

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42
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used to visualize tissue cultures

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inverted microscope

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43
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limitaitons of tissue cultures

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stop growing after a few generations
cells are nonpolarized

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44
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puromycin selection/PAT

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transduction of viral proteins used to interrupt cell cycle in tissue culture

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45
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tissue cultures with bacteria are used to study…

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invasion

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46
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used to study intracellular pathogen invasion

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plaque assay

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47
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antibiotic used for plaque assay

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gentamicin

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48
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explain plaque assay

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pathogens allowed to attach and invade
free swimming bacteria are drained away
molten gentamicin agar is added to top cell layer, preventing extracellular transmission
plaques of intracellular bacteria measured

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49
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invasion frequency =

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CFUs after gentamicin/total CFUs

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50
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actin tails with fluorescent labelling

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green

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51
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chemicals used for fluorescent labelling

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ethidium bromide/DNA
phalloidin/actin
anitbody/epitope (gold standard)

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52
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organ culture models
source
limitation

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biopsies, circumcisions, cosmetic procedures
deteriorate in hours

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53
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batch culture stages of growth (5)

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inoculation
lag phase
trophophase (exponential)
idiophase (stationary)
death phase

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54
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happens in lag phase

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ribosome synthesis

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55
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happens in exponential phase

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primary metabolism

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56
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happens in stationary phase

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secondary metabolism
weird things
antibiotic resistance, pigments, HGT

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57
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MSCRAMM

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microbial surface components recognizing adhesive matrix molecules

attachment mechanism

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58
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happens in death phase

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endogenous respiration (cannibals)

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59
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infection stages of growth

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exposure
attachment
colonization
persistence
spread

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60
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mode of life in environment pre-infection

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stationary/poststationary
lack of nutrients, no adhesion sites, noxious substances, dryness, heat, light

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61
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bacteria inactive states

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endospores
elementary bodies
myxospores
ultra-micro

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62
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safe havens for bacteria

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reservoirs

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63
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biofilm begins with…

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adhesion through glycocalyx and fimbriae

64
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how does biofilm spread

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planktonic bacteria

65
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biofilms protect against…

A

antibiotics
phagocytosis

66
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favorite biofilm locations for P. aeruginosa
problem for who?

A

mucosal surfaces, resp tract
CF patients with thick mucus
burn wound victims

67
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poses similar problem to P. aeruginosa

A

Burkholderia cepacia

68
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biofilm on teeth
organism
substance

A

Streptococcus
sucrose dextran glycocalyx

69
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biofilm that is starved leads to…

A

fruiting body
spores
germination

70
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recognizes flagellin
type of antigen

A

TLR5
H antigen

71
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energy for flagella

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proton gradient

72
Q

shift between 2 versions of flagellin

A

Salmonella

73
Q

peritrichous flagella allows…
ex)

A

swarming, moving over surfaces
Proteus

74
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has dual systems of flagella used at different times

A

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

75
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flagella in the periplasm constrained at both ends, allowing spirochete movement

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endoflagella

76
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monotrichous
lophotrichous
amphitrichous
peritrichous

A

one
many at one end
one on each end
all over

77
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mucinase

A

degrades mucin

78
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sIgA proteases

A

ruin IgA traps

79
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allows H. pylori to penetrate mucin layer of stomach

A

helical shape, flagella

80
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factor H

A

recruitment in capsule leads to complement degradation

81
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organism that has many ways to “look like host”

A

S. aureus

82
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“look like the host” factors (6)

A

sialic acids
hyaluronic acids
fibronectin-binding protein
collagen-binding protein
clumping factor (binds fibrinogen)
coagulase (precipitates fibrin)

83
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protein A

A

binds Fc, deflecting antibody away

84
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protections against defensins (3)

A

capsules
LPS (neg charge binds pos charged defensins)
peptidases (defensin-resistanct bac)

85
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has proteins to break down host iron-binding molecules

A

S. aureus

86
Q

2 classes of siderophores

A

catechol/enterobacin
hydroxamate/anguibactin

87
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——- chemistry used by siderophores

A

coordination

88
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cheaters for iron acquisition

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don’t make their own siderophores, but have uptake proteins for others’

89
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GP iron carriers besides siderophores

A

staphyloferrins A & B
heme

90
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GP system allowing siderophores inside

A

FhuBG

91
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GN system allowing siderophores inside

A

ABC system

92
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uses iron abstinence
substitute?

A

Borrelia
manganese

93
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proteins in pili

A

pilin

94
Q

on pili tip

A

adhesin

95
Q

pili ligands
highly ————–
how can they be deduced?

A

usually glycoproteins/lipids
conserved
competition assay - if mannose is critical, pili bind to mannose instead of cells

96
Q

tropism

A

specificity of binding determines which tissues will be infected

97
Q

GPs with pili (6)

A

S. salivarius
S. gordonii
S. oralis
S. mutans
Corynybacterium
Actinomycies

98
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type 1 pili
hemagglutination?
mannose?
genes?

A

yes
sensitive
fim, pap, pil

99
Q

type 2 pili
hemagglutination?
gene?
binds to?
unique?

A

no
cbIA
mucin, epithelials, lung cells
binding motif is all along length

100
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type of pili in Burk biofilms

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type 2

101
Q

type 3 pili
mannose?
organisms?

A

resistant
E. coli, Klebsiella, Salmonella

102
Q

contribute to biofilms on catheters

A

type 3 pili

103
Q

potential target of pilicides

A

type. 3pili

104
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type 4 pili
arrangement?
assembly?
organisms?
unique?

A

bundles, polar
T2SS
GNs (Neisseria, Pasteurella, Dichelobacter, Moraxella, Aggregatibacter, Pseudomonas)
involved in DNA uptake, Haemophilus

105
Q

pili that give motility

A

type 4

106
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type 5 pili
assembly?
mannose?
organisms?

A

external
sensitive
E coli

107
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system used to assemble type 1 pili

A

chaperone-usher system

108
Q

SecAB

A

chaperone-usher
carries unfolded polypeptides across membrane

109
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FimC/PapD

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chaperone usher
fold and protect proteins

110
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FimD/PapC

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chaperone usher
usher proteins - seat subunits

111
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FimA

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chaperone usher
main pilus protein, makes body

112
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PapH

A

chaperone usher
termination protein

113
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SecYEG

A

curli
carries polypeptides across membrane

114
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CsgC

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curli
chaperone - protects proteins

115
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CsgE

A

curli
processes proteins from CsgC

116
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CsgG/CsgF

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curli
allows subunits to cross outer membrane

117
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CsgA/CsgB
shape

A

curli
main body proteins
folding beta sheet nature

118
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CsgD

A

curli
transcriptional activator, turns on BAC

119
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sortase

A

GP external assembly
anchor molecule, carries pili subunits to membrane

120
Q

GP external assembly orientation of pilus proteins

A

N’ at tip

121
Q

in GPs, pilus is anchored to…

A

peptidoglycan

122
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G– have nonfimbrial proteins

A

GPs

123
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nonfimbrial proteins attach to…

A

protiens (fibronectin, collagen, fibrinogen, vitronectin, laminin, bone slaloprotein, elastin, thrombspondin)

124
Q

M protein

A

S. pyogenes
attaches to fibronectin in larynx

125
Q

afimbrial adhesins bind…

A

integins. and cadherins between epithelial cells

126
Q

allows host and afimbrial adhesins to attach
pathogen

A

highly conserved RGD sequences
Yersinia

127
Q

InlA
InlB

A

Listeria internalins
mediate invasion
A binds E-caherin, B binds HGF-SF/C1q receptor

128
Q

serum resistant

A

complement in blood fails to degrade bacteria

129
Q

methods for complement evasion

A

capsules
LPS mods

130
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capules to complement

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Prevent alternative C3 convertase (C3bBb) from forming by either reducing attachment factor B or recruiting factor H, which destroys C3b (along with factor I)

prevents classical convertase C4bC2a from forming because it prevents diffusion of IgG (necessary for classical convertase)

131
Q

capsules with hyaluronic acid

A

S. pyogenes

132
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capsules with sialic acid

A

N. meningitidis

133
Q

O-LPS mod allowing. itto evade MBL pathway

A

sialic acid instead of mannose

134
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O-LPS mod that reduces killing by MAC

A

super long

135
Q

when is baby vulnerable to meningitis

A

after 5 months, before 12 months

136
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vaxx for college students against meningitis

A

MCV4

137
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threat of meningitis

A

lipid A
inflammation in meninges

138
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invasin/internalin action

A

promote rearrangement of actin filaments

A pocket forms, and bacteria can be taken into host cell, allowing it to evade the immune system

139
Q

invasin first demonstrated in…

A

Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

140
Q

SOD pathogen

A

S. enterica Typhimurium

141
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flavohemoglobin

A

defends nitric oxide attack
E. coli

142
Q

Mip

A

Legionella invasin
causes coiling phagocytosis
RER around vacuole prevents fusion

143
Q

ruffles on surface via actin rearrangement

A

Salmonella enterica
no phagolysosomal fusion

144
Q

M. tuberculosis uses what ligand to enter cell

A

C3 receptor

145
Q

TACO

A

M. tuberculosis
surface of phagosome
prevents fusion

146
Q

interleukin suppressed by M tuberculosis

A

IL-12
Th1 mediated killing

147
Q

LLO

A

Listeria, hly gene
listeriolysin
pores in phagosome membrane
functions at 5.5 pH

148
Q

SLO

A

S. pyogenes streptolysin

149
Q

PLO

A

S. pneumoniae
pneumolysin

150
Q

PFO

A

Clostridium perfringens
perfringolysin

151
Q

cell to cell movement organisms (3)

A

Listeria, Shigella flexneri, Rickettsia rickettsii

152
Q

ActA

A

recruits actin, pushing the bacterium forward as they are inserted

153
Q

free themselves from netosis

A

DNAse pos

154
Q

spreading factors

A

collagenase
elastase
hyaluronidase

155
Q

streptokinase

A

S. pyogenes
dissolves fibrin clots by activating plasminogen to plasmin

this allows the bacteria to spread, even into the bloodstream

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