Exam 3 Super Review Flashcards
- Archaea and bacteria are the only domains present
Pre-Eukaryotes. Over 2 Billion Years Ago
- Mostly anaerobes, but some microaerobes.
Pre-Eukaryotes. Over 2 Billion Years Ago
- Facultative and Aerobic cells appear
a. With (superoxide dismustase and catalase)
Pre-Eukaryotes. Over 2 Billion Years Ago
- Some oxygenic photosynthesis via Cyanobacteria
Pre-Eukaryotes. Over 2 Billion Years Ago
- 1% atmospheric oxygen can support aerobic cellular respiration
Pre-Eukaryotes. Over 2 Billion Years Ago
- Some predation
Pre-Eukaryotes. Over 2 Billion Years Ago
ii. Eukaryotic first appeared with the advent of enough (What element?) in the atmosphere to support cellular respiration and be a threat to anaerobic and microaerobic bacteria
Oxygen
iii. Eukarya believed to be resulted from
1. __________, recombination
a. NOT mutation
Symbiosis
- Anaerobic Archaea phagocytized aerobic bacteria that resembled _______
Rickettsia!
Phagocytized aerobic bacteria became ____, which provided Archaea with enzymes (catalase!) while the larger Archaea provided a safe haven + nutrients
Endosymbionts
b. After giving-up its genes to Archaea the endosymbionts became first ______ and then became the first membrane bound _____
Enslaved
Organelle
- Photosynthetic bacteria (similar to cyanobacteria) are also engulfed; they develop into _______
chloroplasts
Mitochondria function
Energy Production
Energy Producer
Outer membrane has G- like proteins
Mitochondria
Energy Producer
Inner Membrane with folds
Mitochondria
- Hold the enzymes/electron carriers for aerobic respiration
Cristae
Inner Membrane
Mitochondria
- Divide independently of cell
a. Binary fission reproduction *
Mitochondria
Eukarya organelle, but
- Contains
a. Circular DNA stored *
b. 70s Prokaryotic ribosomes (!!!) *
mitochondria
Eukarya organelle
- Function
a. Convert the energy of sunlight into chemical energy through photosynthesis
Chloroplast
- Found
a. In algae and plant cells
Chloroplast
- Consists of
a. Outer membrane which covers
b. Inner membrane, folded into sacs
c. Thylakoids, stacked into grana
Chloroplast
Primary producers of organic nutrients for other organisms
Chloroplast
How it’s derived from G- prokaryotic cells **
a. G- outer membrane proteins
b. 70s ribosomes
c. Circular DNA strand
d. Divides by binary fission
Chloroplast
a. All Eukarya are such because they have
mitochondria
i. Are mosaic of genes from both Archaea and bacteria
Eukarya
i. Protista is the kingdom that came ____ wth the Acquisition of Undulipodia
last
a. Derived from centrioles that strongly resemble Spirochetes
Undulipodia
synonymous with flagella
undulipodia
i. Member of Protista at some point phagocytized and ultimately enslaved a photosynthetic bacterium such as cyanobacteria
- origin of ____
Plants
- This photosynthetic bacteria became a
chloroplast
- Photosynthetic protisa became the subkingdom (phyla)
algae
Plants appear to have evolved from
green algae
ii. Protista that did not contain photosynthetic bacteria became the subkingdom (phyla) _____
protozoa
i. No Undulipodia
1. Fungi
a. Unicellular
i. Yeast
Animal cells?
Algae phyla are derivative of ____ kingdom
Protista
i. Photosynthetic organisms
Algae
Protista Kingdom
Eukarya
- Unicellular
- Colonial
- Filamentous
Algae
Protista Kingdom
Eukarya
iv. Contains
1. Chloroplasts with
a. Chlorophyll and other pigments
Algae
Protista Kingdom
Eukarya
- Cell wall
a. Made of cellulose
Algae
Protista Kingdom
Eukarya
- May or may not have
a. Undulipodia
Algae
Protista Kingdom
Eukarya
Has
a. Ribosomes
b. Flagellum
c. Mitochondrion
d. Nucleus
e. Nucleolus
f. Chloroplast
g. Golgi Apparatus
h. Cytoplasm
i. Cell membrane
j. Starch Vacuoles
k. Cell Wall
Algae
Protista Kingdom
Eukarya
i. May have
1. Undulipodia
ii. Do NOT have
1. Chloroplasts
2. Cell wall
Protozoa
Protista Kingdom
Eukarya
iii. Does have
1. Flagellum
2. Ribosomes
3. Mitochondrion
4. ER
5. Nucleus
6. Pellicle
7. Nucleolus
8. Cell membrane
9. Golgi Apparatus
10. Water vacuole
11. Centrioles
12. Cell membrane
13. Glycocalyx
Protozoa
Protista Kingdom
Eukarya
iv. Most have locomotor structures
1. Flagella
2. Cilia
3. Pseudopods
Protozoa
Protista Kingdom
Eukarya
v. Single celled eukarya, along with algae
Protozoa
Protista Kingdom
Eukarya
vi. Often demonstrate polymorphism (multiple life forms)
1. Trophozoite
2. Cyst
3. Other class specific
Protozoa
Protista Kingdom
Eukarya
a. Motile, feeding stage
i. Forms in response to moistures, restored nutrients
Trophozoite stage
Protozoa
Protista Kingdom
Eukarya
a. Many can enter into a dormant resting stage when conditions are unfavorable for growth and feeding
Cyst stage
Protozoa
Protista Kingdom
Eukarya
All reproduce
- Asexually
a. Mitosis
b. Or Multiple fission - Sexually
a. Conjugation
Protozoa
Protista Kingdom
Eukarya
viii. Respiration
1. Usually aerobic (cellular respiration)
2. Chemoheterotrophs
Protozoa
Protista Kingdom
Eukarya
a. Mastigophora
b. Sarcodina
c. Ciliata
d. Sporozoa
Classifications
Protozoa
Protista Kingdom
Eukarya
- Found in soil and water
2. Parasites of multicellular organisms
Classifications
Protozoa
Protista Kingdom
Eukarya
- Most are consumers and some are decomposers
4. Sporozoa cause 50% of deaths before the age of 5
Classifications
Protozoa
Protista Kingdom
Eukarya
Which has
Mitochondrion?
Protozoa or Algae?
Both
Which has
Chloroplasts
Protozoa or Algae?
Algae
Which has
Cell wall? Composition?
Protozoa or Algae?
- Algae
2. Cellulose
Protozoa responsible for Amebic Dysentery
Entamoeba Histolytica (Sarcodina) Amebic Dysentery
- 4th most common protozoan infection
Entamoeba Histolytica (Sarcodina) Amebic Dysentery
a. food and waterborne illness
b. Ingested cysts hatch into trophozoites in intestine
Entamoeba Histolytica (Sarcodina) Amebic Dysentery
c. Trophozoites produce pore toxin
i. Lyses epithelia cells of intestines
1. Causes ulceration and bloody diarrhea
2. Bloody diarrhea = dysentery
Entamoeba Histolytica (Sarcodina) Amebic Dysentery
ii. Can penetrate broken blood vessels and invade other organs
1. Lungs
2. Liver
3. Brain
iii. Cause life threatening abcesses
Entamoeba Histolytica (Sarcodina) Amebic Dysentery
- Asymptomatic in 90% of patients
5. Ameba may secrete enzymes that dissolve tissues and penetrate deeper layers of the mucosa
Entamoeba Histolytica (Sarcodina) Amebic Dysentery
- It Causes
a. Dysentery
b. Abdominal pain
c. Fever
d. Diarrhea
e. Weight loss
Entamoeba Histolytica (Sarcodina) Amebic Dysentery
- Carried by 10% of world population
8. Mortality is 100,000 per year worldwide
Entamoeba Histolytica (Sarcodina) Amebic Dysentery
- Treatment
a. Commonly Metronidazole = Flagyl
b. Works in anaerobic conditions
Entamoeba Histolytica (Sarcodina) Amebic Dysentery
Protozoa responsible for Giardiasis
i. 2 nuclei
ii. No mitochondria
iii. Adhesive discs – trophozoites
Giardia Lamblia (Mastigophora) Giardiasis
- Second to E. Coli as most common source of chronic diarrhea picked up while traveling
Giardia Lamblia (Mastigophora) Giardiasis
a. Found in 97% of surface water
Giardia Lamblia (Mastigophora) Giardiasis
i. Problem for
1. Campers
2. Hikers
3. Daycare centers
4. Among gay men
Giardia Lamblia (Mastigophora) Giardiasis
ii. Beavers, muskrats are the primary reservoirs
Giardia Lamblia (Mastigophora) Giardiasis
- Cysts are food and waterborne
Giardia Lamblia (Mastigophora) Giardiasis
a. The microbe attaches to lining of small intestine with adhesive discs
Giardia Lamblia (Mastigophora) Giardiasis
b. Incubation
i. 12-20 days
Giardia Lamblia (Mastigophora) Giardiasis
c. Heavy infestation causes inflammation that inhibits absorption of nutrients
Giardia Lamblia (Mastigophora) Giardiasis
- Diagnosis
a. Difficult
i. Organism shed in feces - intermittenly
Giardia Lamblia (Mastigophora) Giardiasis
- Symptoms include (last for 2-6 weeks)
a. Fever
b. Cramps
c. Diarrhea
d. Nausea
e. Weight loss
Giardia Lamblia (Mastigophora) Giardiasis
b. Chlorinating water
i. This does not kill cysts
Giardia Lamblia (Mastigophora) Giardiasis
- Prevention
a. Filtering water before boiling
b. Chlorinating water
c. Ozonating city water supplies
Giardia Lamblia (Mastigophora) Giardiasis
- Treatment
a. Metronidazole
Giardia Lamblia (Mastigophora) Giardiasis
Causes Cryptosporidiosis
b. Intestinal pathogen
Cryptosporidium Protozoa
Cryptosporidiosis
- Leading cause of diarrheal disease by protozoan in the world, since 1982 (beginning of AIDS epidemic)
Cryptosporidium Protozoa
Cryptosporidiosis
- Acquired via
a. Fecal-oral route from
b. Threatens our water supply
Cryptosporidium Protozoa
Cryptosporidiosis
a. Fecal-oral route from
i. Kittens
ii. Puppies
iii. Livestock
iv. Deer
v. Person to person
1. Daycare centers
2. Hospitals
vi. Ponds
vii. Lakes
Cryptosporidium Protozoa
Cryptosporidiosis
a. =Discovered after 1970
=Emerging Disease
Cryptosporidium Protozoa
Cryptosporidiosis
b. 1993 – Milwaukee, WI
i. 370,000 cases due to
1. Contaminated water
2. Filtration required for removal
a. Chlorination will not work
Cryptosporidium Protozoa
Cryptosporidiosis
a. Ingestion of oocysts gives rise to
i. Sporozoites that
1. Penetrate intestinal epithelial cells
a. Give rise to merozoites
i. Which re-infect the epithelial of intestinal lining, develop oocysts that are excretted
Stages in Development
Cryptosporidium Protozoa
Cryptosporidiosis
b. Within 12-14 hours
i. Gastroenteritis
ii. Headache
iii. Sweating
iv. Vomiting
v. Abdominal cramps
vi. Extremely watery Diarrhea
Cryptosporidium Protozoa
Cryptosporidiosis
c. May persist for weeks
d. AIDs patients may suffere chronic persistent diarrhea
Cryptosporidium Protozoa
Cryptosporidiosis
- Treatment
a. No effective drugs
Cryptosporidium Protozoa
Cryptosporidiosis
- Self limiting in uncompromised victims
- Opportunistic in immunocompromised victims and may persist indefinitely
a. AIDS patients
b. The young
Cryptosporidium Protozoa
Cryptosporidiosis
a. 1 of top 3 killers in world
b. 300-500 million new cases in world each year
Plasmodium
Malaria
c. 40% of the world population
d. Mortality
i. 1-2 million deaths, primarily children
Plasmodium
Malaria
a. Reemerging disease caused by several species of _________
Plasmodium
Malaria
Re Emerging
i. First emerged about 40,000 years ago
Plasmodium
Malaria
_________ causes 95% of malarial deaths
i. Children and fetuses deprived of O2 from infected mother
Plasmodium Falciparum
Malaria
c. Obligate intracellular sporozoan
Plasmodium
Malaria
i. P. malariae
ii. P. vivax
iii. P. falciparum
iv. P. ovale
Plasmodium
Malaria
- Historicially most common and widespread
- Can emerge from liver in stages causing relapses (1-30 years)
- 95% of Africans have mutation (Duffy negative)
a. Blocks merozoites from infecting RBC’s
ii. P. vivax
Plasmodium
Malaria
- Not as widespread
- More deadly
- No relapses
- All merozoites emerge from liver at same time
- Sickle cell heterozygous people protected
- 80-90% of infections in Africa
- 90% of deaths
- HIV infection increases malarial deaths
P. Falciparum
Plasmodium
Malaria
a. Female Anopheles mosquito
b. Blood transfusions
c. Mother to fetus
Vectors
Plasmodium
Malaria
- Life Cycle
a. Asexual Phase – Human host
b. Sexual phase – mosquito host
Plasmodium
Malaria
i. Infected mosquito injects asexual sporozoite
Asexual Phase
Plasmodium
Malaria
- Localizes in liver
Asexual Phase
Plasmodium
Malaria
- Undergoes division generating numerous merozoites, which enter circulation in 5-16 days depending on species
Asexual Phase
Plasmodium
Malaria
a. Invade red blood cells, convert to trophozoites, and multiply
Asexual Phase
Plasmodium
Malaria
b. 48 hour cycle burst, release more merozoites, eventually differentiate into gametes. (3-5 years later)
Asexual Phase
Plasmodium
Malaria
i. Mosquito draws infected RBC’s when nomming on blood
Sexual Phase
Plasmodium
Malaria
ii. Gametes fertilize, form diploid cell
Sexual Phase
Plasmodium
Malaria
iii. Forms sporozoites in stomach of mosquito
Sexual Phase
Plasmodium
Malaria
iv. Sporozoites lodge in salivary glands
1. Available to infect the human host
Sexual Phase
Plasmodium
Malaria
- Symptoms
a. Episodes of chills-fever-sweating
b. Anemia
c. Liver and spleen enlargement and brain damage
i. Due to clots and hypoxia
d. Occur at 48-72 hour intervals as RBC’s rupture
e. Interval depends on species
Plasmodium
Malaria
- Diagnosis
a. Presence of trophozoite in RBC’s, symptoms
Plasmodium
Malaria
- Increasing drug resistance
Plasmodium
Malaria
- Therapy
a. Fansidar cocktail with Chloroquine
b. Hospitalization for 5 days with quinine
c. Mefloquine
d. ACT Artemisinin Combination Therapy
e. Nothing
i. Rely on continuous infection and immune response
Plasmodium
Malaria
- Prevention
a. Destroy mostquito
i. Breeding grounds
b. Vaccine
i. Goal: eliminate mortality; not necessarily infection
c. Insectiside treated nets
d. Fansidar
i. For pregnant women
Plasmodium
Malaria
i. No undulipodia – “True Fungi”
Fungi
General Characteristics
ii. Terrestrial, but require moisture
Fungi
General Characteristics
iii. Develop from spores
Fungi
General Characteristics
iv. Eukaryotes with rigid cell wall consisting mostly of chitin
Fungi
General Characteristics
- Unicellular
a. Yeast - Multicellular - hyphae
a. Molds
Fungi
General Characteristics
vi. Decomposers
1. Chemoheterotrophs
Fungi
General Characteristics
a. Acquires nutrients via
i. Diffusion after exoenzymes break down their food source
Fungi
General Characteristics
- Sometimes parasites
a. Never obligate
Fungi
General Characteristics
multicellular forms can change to unicellular forms in the host body; yeast may change to the hypha form
Dimorphic
Fungi
General Characteristics
viii. Are the single most important cause of disease in plants
Fungi
General Characteristics
Does it have undulipodia? (Fungi)
NO
Do Fungi have cell wall? made of?
YES.
CHITIN.
i. Soft, uniform texture and appearance
ii. Single celled fungi
Yeast Phyla
Fungi Kingdom
iii. Grow in colonies
iv. Produce exoenzymes
Yeast Phyla
Fungi Kingdom
v. Can form biofilms
Yeast Phyla
Fungi Kingdom
vi. Contain
1. Plasmids
Yeast Phyla
Fungi Kingdom
- Best understood eukarya
a. 1st mapped genome
b. Stripped down version of human cell
Yeast Phyla
Fungi Kingdom
vii. Reproduce
1. Asexually
a. Via mitosis
b. Generate BUDS
2. Sexually
a. Via Ascospores + Basidiospores
Yeast Phyla
Fungi Kingdom
- The ability to ferment and generate
a. Beer
b. Wine
c. Vinegar
d. Ethyl alcohol
Yeast Phyla
Fungi Kingdom
- Use of their plasmids for genetic engineering
a. Advantage
i. Don’t produce toxins
Yeast Phyla
Fungi Kingdom
i. Consist of hyphae forming a mycelium (mat)
ii. Form the thallus (body) of the mold
Mold Phyla
Fungi Kingdom
- Production of
a. Commercial acids
b. Enzymes
c. Antibiotics
Mold Phyla
Fungi Kingdom
disease caused by a fungi
=mycoses
Mold Phyla
Fungi Kingdom
b. Many begin as lung infections
i. Result from inhaling spores
ii. Wind makes the spores airborne where they can
Mycoses
Mold Phyla
Fungi Kingdom
c. Often result in TB – symptoms
i. Cough
1. Droplets
ii. Aches
iii. Fevers
Mycoses
Mold Phyla
Fungi Kingdom
d. Treatment
i. Amphotericin B
Mycoses
Mold Phyla
Fungi Kingdom
iv. Usually self limiting if person has normal immune system
v. FRUITING BODIES
Mold Phyla
Fungi Kingdom
Which:
is unicellular
Yeast or Molds?
both
Which:
multicellular
Yeast or Molds?
molds
Which:
has plasmids?
Yeast or Molds?
yeasts
Which:
made of hypha
Yeast or Molds?
molds
Which:
generate fruiting bodies?
Yeast or Molds?
molds
Yeast that causes Candidiasis
Candida Albicans
Candidiasis
a. Normally found in intestinal tract
i. Causes opportunistic infections of
1. Skin
2. Mouth
3. Vagina
Candida Albicans
Candidiasis
- Accounts for 70% of nosocomial fungal infections
a. Mycoses
Candida Albicans
Candidiasis
- Opportunistic
a. For immunocompromised individuals
Candida Albicans
Candidiasis
- Risk Factors
a. Taking antibitoics
b. High Blood Sugar
Candida Albicans
Candidiasis
- Virulence Factors
a. Adhesins
b. Can convert to the hyphal form in the human body
i. Stimulates production of blood blots
c. Secretion of proteases and phospholipases
Candida Albicans
Candidiasis
- Thrush
a. Thick
b. White
c. Adherent growth on mucous membranes of mouth and throat
Candida Albicans
Candidiasis
- Vulvovaginal yeast infection
a. Painful
b. Inflammatory condition that causes ulceration and discharge
Candida Albicans
Candidiasis
- Cutaneous candidiasis
a. Occurs in chronically moist areas of skin and in burn patients
Candida Albicans
Candidiasis
- Treatment
a. Amphotericin B
Candida Albicans
Candidiasis
Dermatophyte
Tinea
Ringworm
- =tinea capitis, affects calp and hair-bearing region of head
- Hair may be lost
of Scalp
Ringworm
- =tinea barbae
- Affects the chin and beard of adult males
- Contracted mainly from animals
of Beard
Ringworm
- =Tinea corporis
2. Occurs as inflamed, red ring lesions anywhere on smooth skin.
of Body
Ringworm
a. Discovered in 1898
Viruses
Hypothesized Source
b. Most Abundant Agent on earth
i. A billion billion trillion (10^30)
ii. Attacks ALL cells
Viruses
Hypothesized Source
c. Non-Cellular
i. Not alive
ii. Can’t actively maintain themselves
iii. No cell membrane
iv. No organelles
Viruses
Hypothesized Source
v. Do
1. Have a genome
2. Evolve/adapt faster than anything else on the planet
Viruses
Hypothesized Source
d. Suspected to be
i. Genes that got “loose”
ii. Transposons?
iii. 90% of genes don’t match genes from any modern source
Viruses
Hypothesized Source
e. Genome
i. Either DNA or RNA
1. Vast majority are RNA
Viruses
Hypothesized Source
a. Genome
i. Have genes that code for protein but
1. No Transcription
2. No Ribosomes
a. No Translation
3. The host cell MUST express any viral genes
Viruses
Hypothesized Source
Always intracellular parasites
Viruses
Hypothesized Source
i. Bear no resemblance to cells
1. Lack protein-synthesizing machinery
Virus Structure
ii. Contain only the parts needed to
1. Invade a cell
2. Control a host cell
Virus Structure
- Nucleic acid molecules (either D or R, not both)
- Matrix Proteins enzymes
a. optional
Central core
Virus Structure
i. Usually double stranded (ds) but may be single stranded (ss)
ii. Ds usually attack
1. Animal cells
DNA core
Virus Structure
i. Usually ss, but may be ds
ii. Ss small, usually attack
1. Animal or
2. Plant cells
RNA core
Virus Structure
viruses that attack bacteria
=bacteriophage
Virus Structure
b. provides
i. protection for the core
ii. way to transmit viral core to host cell
Capsid
Coverings
Virus Structure