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1
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Mitochondria & chloroplasts were ____

A

Bacteria

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Mitochondria & chloroplasts have their own _______ _______

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Circular genome

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How do mit. and chloro. behave and what features do they have?

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Like endosymbiotic organisms–
- have their own double membrane
- own circular genome
- reproduce independently to the cell
- have lost many functions to host

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4
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Chloroplasts are similar to ________ and how?

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Cyanobacterium: similar photosynthesis components are similar as well as rRNA

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Mitochondria are similar to________ group and how?

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Rickettsia (alpha-proteobacterium): electron transport components and rRNA similarities

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6
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Gram positive bacteria have what 2 characteristics?

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Thick peptidoglycan cell wall
The teichoic acids

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Gram positive endospore formers

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Bacillus and Clostridium

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Gram positive wall-less forms

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Mycoplasmas

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9
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Gram positive acid fast

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Mycobacteria and relatives

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10
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Low GC gram-pos bacteria are called ______ and include which classes?

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Called firmicutes
- Bacilli
- Clostridia
- wall-less (Tenericutes/ Mollicutes)

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High GC gram-pos bacteria include which 2 common classes?

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Escherichia and Pseudomonas (gamma)

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12
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Gram-pos endospores are ______ resistant

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Extremely heat

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Toxin-forming gram-pos endospores (class and toxin)

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Clostridium: Tetanus, botox, gangrene)
Bacillus: (anthrax, B. thuringiensis [biological insecticide])

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14
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4 benefits commensal flora provide to human host

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1) makes vitamins
2) digests food
3) prevents colonization by pathogens (antagonism)
4) modulates immune response

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Opportunistic pathogens use _____ breach to enter the body

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surface

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16
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2 organisms that target immunocompromised hosts

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Bacteroides fragilis (anaerobic gas gangrene)
Clostridium difficile

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17
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4 physical innate host defenses

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1) Lacrimal apparatus (tears wash eyes)
2) Saliva (washes microbes off)
3) Urine (flows out microbes waterslide style)
4) Vaginal secretions (stickier, less fast waterslide)

18
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Chemical innate host defenses (4 with area)

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1) Low pH: stomach, skin, vagina
2) Lysozyme: tears, perspiration, saliva, tissue fluids (destroys peptidoglycan)
3) Antimicrobial peptides (destroy microbial plasma membrane)

19
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Two classes of antimicrobial peptides and examples

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Defensins: neutrophils, intestinal cells
Cathelicidins: neutrophils

20
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Antigen- presenting cells (APCs)

A

a heterogeneous group of immune cells that mediate the cellular immune response by processing and presenting antigens for recognition by certain lymphocytes such as T cells

21
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Dendrites serve as what?

A

Antigen-presenting cells

22
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______ are present in ____ body tissues and are the most likely to do what?

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Macrophages
most
most likely to make first contact with invading pathogens

23
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Lymphoid organs

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Tissues of the immune system where majority of lymphocytes are found (primary or secondary depending on function)

24
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Primary lymphoid organs (function and organ names- 2)

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Where lymphocytes mature
B-cells: Bone marrow
T-cells: Thymus

25
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Secondary lymphoid organs (function and 2 examples)

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Where lymphocytes encounter antigens
Spleen and lymph nodes

26
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Inflammation

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Defensive response triggered by a damage to body’s tissue

27
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4 signs of inflammation

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1) redness
2) heat
3) pain
4) swelling (edema)

28
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3 functions of inflammation

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1) destroy the injurious agent
2) limit the effect if destruction is not possible
3) repair or replace tissue damage

29
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Microbes have unique structures that immediately tag them as foreign. What are they called?

A

Microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs)

30
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How can MAMPs be recognized?

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Toll-like or NOD-like receptors (TLRs or NLRs) present on or in various host cell types

31
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How can MAMPs be recognized?
(general and specific names- 3 total)

A

2 types of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs)
Toll-like or NOD-like receptors (TLRs or NLRs) present on or in various host cell types

32
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How can MAMPs be recognized?
(general and specific names- 3 total)

A

2 types of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs)

Toll-like or NOD-like receptors (TLRs or NLRs) present on or in various host cell types

“burglar alarm system” activates upon encountering an invader

33
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Interferons (definition and function)

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Low-molecular-weight cytokines
Action is host specific NOT virus specific

34
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Two general types of interferons

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Type 1: high antiviral potency
IFN-alpha, beta, and omega
1)Bind to receptors on uninfected host cell to make them resistant to viral infection
2) induce expression of interferon-stimulated genes that include cleaving dsRNA and blocking viral RNA translation

Type2: IFN-gamma
Has immunomodulatory funcion by activating adaptive immune responses

35
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Two general types of interferons

A

Type 1: high antiviral potency
IFN-alpha, beta, and omega
1)Bind to receptors on uninfected host cell to make them resistant to viral infection
2) induce expression of interferon-stimulated genes that include cleaving dsRNA and blocking viral RNA translation

Type2: IFN-gamma
Has immunomodulatory funcion by activating adaptive immune responses

36
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Two general types of interferons

A

Type 1: high antiviral potency
IFN-alpha, beta, and omega
1)Bind to receptors on uninfected host cell to make them resistant to viral infection
2) induce expression of interferon-stimulated genes that include cleaving dsRNA and blocking viral RNA translation

Type2: IFN-gamma
Has immunomodulatory function by activating adaptive immune responses

37
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Phagocytosis

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38
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Two general types of interferons

A

Type 1: high antiviral potency
IFN-alpha, beta, and omega
1) Bind to receptors on uninfected host cell to make them resistant to viral infection
2) induce expression of interferon-stimulated genes that include cleaving dsRNA and blocking viral RNA translation

Type2: IFN-gamma
Has immunomodulatory function by activating adaptive immune responses

39
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Two general types of interferons

A

Type 1: high antiviral potency
IFN-alpha, beta, and omega
1) Bind to receptors on uninfected host cell to make them resistant to viral infection
2) induce expression of interferon-stimulated genes that include cleaving dsRNA and blocking viral RNA translation

Type2: IFN-gamma
Has immunomodulatory function by activating adaptive immune responses

40
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Two general types of interferons

A

Type 1: high antiviral potency
IFN-alpha, beta, and omega
1) Bind to receptors on uninfected host cell to make them resistant to viral infection
2) induce expression of interferon-stimulated genes that include cleaving dsRNA and blocking viral RNA translation

Type 2: IFN-gamma
Has immunomodulatory function by activating adaptive immune responses

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