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Mitotic division: Prokaryotes or Eukaryotes?

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Eukaryotes

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DNA within a nuclear membrane: Prokaryotes or Eukaryotes?

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Eukaryotes

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DNA associated with histones: Prokaryotes or Eukaryotes?

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Eukaryotes

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Chromosome number of Prokaryotes

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One

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Chromosome number of Eukaryotes

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More than one

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Membrane-bound organelles: Prokaryotes or Eukaryotes?

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Eukaryotes

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Size of Ribosome of Prokaryotes

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30s 50s (70s)

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Size of Ribosome of Eukaryotes

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40s 60s (80s)

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Cell wall containing Peptidoglycan: Prokaryotes or Eukaryotes?

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Prokaryotes

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Noncellular pathogens that can only reproduce when present within a living cell

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Virus

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Basic unit of life

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Cell

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Obligate intracellular but acellular parasites of plants with naked RNA; Do not cause human diseases

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Viroids

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Mobile genetic elements

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Transposons

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DNA pieces that move readily from 1 site to another either within or between the DNA of bacteria, plasmids and bacteriophages

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Jumping genes

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DNA replication followed by insertion of new copy into another site

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Replicative Transposition

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DNA is excised from the site without replicating and then inserted into the new site

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Direct Transposition

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Infectious proteinaceous agents with high beta-sheath content; Expressed in neurons

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Prions

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Susceptible to protease; Soluble in detergent

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PrPc

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Appearance of the vacuolated neurons with loss of function and lack of an immune response or inflammation; With prion proteins inside

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Spongiform Encephalopathies

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Approximate diameter: Viruses

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0.02-0.2 um (under electron microscope only)

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Approximate diameter: Bacteria

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1-5 um

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Approximate diameter: Fungi

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3-10 um (yeasts)

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Approximate diameter: Protozoa and Helminths

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15-25 um (trophozoites)

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Nucleic Acid: Viruses

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Either DNA OR RNA

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Nucleic Acid: Bacteria, Fungi, Protozoa, Helminths

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Both DNA AND RNA

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Type of Nucleus: Viruses

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None

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Type of Nucleus: Bacteria

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Prokaryotic

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Type of Nucleus: Fungi, Protozoa, Helminths

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Eukaryotic

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Ribosomes: Fungi, Protozoa, Helminths

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80s (40s 60s)

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Ribosomes: Viruses

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Absent

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30
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Ribosomes: Bacteria

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70s (30s 50s)

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Mitochondria: Fungi, Protozoa, Helminths

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Present

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Mitochondria: Viruses, Bacteria

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Absent (metabolic enzyme of bacteria: in the cytoplasm)

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Nature of outer surface: Viruses

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Protein capsid and Lipoprotein envelope

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Nature of outer surface: Bacteria

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Rigid wall containing Peptidoglycan

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Nature of outer surface: Fungi

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Rigid wall containing Chitin (cell wall)

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Nature of outer surface: Protozoa and Helminths

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Flexible membrane (Cholesterol - lipid bilayer)

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Motility: Viruses

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None

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38
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Motility: Bacteria

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Some (those with flagella)

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39
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Motility: Fungi

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None

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40
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Motility: Protozoa and Helminths

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Most

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41
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Method of Replication: Viruses

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Not binary fission

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42
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Method of Replication: Bacteria

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Binary Fission

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43
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Method of Replication: Fungi

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Budding or Mitosis2

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44
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Method of Replication: Protozoa and Helminths

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Mitosis3

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45
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Only vertebrate flagellated cell

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Sperm

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46
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Human Prion Disease: Present with higher cortical function impairment; Sensorial changes, loss of cognition

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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

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Human Prion Disease: Present with cerebellar function impairment; Loss of correlation

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Kuru Disease

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48
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Animal Prion Disease of sheep and goats

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Scrapie

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49
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Most common Animal Prion Disease

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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or Mad cow Disease

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50
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Animal Prion Disease of mule, deer, elk

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Chronic Wasting Disease

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51
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Pathogenesis of Prion Diseases

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Very long incubation periods, as long as 30 years

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52
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Transmission of Prion Diseases

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Via infected tissue, cuts in skin; transplantation of contaminated tissues (cornea); use of contaminated medical devices (brain electrodes); ingestion of infected tissue (cannibalism); via inherited syndrome

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Spectrum of Disease: Prion Diseases

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Progressive neurodegenerative disease: loss of muscle control, shivering, myoclonic jerks and tremors, loss of coordination, rapidly progressive dementia, death

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54
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Treatment of Prion Diseases

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No treatment available

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55
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Same amino acid sequence

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Isomers

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56
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Proteins with same amino acid sequence but different folding patterns

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Conformers

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57
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Bacterial shape: Spheres

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Cocci

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58
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Bacterial shape: Rods

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Bacilli

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59
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Bacterial shape: Spirals

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Spirochetes

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60
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Bacterial shape: Spherical rods

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Coccobacilli

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61
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Pattern of Cocci: Pairs

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Diplococci

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62
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Pattern of Cocci: Chains

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Streptococci

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Pattern of Cocci: Clusters

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Staphylococci

64
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Smallest bacteria

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Mycoplasma sp.

65
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Largest bacteria

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Thiomargarita namibiensis

66
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Largest medically important bacteria

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Borrelia burgdorferi (causes Lime Disease)

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Sugar backbone of Peptidoglycan

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Glycan

68
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Peptide side of Peptidoglycan

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Peptido

69
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Cross linkage of Peptido and Glycan

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Transpeptidase

70
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Kill bacteria by cleaving the glycan backbone of peptidoglycan (beta1-4 linkage between GlcNAc and MurNac)

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Lysozymes

71
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Play a role in facilitating the passage of small, hydrophilic molecules into the cell

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Porin proteins

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Peptidoglycan of Gram (+)

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Thicker; Multi-layer

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Peptidoglycan of Gram (-)

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Thinner; Single-layer

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Teichoic Acids in Gram (+)

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Present

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Teichoic Acids in Gram (-)

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Absent

76
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Lipopolysaccharide in Gram (+)

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Absent

77
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Lipopolysaccharide in Gram (-)

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Present

78
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Periplasmic space in Gram (+)

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Absent

79
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Periplasmic space in Gram (-)

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Present

80
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Endotoxin in LPS: Gram (+) or (-)

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Gram (-)

81
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Endotoxin consists of

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Lipid A

O antigen

82
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All gram (+) bacteria have NO Endotoxin EXCEPT

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Listeria monocytogenes

83
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Gram staining: Step 1

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Primary Staining

84
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Gram staining: Step 1 stain

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Crystal Violet

85
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Gram staining: Step 2

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Fix stain

86
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Gram staining: Step 2 mordant

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Iodine

87
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Gram staining: Step 3

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Decolorizing

88
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Gram staining: Step 3 agent

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Acetone or Alcohol

89
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Gram staining: Step 4

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Counterstain

90
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Gram staining: Step 4 stain

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Safranin

91
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Color changes in Gram Staining

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Gram (+) - Violet

Gram (-) - Pinkish red

92
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Staining for Mycobacteria

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Acid Fast Staining

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Acid Fast Staining: Reagent

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Carbolfuschin

94
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Acid Fast Staining: 2 Methods

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Ziehl-Nielsen (with heat)

Kinyoun (without heat)

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Approach to Spirochetes

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Dark Field Microscopy

96
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No cellwall

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Mycoplasma spp.

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Approach to Legionella spp.

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Silver Staining Method

98
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Approach to Chlamydiae and Rickettsiae

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Giemsia Staining (Rickettsiae: also Tissue Staining)

99
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Bacteria not seen in gram stain

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Treponema
Rickettsia
Mycobacteria
Mycoplasma
Legionella
Chlamydia
100
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Site of oxidative and transport enzymes; Lipoprotein bilayer without sterols

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Cytoplasmic membrane

101
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Protein synthesis; RNA and protein in 30s and 50s subunits

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Ribosome

102
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Genetic material; DNA

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Nucleoid (no nuclear membrane)

103
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Participates in cell division and secretion; Invagination of plasma membrane

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Mesosome

104
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Contains many hydrolytic enzymes, including beta lactamases; Space between plasma membrane and outer membrane

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Periplasm (only in gram -)

105
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Cell parts that confer virulence

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Capsule
Pilus or Fimbria
Glycocalyx
Flagellum
Spore
Plasmid
Granule
106
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Polysaccharide; Protects against phagocytosis

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Capsule

107
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Glycoprotein; For attachment or conjugation

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Pilus or Fimbria

108
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Polysaccharide; Mediates adherence to surfaces

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Glycocalyx

109
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Protein; Motility

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Flagella

110
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Keratin-like coat, Dipicolinic acid; Resistance to heat and chemicals; Formed by gram (+) rods: Bacillus, Clostridium spp.

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Spore

111
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DNA; Genes for antibiotic resistance and toxins (exotoxins); Extrachromosomal, double-stranded, circular DNA capable of replicating independently o the bacterial chromosome

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Plasmid

112
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Glycogen, lipids, phosphates; Site of nutrients in cytoplasm

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Granule

113
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Al bacterial capsules are composed of polysaccharide EXCEPT

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Bacillus anthracis (Polypeptide D-glutamate)

114
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Flagella movement of Eukaryotic Cell

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Whip-like

115
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Flagella movement of Prokaryotic Cell

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Rotatory

116
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F pilus

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Sex pilus

117
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1 Flagellum

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Monotrichous

118
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Flagella on both ends

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Amphitrichous

119
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Multiple Flagella

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Lophotrichous

120
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1 sided or 1 end Flagella

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Peritrichous

121
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From cell to cell by conjugation; Large, contain about a dozen genes for synthesis of the sex pilus and for the enzymes required for transfer

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Transmissible plasmids

122
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Small, do not contain transfer genes; Frequently present in many (10-60) copies per cell

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Nontransmissible plasmids

123
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Toxic proteins produces by certain bacteria that are lethal for othee bacteria

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Bacteriocins

124
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Degradative enzymes produced by Pseudomonas capable of cleaning up environmental hazards such as oil spills and toxic chemical waste sites

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Bioremediation

125
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Cells are depleted of metabolites as the result of unfavorable condition; Adaptation to new environment; Zero growth rate

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Phase 1: Lag Phase

126
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Rapid cell division occurs; Beta lactam antibiotics act during this phase; Constant growth rate

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Phase 2: Log or Exponential Phase

127
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Exhaustion of nutrients or the accumulation of toxic products cause growth to cease completely; Spores are formed; Zero growth rate

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Phase 3: Maximum Stationary Phase

128
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Most of the cells die because nutrients have been exhausted; Negative growth rate

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Phase 4: Decline or Death Phase

129
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Toxic products from Oxygen Metabolism

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Superoxide

Hydrogen peroxide

130
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Needed to survive in aerobic environments

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Superoxide dismutase
Peroxidase
Catalase

131
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Completely dependent on oxygen for ATP-generation

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Obligate aerobes

132
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Use fermentation but can tolerate low amounts of oxygen because they have superoxide dismutase

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Microaerophiles

133
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Utilize oxygen if it is present but can use fermentation in its absence

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Facultative anaerobes

134
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Exclusively anaerobic but insensitive to the presence of oxygen

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Aerotolerant anaerobes

135
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Cannot grow in the presence of oxygen because they lack superoxide dismutase, peroxidase and catalase

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Obligate anaerobes

136
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Drug of choice for anaerobes

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Metronidazole

137
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Obligate aerobes

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Nocardia
Neisseria
Pseudomonas
Mycobacteria
Bordetella
Brucella
Bacillus cereus
Legionella
Leptospira
138
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Obligate anaerobes

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Actinomyces
Bacteroides
Clostridium

139
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True or False: Bacteria are diploid.

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False (Haploid)

140
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True or False: Bacteria DNA is linear.

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False (circular)

141
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Move readily from one site on the bacterial chromosome to another or from the bacterial chromosome to a plasmid

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Transposons or Jumping Genes

142
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The movement of genes from inactive (storage) sites into active sites of transcription; Can lead to antigenic variation

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Programmed rearrangements

143
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Relapsing fever is caused by

A

Borrelia recurrentis

144
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DNA transferred from one bacterium to another

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Conjugation

145
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DNA transferred by a virus from one cell to another

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Transduction

146
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Purified DNA taken up by a cell

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Transformation

147
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Pathways of Transduction

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Lytic Pathway

Lysogenic Pathway

148
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3 types of Molecular Changes

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Base substitution
Frameshift mutation
Transposons or Insertion sequences

149
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Study of Mutagenicity

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Ames Test

150
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Microorganisms that are permanent residents of the body; With low virulence

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Normal Flora

151
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Occurs when normal flora occupy receptor sites preventing pathogens from binding

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Colonization resistance

152
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Normal Flora: Skin

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Staphylococcus epidermidis (have glycocalyx)

153
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Normal Flora: Nose

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Staphylococcus aureus (anterior nares)

154
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Normal Flora: Mouth

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Viridans streptococci

155
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Normal Flora: Dental plaque

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Streptococcus mutans

156
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Normal Flora: Colon

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Bacteriodes

E. coli

157
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Normal Flora: Vagina

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Lactobacillus vaginalis
E. coli
Streptococcus agalactiae

158
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MRSA

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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