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1
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Prokaryote ribosome

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50s + 30s

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2
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Eukaryote ribosome

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60s + 40s

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3
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Cell wall containing peptidoglycan

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Prokaryotes

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4
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Rate of particles travel to the bottom of the tube under centrifugal force

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Sedimentation rate

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5
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Unit of Sedimentation rate

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Svedberg Unit

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6
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Only bacteria with sterol

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Mycoplasma

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7
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Either DNA or RNA

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Virus

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8
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70s subunit

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Bacteria

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9
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80s subunit

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Fungi and Protozoa/ Helminths

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10
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Present Mitochondria

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Fungi and Protozoa/ Helminths

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11
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Absent Mitochondria

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Viruses and Bacteria

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12
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Protein capsid with lipoprotein envelope

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Virus

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13
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Rigidwall containing peptidoglycan

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Bacteria

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14
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Rigid wall, CHITIN

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Fungi

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15
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Flexible membrane

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Protozoa/ Helminths

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16
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Binary Fission

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Bacteria

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17
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Budding or mitosis

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Fungi

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18
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Mitosis only

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Protozoa/ Helminths

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19
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Mobile genetic elements/ “Jumping genes”

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Transposons

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20
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Causes mutations in genes in which they insert or alter the expression of nearby genes

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Transposons

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21
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2 methods of transpositions

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Cut and Paste, Copy and Paste

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22
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Lacks Nucleic acids

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Prions

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23
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Non cellular infectious proteins

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Prions

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24
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Naked proteins, folded differently

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Prions

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25
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Associated with spongiform encephalopathies

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Prions

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26
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VACUOLATED NEURONS
Loss of Function
Lack of immune response and inflammation

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Spongiform encephalopathies

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27
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Cannibalism

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Kuru

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28
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Cortical -> Demenetia

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CJD

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29
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Cerebellar -> Ataxia, cognition well preserved

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Kuru

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30
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Sheeps and Goats

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Scarpie

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31
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Cow

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BSE

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32
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Mule, Deer, Elk

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Chronic wasting disease

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33
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Autoclave stting

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121 C
15 PSI
15 mins

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34
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Spirochetes

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Leptospira
Triponema
Borreliella

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35
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All bacteria has peptidoglycan except

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Mycoplasma

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36
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Sugar backbone with peptide side chains

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Peptidoglycan

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37
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Crosslinks peptidoglycans

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Transpeptidase

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38
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Facilitates passage of small hyrophilic molecules in the cell

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Porins

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39
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Kills bacteria by cleavinf B1 -> Glycosididc bond bet NAG and NAM

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Lysozymes

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40
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Teichoic Acid

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Gram Positive

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41
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Endotoxin/ LPS

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Gram Negative

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42
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Thicker/ Multi layered peptidoglycan

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Gram Positive

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43
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Lipopolysaccharide

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Gram Negative

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44
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Periplasmic space

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Gram Negative

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45
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Induces IL 1 & TNF

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Lipid A and O antigen

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46
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Only gram positive with Endotoxin

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Listeria Monocytogenes

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47
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Primary Stain

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Crystal Violet

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48
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Mordant

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Iodine

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49
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Decolorizing Agent

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Acetone

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50
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Counterstain

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Safranin

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51
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Oldest acid fast staining, requires HEATING

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Zhiel Neelsen

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52
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Acid Fast Stain

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Mycobacteriae

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53
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Dark Field Microscopy

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Spirochetes

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54
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Serology only

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Mycoplasma

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55
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Silver Stain

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Legionella

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56
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Chlamydiae

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Giemsa Stain -> Inclusion Bodies

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57
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Rickettsiae

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Giemsa/ Tissue Stains

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58
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Cell wall inhibitor

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Piperacillin

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59
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Component of gram negative cell wall reduces susceptibility to lysozymes

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Outer membrane

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60
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Invagination of Plasma membrane, Participates in cell division and secretion

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Mesosome

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61
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Contains hydrophilic enzymes including B lactamases

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Periplasm

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62
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Protects against phagocytosis, Polysaccharide

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Capsule

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63
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Attachment, conjugation, Glycoprotein

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Pilus or Fimbria

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64
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Adherence to surfaces, Glycocalyx

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Glycocalyx

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65
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Motility, Protein

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Flagellum

66
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Resistance to heat and chemicals, Keratinlike coat, Dipicolinic acid

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Spore

67
Q

Genes for antibiotic resistance and Toxins, DNA

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Plasmid

68
Q

Site of nutrients in cytoplasm

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Granule

69
Q

Non polysaccharide bacterial capsule

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Bacillus anthracis - Polypeptide of D Glutamate

70
Q

Formed by gram positive rods

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Spores - Bacillus and clostridium spp

71
Q

Extrachromosomal, double stranded circular DNA capable of replicating INDEPENDENTLY of the bacterial chromosome

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Plasmids

72
Q

Toxic proteins produce by certain bacteria that are lethal for other bacteria

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Bacteriocins

73
Q

Zero Growth Rate - Nutrients incorporated

Adaptation, Depleted Metabolites

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Lag Phase

74
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B lactam antibiotics acts during this phase

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Log/ Exponential Phase

75
Q

Rapid cell division

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Log or Exponential Phase

76
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Constant Growth Rate

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Log or Exponential

77
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Exhaustion of Nutrients -> Zero growth rate

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Stationary Phase

78
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Formation of Spores

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Stationary Phase

79
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Most cells die because nutrients are exhausted

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Decline/ Death Phase

80
Q

Negative Growth Rate

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Decline/ Death Phase

81
Q

Completely dependent on O2

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Obligate Aerobes

82
Q

use FERMENTATION, but can TOLERATE low amounts of O2 because they have SOD

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Microaerophiles

83
Q

Utilize O2 if present but can use fermentation in its absence

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Facultative Anaerobes

84
Q

Exclusively anaerobic but insensitive to the presence of O2

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Aerotolerant Anaerobes

85
Q

Cannot grow in presence of O2

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Obligate Anaerobes

86
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Can grow in both Aerobic and Anaerobic env

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Facultative, Aerotolerant

87
Q

Can only grow in aerobic

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Obligate aerobic, microaerophilic

88
Q

Can only grow in anaerobic

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Obligate anerobic

89
Q

DNA transfer one bac to another

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Conjugation

90
Q

DNA transfer by a virus from one cell to another

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Transduction

91
Q

Purified DNA Taken up by Cell

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Transformation

92
Q

Lysogenized strains

A 
shigA
Boutlinium
Cholera
Diptheria
Erythrogenic Strain of Strep Pyogenes
93
Q

Normal Flora: Skin

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Staph. epidermidis

94
Q

Normal Flora:Nose

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Staph Aureus

95
Q

Normal Flora: Mouth

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Strep Viridans

96
Q

Dental Plaque

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Strep Mutans -> carries

97
Q

Normal Flora:Colon

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Bacterioides, E. coli

98
Q

Normal Flora: Vagin

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Lactobacillus vaginalis
E. coli
Streptococcus agalactiae

99
Q

Mech of bacterial disease

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Toxins

Inflammation

100
Q

Modes of Transmission

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Pili

Glycocalyx

101
Q

Mediates attachment of bacteria

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Pili -> Neisseria

102
Q

Mediates strong adherance

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Glycocalyx -> biofilms -> endocarditis

103
Q

Mediate binding to endothelium and to extracellular proteins such as fibronectin

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Culri

104
Q

Enzyme: Spread through subcutaneous tissue

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Collagenase, Hyaluronidase (Spreading factor)

105
Q

Enzyme: Accelerates formation of fibrin clots coating the org with fibrin

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Coagulase

106
Q

Enzyme: Adherence to MUCOUS MEMBRANE protease

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IgA protease

107
Q

Enzyme: destroys neutrophilic leukocytes and macrophages

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Leukocidin

108
Q

Anticapsular antibodies allow more effective phagocytosis to occur

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Opsonization

109
Q

ANTIPHAGOCYTIC protein of S pyogenes

A

M Protein

110
Q

Prevents complement activation by S. aureus

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Protein A

111
Q

Exotoxin composition

A

Polypeptide

112
Q

Location of genes of Exotoxin

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Plasmid and Bacteriophages

113
Q

Vaccines used by Exotoxin

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Toxoids

114
Q

More heat stable

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Endotoxin - stable at 100 C, (Exotoxin that is heat labile is stap enterotoxin)

115
Q

Exotoxin dse

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Tetanus, Boulism

116
Q

Endotoxin disease

A

Meningococcemia

117
Q

Secreted by bacteria -> dse

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Exotoxin

118
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Exotoxin: Active Subunit

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A subunit

119
Q

Exotoxin: Binding Subunit

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B subunit

120
Q

Lecithinase Exotoxin

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Clostridum perfringens Alpha toxin

121
Q

Superantigen Exotoxin

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Any toxin from Strep or Staph

122
Q

Protease Exotoxin

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BATS
Botulinium
Anthrax
Tetanus
Scalded Skin Syndrome
123
Q

Most Toxic component of LPS

A

Lipid A

124
Q

Lipid A MOA

A

Cytokines
Complement
Coagulation

125
Q

All bacteria have cell walls composed of peptidoglycans except:

A

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

126
Q

All gram positive bacteria have no endotoxin except

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Listeria monocytogenes

127
Q

All bacterial capsules are composed of polysaccharide except

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Bacillus anthracis

128
Q

All exotoxins are heat labile except

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Staphylococcal enterotoxin

129
Q

Colony, morphology

A

Microbial identification

130
Q

Ig

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Serodiagnosis

131
Q

Antimicrobial agents

A

Anti microbial susceptibility

132
Q

Egg Yolk Agar

A

Clostridium Perfringens

133
Q

Corynebacterium diptheriae

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Tellurite

134
Q

Group D strep

A

Bile esculin

135
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Staphylococci

A

Manitol Salts

136
Q

N. Meningitides

N. gonorrhea from (STERILE SITES)

A

Chocolate Agar

137
Q

N. gonorrhea (NON STERILE)

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Thayer Martin VCN

138
Q

VCN

A

Vancomycin
Colistin
Nystatin

139
Q

Haemophilus

A

Chocolate + Factors X and V

140
Q

Lowensein Jensen

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Mycobacterium TB

141
Q

TCBS

A

Vibrio Cholerae

142
Q

Bordet - gengou

A

Bordatella

143
Q

Charcoal Yeast

A

Legionella

144
Q

Skirrows

A

Campylobacter, Helicobacter

145
Q

Barbour - Stoenner - Kelly

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Borrelia burgdorferi

146
Q

Eaton

A

Mycoplasma

147
Q

Cetrimide

A

Pseudomonas

148
Q

XLD

A

Salmonella, Shigella

149
Q

Ellinghausen - McColloyugh - Johnson Harris (EMJH)/ Fletcher

A

Leptospira

150
Q

Hydrolysis, Mutant PBP

A

B Lactams

151
Q

Active efflux from cell

A

Tetracycline

152
Q

Inactivation of enzymes

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Aminoglycosides

153
Q

Overproduction of Target

A

Sulfonamide

154
Q

Mutant DNA Gyrase

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Fluroquinolones

155
Q

Reduced Reuptake in the cell

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Chlormaphenicol

156
Q

Reprogramming D Ala D Ala

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Vancomycin

157
Q

Ribosomal methylation

A

Quinupristin/dalfopristin

158
Q

RNA Methylation, Drug Efflux

A

Macrolides

159
Q

Broadest antibacterial spectrum among pemicillins

A

Piperarcilin

160
Q

Antipseudomonal

A

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