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What’s the bacterial mass on earth

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5 million trillion trillion cells

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What’s phylogeny

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Science dealing with evolutionary relationships between living organisms. This is based on the sequences of macromolecules such as DNA, RNA, and protein

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What is used for phylogenic analysis?

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Ribosomes

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Bacteria- prokaryotes or eukaryotes. And what differentiates the -karyote type?

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Prokaryotes- no nucleus

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Do bacteria have membrane bound organelles?

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No

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What size ribosomes are common in bacteria?

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30s&70s

Eukaryotes
40&80

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How do bacteria reproduce?

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Binary fission

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What makes gram positive bacteria distinct?

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THICK peptidoglycan.

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What makes gram negative bacteria unique from other bacteria?

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LPS

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What makes mycobacteria unique from other bacteria?

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Mycolic acid

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What is the primary stain in the gram stain?

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Crystal violet

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What is the mordant or fixing agent in the gram stain?

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Grams iodine

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What is used as the decolorizing agent in the gram stain?

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Acid Alcohol

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What is the counter stain used in the gram stain?

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Safranin

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What color will gram positive bacteria retain from the gram stain?

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Violet

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What color will gram negative bacteria retain in the gram stain?

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Pink

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17
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What two repeating subunits make up peptidoglycan?

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N-acetyl glucosamine and n-acetyl muramic acid

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What is peptidoglycan responsible for?

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80% cell mass
Cell shape
Staining qualities
Osmotic stability

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19
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Which portion of LPS is considered the endotoxins

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Lipid A portion

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20
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What happens in the lag phase of bacterial growth?

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Nutrients are acquired and cell growth begins to occur.

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What happens in the log phase of bacterial growth?

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Rabbits on meth, nutrients are readily available allowing for logarithmic growth and binary fission of bacterial cells.

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What is the stationary phase

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The phase of cell growth where competition for nutrients and or production of waste products slows growth and reproduction of bacteria

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23
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What is the test to determine if Lipid A toxicity exists

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LAL
Limulus amebocyte lysate test
Comes from the horse shoe crab

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Which cells contain peptidoglycan?

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All bacteria

Except mycoplasma and chlamydia

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Which bacteria contain Teichoic acid?
Gram +
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Acid fast staining of mycobacteria is accomplished by?
Mycolic acid
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For flagella | 1 flagella
Monotrichous
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Flagella | 2 flagella one at each pole
Amphtrichous
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Flagella, flagella every where all over the cell!
Peritrichous
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Flagella lots of em all on one pole of the bacteria
Lophotrichous
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Where would you find endoflagella or axial filaments?
Spirochetes
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What are pili/fimbriae?
Small thread like structures used to adhere to host tissue- NOT FLAGELLA! They contribute to antigenicity Eg bordatella, e. Coli
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What fimbrial antigens of E. coli are in neonatal pigs?
K88
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What fimbrial antigens of E. coli are in neonatal calves?
K99
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What is a capsule
Polysaccharide outer coating of the bacteria that helps the organism evade phagocytosis Ex bacillus anthracis
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What are endospores
Endospores are produced when nutrients are depleted in a bacteria. Dipocolinic acid then coats the spore to protect it from the environment. Eg clostridium and bacillus
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Bacterial that require oxygen for growth
Aerobic, microaerophilic, capnophilic
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Oxygen not required or utilized for growth
Obligate anaerobic, aero tolerant anaerobic
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Oxygen not required but can be utilized for growth
Facultative anaerobes
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What's the definition of bacterial virulence factors
Properties or traits found in isolates that cause disease but which are not found in isolates of the same species that lack the ability to cause disease
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What are some ways damage can be caused due to bacteria?
Using the hosts nutrients Direct damage to the host cell (toxins) Hypersensitivity reactions (Type 4- TB)
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What is pathogenicity?
The ability of a pathogen to produce a disease by overcoming the defense mechanisms of the host
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_____ is the degree of pathogenicity
Virulence
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What type of macromolecules are exotoxins?
Proteins
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Where and why are exotoxins produced?
Inside mainly gram positive bacteria as a part of their growth and metabolism.
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How do exotoxins leave the bacteria?
Either by secretion or released following cell lysis
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Which type of bacterial cell has endotoxins and where are they located?
Gram negative species, cell wall
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Where are endotoxins produced
Endotoxins are produced in the Lipid A portion of lipopolysaccharide of Gram Negative bacteria
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How do Endotoxins leave the bacteria?
Endotoxins are liberated when gram negative bacteria die and the cell wall degrades, thus releasing the endotoxin
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______ this chemical kills white blood cells (phagocytes).
Leukocidins
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_______ destroy erythrocytes
Hemolysins
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Most exotoxins are what type of toxins?
A-B Toxins, Where the A peptide is the active enzyme (does the damage) and the B peptide is the peptide that binds.
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What type of activation of T-cells do Superantigens cause
non specific
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What is the result of Superantigen binding?
Polyclonal T cell activation and massive cytokine release. Toxic Shock Syndrome- Staph and Strep
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Who all produces Superantigens?
pathenogenic microbes (viruses, mycoplasma, and some bacteria)
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What is the binding of Superantigens
indiscriminate binding to MHC class 2 on the APC and T helper cell receptor.
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What are clinical signs of superantigens?
Nausea, vomiting, Fever, shock
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what are plasmids?
smaller circular DNA present in Bacteria
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What are bacteriophages?
Virus particles that attack bacteria.
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______ is the process by which one bacterium ( with fertility factor) transfers genetic material to another through direct contact.
Conjugation
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_____ is the genetic alteration of a cell resulting from the direct uptake and incorporation of exogenous genetic material from its surroundings and taken up through the cell membrane.
Transformation
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______ is the process by which DNA is transferred from one bacterium to another by a virus.
Transduction
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_____ conversion with bacteriophages can result in bacteria with virulence factors, such as toxins or capsules.
Lysogenic
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what is biofilm?
Microbes come together in masses cling to surfaces, produce extracellular substances and take in nutrients and form a biofilm.
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What is Quorum Sensing?
Once bacteria reach certain numbers they change their behavior, appearance, and metabolism. These changes culminate in an infection that can ambush and overwhelm the immune system.
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What is an opportunistic pathogen?
organisms that do not cause disease in a healthy host, with a healthy immune system.
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What are true pathogens?
Pathogens equipped with virulence genes for adherence, invasion, and evasion from the immune system and toxins.
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What are infections acquired from hospitals?
nosocomial ex MRSA
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In general where are most bacterial infections?
extracellular
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What are some intracellular bacteria?
Rickettsia, Chlamydia
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Which bacteria is Facultative intracellular bacteria?
Mycobacterium

BacT RUSVM Summer 15 (20 decks)

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