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Intro To Bacteria Flashcards

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Prokaryote

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No cytoplasmic organelle other than ribosomes, genetic info stored in circular chromosome, can have plasmids (plasmids)

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Gram positive

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Thick (20-80nm) cell wall external to cell membrane (purple is positive)

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Gram negative

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Thin cell wall, between inner/out membrane

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Aerobic bacteria

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Grows in the presence of oxygen

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Facultative

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Can grow in the presence or absence of oxygen

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Anaerobic bacteria

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Grows in the absence of oxygen

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Fastidious bacteria

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Special growth requirements

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Non-fastidious bacteria

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Simple growth requirements

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Capnophilic bacteria

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Requires CO2

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Halophilic baccteria

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Salt loving

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Gram positive cell wall characteristics

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Thick peptidoglycan wall with teichoic (TA) and lipoteichoic acids (LTA). Are important for viability, virulence, and serotyping. Promote attachment to mammalian cells, low endotoxin activity

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Protein synthesis inhibitor MOA

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Better in toxigenic diseases than cell wall inhibitors.

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Encapsulated bacteria

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Looks polysaccharide layer (or protein layer). Unnecessary for growth but important for virulence. Promotes adherence, anti-phagocytic, poor antigen

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Endospores

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Produced under unfavorable conditions. Non-replicating entity with thick coat. Contain DNA/essential substances. Toughest life form, can germinate back to vegetative cells

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Flagella

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Are H-antigens. Motility towards food and away from poisons. Assist in bacteria attachment to human cells (virulence factor)

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Types of flagella

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Mono-
Lopho-
Amphi-
Peri-
(-trichous)
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Fimbriae

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Fimbriae are F-antigens. Hair-like projections (thinner/shorter than flagella). Originate in plasma membrane and protrude thru cell wall. Can act as adhesins and are major virulence factors

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Outer membrane of gram negative bacteria

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Permeable barrier for large molecules. Protects from adverse conditions. Asymmetric bilayer (normal inner, outer is primarily LPS)

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Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)

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Gram negative bacteria. Integral part of outer membrane, released after cell death! When host senses LPS, turns on defense at its disposal

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Acid-fast/Partially acid-fast bacteria

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PG layer is surrounded by wax-like lipid coat. Lipid coat contains mycolic acid, cord factor, wax D, sulfolipids. Lipid coat responsible for virulence and antiphagocytic.

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What determines acid fastness?

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C-chain length of mycolic acids

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Lag phase

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Bacteria has very little growth

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Exponential phase

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Populations double every 20 minutes

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Stationary phase

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Growth phase

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Death phase

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Bacteria die faster than they multiply

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What part of the intestine has the most bacterial cells?

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Small intestine

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Low number of bacteria sites

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Bladder, uterus, parts of GI/Respiratory tracts

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Normally sterile sites (no bacteria)

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Blood, lymph, CSF, synovial fluid, sub-epidermal tissue

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Step(s) of infection: epidemiology

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Acquisition/colonization

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Step(s) of infections: virulence

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Immune evasion/infection —> replication/proliferation—>Dissemination and disease

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Step(s) of infection: identification

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Treatment

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Transmission of bacterial pathogens

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Bacterial shedding, talking (f, p, t, s sounds spread more), stability of pathogens in environment, living conditions, age group and immune-status

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Factors that affect outcome of bacterial infections

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Strain and inoculum. Length of presence, host factors.

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Virulence factors

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Used for survival and disease

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Toxins from bacteria

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When are in the blood, can harm the body

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