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Introduction To Microbes Flashcards

1
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What categories can the microorganisms responsible for human disease be broken down into?

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Viruses
Bacteria
Fungi
Parasites

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Give an example of a virus?

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

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3
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Give an example of a bacteria

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Nisseria Meningitidis

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4
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Give an example of a fungi

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Thrush

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5
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Give an example of a parasite

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Plasmodium falciparum

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6
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What does plasmodium falciparum cause?

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Malaria

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7
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What are viruses?

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Obligate intracellular parasites without a cellular structure

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What do viruses consist of?

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Molecule(s) of either DNA or RNA (but not both) surrounded by a protein coat
May also have an envelope

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What is a viruses envelope derived from?

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The plasma membrane of the host cell from which its released

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What do viruses do?

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Hijack the host’s mechanisms for creating mRNA and production of proteins to reproduce

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11
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What is the classification of viruses based on?

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Their structure

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What structural features can viruses be classified based on?

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Single or double stranded
Enveloped or not 
Positive or negative strand
Icosahedral or helical 
DNA or RNA
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13
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Give an example of a single-stranded, non-enveloped DNA virus

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Parvovirus 19

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14
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What can parvovirus 19 cause?

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Mild infections in children

Fetal development issues in pregnant women

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15
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Give two examples of double-stranded, non-enveloped DNA viruses

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Adenovirus

Human papilloma virus (HPV)

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What can adenovirus cause?

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Pharyngitis
Conjunctivitis
Infantile gastroenteritis

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17
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What does HPV induce?

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Hyperplastic epithelial lesions of either cutaneous or mucosal epithelium

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18
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What do a small number of HPV virus types produce?

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Lesions that have a risk of progressing to malignancy

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19
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Give an example of a malignancy that can arise from HPV infection

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Cervical carcinoma

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20
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Give two examples of double-stranded, enveloped DNA viruses

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Herpes

Hepatitis B

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21
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What are the types of herpes infections?

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Primary HSV-1
Latent HSV-1
Primary HSV-2
Latent HSV-2

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22
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What can primary HSV-1 infections cause?

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Tonsillitis and pharyngitis in adults

Gingivostomatitis in young children with ulcer forming usually in the oropharynx

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23
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What can latent HSV-1 infections cause?

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‘Cold sores’ to appear on or around the lips

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What can primary HSV-2 infections cause?

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Lesions in the genital tract, similar to those found in the oropharynx in primary HSV-1 infections

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25
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What can latent HSV-2 infections cause?

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Often asymptomatic

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26
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What does hepatitis B cause?

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Acute hepatitis and later chronic liver disease

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27
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Give two examples of single-stranded, positive strand, icosahedral, non-enveloped RNA viruses?

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Hepatitis A/E virus

Norovirus

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28
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How is hepatitis A/E most commonly spread?

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Through fecally contaminated waters

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29
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What does the hepatitis A/E virus cause?

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Hepatitis and impaired liver function

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30
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What is norovirus also known as?

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The winter vomiting bug

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31
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What is norovirus the leading cause of?

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Acute gastroenteritis

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32
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Where is norovirus common?

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In closed environments, such as schools, hospitals, prisons, and cruise ships

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33
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Give 3 examples of single-stranded, positive strand, icosahedral or helical, enveloped RNA viruses

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HIV
Hepatitis C
Rubella

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34
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How is HIV transmitted?

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Sexually
Exchange of blood produces
Perinatally

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35
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How is HIV transmitted perinatally?

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Transplacentally
During passage through the birth canal
By breastfeeding

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36
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What does HIV cause?

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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

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37
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What does HIV and AIDS allow?

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Increasingly frequent and serious opportunistic infections to occur

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38
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What does the hepatitis C virus cause?

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Destruction of liver cells

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39
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How does the hepatitis C virus cause destruction of liver cells?

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Through viral replication and host response

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40
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How hepatitis C transmitted?

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Via the blood

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41
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How is the rubella virus spread?

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Via respiratory secretions

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42
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What does the rubella virus result in?

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German measles

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43
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What can the rubella virus cause in the developing fetus?

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Extreme congenital defects

44
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When can the rubella virus cause extreme congenital defects?

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During the first trimester, when a pregnant woman is infected

45
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Give four examples of single stranded, negative strand, helical, enveloped RNA viruses?

A

Ebola
Measles
Mumps
Influenza

46
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How is the measles virus spread?

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Respiratory droplets

47
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What does the measles virus cause?

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Fever
Cough
Eventually a rash

48
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How is the mumps virus spread?

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Respiratory droplets

49
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What does the mumps virus cause?

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Swelling of the parotid glands

50
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How is influenza spread?

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Respiratory droplets

51
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What does influenza cause?

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Fever
Muscle aches
Extreme drowsiness

52
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Give an example of double-stranded, icosahedral, non-enveloped RNA virus

53
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What does rotavirus cause?

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Severe viral gastroenteritis in infants and young children

54
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What are bacteriophages?

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A class of virus that infect bacteria

55
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Where do bacteriophages play a key role?

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Transmitting genetic material between different types of bacteria

56
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What are true bacteria also known as?

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Eubacteria

57
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What kind of organisms are true bacteria?

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Prokaryotic

58
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What common structural organelles do most bacteria share?

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Capsule
Cell wall
Plasma membrane 
Cytoplasm
Ribosomes
Plasmid
Pili
Bacterial flagellum
Nucleoid (circular DNA)
59
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Do all bacteria possess a capsule or flagellum?

60
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What is the classification of bacteria based on?

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Their overall shape identified under a microscope

61
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What are the classifications of bacteria?

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Coccus
Spirillus
Bacillus

62
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What shape are cocci?

63
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What shape are spirillus?

64
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What shape are bacillus?

65
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How can cocci be arranged?

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Clusters
Chains
Pairs

66
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What is the bacterium called when it has cocci arranged in clusters?

67
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What is the bacterium called when it has cocci arranged in chains?

68
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What is the bacterium called when it has cocci arranged in pairs?

69
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What is used to help make bacteria visible under a light microscope?

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A technique known as the Gram stain

70
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What colour do gram positive bacteria appear with a gram stain?

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Blue/violet

71
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What colour do gram negative bacteria appear with a gram stain?

72
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What is whether a bacteria is gram negative or gram positive determined by?

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The composition of its surrounding wall and membranes

73
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What does the cell membrane of gram positive bacteria consist of?

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Plasma membrane
Periplasmic space
Peptidoglycan

74
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What does the cell membrane of gram negative bacterium consist of?

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Plasma membrane
Periplasmic space
Peptidoglycan
Outer membrane

75
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What does the outer membrane of gram negative bacterium consist of?

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Lipopolysaccharide and protein

76
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How does the cell membrane of a gram positive bacterium differ from a gram negative?

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Thicker peptidolycan wall

77
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What is the result of the thicker peptidoglycan wall of the gram positive bacterium?

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Often causes host response

78
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How can the cell wall of gram negative bacterium cause disease?

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Present of lipopolysaccharides, which often acts as endotoxins

79
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How do bacteria vary in their oxygen tolerance?

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Aerobes can survive in the presence of oxygen, whereas anaerobes can survive in the absence of oxygen

80
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What are obligate aerobes?

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Bacteria that require oxygen to survive

81
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What are obligate anaerobes?

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Bacteria that require an oxygen free environment for survival

82
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When can obligate anaerobes survive in an oxygen rich environment?

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If they can form spores

83
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On what characteristics can a bacteria be identified?

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Gram staining
Shape
Arrangement

84
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What can be done by identifying a bacterias characteristics?

A

Allows clinicians to narrow down the antimicrobials that should be used

85
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Give 6 medically important gram positive cocci

A 
Staph aureus
Coagulase negative staph
Alpha-haemolytic streptococci
Beta-haemolytic streptococci
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Enterococcus faecalis
86
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Give an example of a beta-haemolytic streptococci

A

Strep pyogenes

87
Q

Give 4 medically important gram negative cocci

A

Neisseria meningitidis
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Moraxella catarrhalis
Acinetobacter baeumannii

88
Q

Give 3 medically important gram positive bacilli

A

Listeria monocytogenes
Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus cereus

89
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Give 6 medically important gram negative bacilli

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Escherichia coli
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Proteus species
Salmonella typhi 
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Haemophilus influenzae
90
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How do prokaryotes and eukaryotes differ in terms of chromosomes?

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Prokaryotes are circular, usually single, and extra-chromosomal DNA may also be present (plasmids). Eukaryotes have multiple chromosomes

91
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How do prokaryotes and eukaryotes differ in terms of their nucleus?

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Prokaryotes have no nuclear envelope or nucleoli, whereas eukaryotes have membrane bound nucleoli present

92
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How do prokaryotes and eukaryotes differ in terms of membrane-bound organelles?

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Prokaryotes do not have them, whereas eukaryotes do

93
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How do prokaryotes and eukaryotes differ in terms of cell wall?

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Prokaryotes usually have a cell wall present, whereas eurkaryotes only have them in plant cells

94
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What may the prokaryote cell wall contain?

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Peptidoglycan

95
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Do eukaryote cell walls have peptidoglycan?

96
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How do prokaryotes and eukaryotes differ in terms of plasma membrane?

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In prokaryotes, there is no carbohydrates and most lack sterols.
In eukaryotes, sterols and carbohydrates present

97
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How do prokaryotes and eukaryotes differ in terms of ribosomes?

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Prokaryotes have 70S ribosomes, eukaryotes have 80S (but 70S in organelles)

98
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What are yeasts?

A

Single-celled fungi

99
Q

Give three examples of yeasts

A

Candida albicans
Cryptococcus neoformans
Pneumocystis jiroveci

100
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What are molds?

A

Multicellular fungi

101
Q

Give two examples of molds

A

Aspergillus species

Dermatophytes

102
Q

Give two examples of dematophytes

A

Ringworm

Athletes foot

103
Q

What are protozoa?

A

Single celled parasites

104
Q

Give 4 examples of protozoa

A

Giardia lamnbia
Cryptosporidium falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum
Typanosoma cruzi

105
Q

What are helminths?

A

Multicellular parasites, worms

106
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Give three examples of helminths

A

Roundworms
Tapeworms
Flukes

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