Key Microbiology Word Associations Flashcards
No cell wall, no nucleus, no ribosome, DNA or RNA
Virus
Peptidoglycan wall, single chromosome, 70S ribosome
Bacteria
Chitin wall, ergosterol membrane, 80S ribosome, nucleus
Fungus
Sterol membrane, no chitin wall, 80S ribosome, nucleus
Parasite
Ability to cause disease
Pathogenicity
Ability to cause serious disease
Virulence
Hospital acquired infection
Nosocomial
Part of the normal flora
Commensal
Ability of two dissimilar organisms living together
Symbiosis
Both organisms need each other to function
Synergism
Lag, log, stationary and death
Bacterial growth phases
Phase of exponential growth
Log
Heat, irradiation, antimicrobial chemicals, antibiotics
Factors which affect bacterial growth
Host, agent and environment
Disease triangle
All viruses are RNA except 7 HHAPPPPy ones which are
DNA
3 DNA viruses are enveloped
HepaDNA, Herpes and Pox
3 DNA viruses are naked
Papilloma, Adeno and Polyoma
1 DNA virus is single stranded
Parvo B19
All RNA viruses are single stranded except
Rota virus of the REO virus family
All single stranded RNA viruses are + except 6
6 FABulous PROfessionals
FAB PRO group
Filo, Arena, Buynya, Paramyxo, Rhabdo and Orthomyxo
All hepatitis viruses are RNA except
Hep B (HepDNA group)
All hepatitis viruses are spread oral fecal except
Hep B and C (sex and blood)
Single stranded retrovirus
HIV
All ARBO viruses are flavi viruses except
California encephalitis (Bunya virus)
Parotitis, pancreatitis, and painful orchitis
Paramyxo virus (Mumps)
Common cold with runny nose and sore throat
Corona virus
Hand, foot and mouth lesions
Coxsackie virus
Bacteria without cells walls
Rickettsiae, Chlamydia and Bartonella
Flexible bacteria
Borrleia, Leptospira and Treponema
Gram stain resistant
Mycobacteria
Infection in bird keepers
Chlamydia psittaci
Lung infection in wool sorters
Bacillus anthracis
Rheumatic fever and glomerulonephritis
Strepptococcus pyogenes
Infects previously damaged heart valves
Streptococcus viridans
Infects previously healthy heart valves
Staphylococcus aureus
Causes lockjaw (trismus)
Clostridium tetani
Transmitted by contaminated honey and causes paralysis
Clostridium botulinum
Causes muscle necrosis with gas formation
Clostridium perfringens
Grey pseudomembrane in throat
Cornyebacterium diptheriae
Paroxysmal bouts of coughing with a whoop in a child
Bordatella pertussis
Fever from handling infected rabbit skin
Francisella tularensis
Lung infection from infected air conditioners
Legionella pneumophilia
Infected blue green burns
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Gram negative coccus which ferments glucose
Neisseria gonorrhea
Gram negative coccus which ferments maltose
Neisseria meningitis
Causes severe diarrhea with rice water stool
Vibrio cholera
Obligate intracellular parasitic bacteria
Chlamydia
Causes peptic ulcer and some forms of stomach cancer
Helicobacteria pylori
Gram resistant bacteria with thick waxy wall
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Most common cause of urinary tract infection
Escherichia coli