Lab 165 MT 2 Flashcards
Mutualism
Organisms that have a beneficial relationship to their hosts.
Parasitism
Organisms that have a detrimental relationship with host.
Commensalism
Organisms whose presence does not affect the host.
Antibiotic
Medication that kills bacteria
What is a side effect of antibiotics
Also kill the bacteria responsible for maintaining an acidic environment in the mouth, intestine and vagina.
Candidiasis
Yeast infection
Microorgansims/Microbes
Living organisms too small to be seen without a microscope
Types of microorganisms
Bacteria
Protozoa
Fungi
Prokaryote
Lack a nucleus (and other membrane bound organelles)
Includes bacteria
Eukaryotes
Possess a nucleus (and other membrane bound organelles)
Includes fungi, protozoa, parasitic worms, plants and animals
What types of organisms are prokaryotes?
Bacteria
What types of organisms are eukaryotes?
Protozoa
Fungi
Parasitic worms
Infection
A process where a microbes has breached the surface of the body, enters the body tissues and multiplies.
Infectious disease
An infection that causes noticeable impairment of body function.
Normal flora
Microorganisms established on a body surface without producing disease.
Transient flora
Microorganisms that inhabit the body sporadically.
Pathogenic flora
Microorganisms that produce infectious disease.
What are some beneficial things that microorganisms produce?
Yogurt
Alcohol
Vit.K
elements of Vit.B complex
decomposition
Nitrogen fixation
Immersion Oils
Transparent oils that have specific optical and viscosity necessary for use in microscopy. Allows unrefracted rays to enter lens.
Virus
Acellular infectious agent
Virion
Single virus particle, much smaller than a true cell.
What do viruses consist of?
RNA/DNA
Capsid
May have enzymes
May have envelope
Capsid
Protein coat of a virus
Where does a virus get its envelope from?
Previous host cell during release of the virus
Obligate intracellular parasite
An organism that does not have it’s own metabolic machinery, can only replicate and display living properties when inside a host cell.
Viruses.
Naked Virus
Does not possess an envelope
How do most viruses enter human cells?
Endocytosis or fusion of envelope with cell membrane.
What is the reproductive mechanism of a virus?
They cause large amounts of nucleic acids and proteins to be synthesized by the host cell, which then combine to form new viral particles.
Lyse
When infected cells fill with new viral particles and break open.
Viral shed
Infected cells shed viral particles without lysing.
Spikes
Viral proteins incorporated into the viral envelope.
Essential for the attachment of a virus to the host cell.
What types of infections do viruses cause?
HIV, Herpes, Varicella, Flu, Cold, Rabies, Hepatitis, Small pox
Complex viruses
Have intricate structures that may combine polyhedral and helical shapes, or may lack a capsid completely.
Cocci
Bacteria that are spherical in shape
Bacilli
Bacteria that are rod shaped
Spirilla
Bacteria that are spiral in shape
Strepto-
Chains
Staphylo-
Clumps
Diplo-
Pairs
Gram-positive
Thick peptidoglycan layer that stains dark purple
Gram-negative
Thin peptidoglycan layer that stains light pink
How do fungi gain nutrients
Absorption
Hyphae
Multicellular filaments that grow into mats called mycelia.
Spore
Reproductive cell of a fungus
What do molds consist of?
Vegetative mycelium and reproductive structures
Vegetative mycelium
The portion of the fungus that is used in energy gathering and absorptive nutrition
Protozoa
Unicellular eukaryotic organisms which lack a cell wall.
Four main classes of protozoa
Amoeba
Ciliates
Flagellates
Sporozoa
Ameoba movement
Move by a flowing amoeboid movement
Ciliate movement
Propelled by host hair like cilia
Flagellate movement
One or more whip like flagella
Sporozoa movement
No known means of movement
Giardiasis and Cryptosporidiosis
Conditions caused by pathogenic protozoans
Cause malabsorptive diarrhea, weight loss, ab cramps
Plasmodium vivax
Causes malaria
4th leading cause of death in developing countries, mostly in children under 5.
Helminths
Parasitic worms
Nematodes
Round worms
Platyhelminths
Flatworms
What are parasitic platyhelminths further divided into?
Trematodes- flukes
Cestodes - tapeworms