Lecture 2 Martin Flashcards
Peptidoglycan percentage
60-80% of the cell wall
Helps bacteria resist phagocytosis
Capsule
May hide surface antigens on bacteria
Capsule
Sometimes assist in bacterial attachment
Capsule
Long slender threadlike appendages
Flagellum
Purpose of flagellum
Motility
Types of locomotion in flagellum
Chemotaxis or phototaxis
Composition of flagellum
Protein
Highly resistant dehydrated bacterial form resistant to environmental effects
Endospore (spore)
What uses axial filaments for motility?
Spirochetes
Composition of a spore
Concentrated dehydrated densely packed nucleic acids and metabolic proteins with a thick spore coat
Short thin threadlike glycoprotein strands
Fimbriae
Function of Fimbriae
Aid in attaching to the appropriate cell
Specialized fimbrae involved in DNA transfer during conjugation
Sex pili
Organism that utilizes non living organic matter
Saprophyte
Organism which lives in or on a host organism
Parasite
Organisms that have elaborate requirements for specific nutrients which they cannot synthesize
Fastidious
Bacteria that require oxygen 21%
Aerobic
Bacteria that require reduced oxygen concentration 5-10%
Microaerophillic
Bacteria that require the absence of oxygen
Anaerobic
Bacteria able to grow in the presence or absence of oxygen
Facultative
Optimal growth conditions for bacteria
Temp: 35C
PH: 6.8-7.4
Humidity: 60-80%
CO2: most medically significant bacteria do not require CO2
Substance containing organic nutrients and water and possibly enrichments
Culture media
Clump of a few million identical bacteria originating from the same bacterium
Colony
1-3mm diameter, smooth, shiny, and often with a butter like consistency
Colony
30-60minutes
Average bacterial cell generation, some can take up to 15-30hrs
15-48hrs
Average time to form a bacterial colony, some need days or weeks
Size of atypical bacteria
0.1 - 0.3 um
Obligate, intracellular parasites
Atypical bacteria, typically lacking specific genes
Modified cell wall structures
Atypical bacteria
Possesses a complicated or modified reproductive method
Atypical bacteria
Requirements for lab cultivation of atypical bacteria
Living host or special highly enriched media
Three important atypical bacteria
Mycoplasma, rickettsia, chlamydia
Classification of moulds and yeast
Fungi
Cell type of fungi
Eucaryotic
Single cell organism with an oval or spherical shape. Reproduces by budding from existing cell or by spore formation
Yeast
Size of yeast
4-15um
Colony with a smooth, shiny surface similar to bacteria
Yeast
Multicellular long filamentous cells that branch and intertwine
Hyphae
Size of hyphae
2 to 15um diameter
up to 30um in length
Size of mould spores
1-10um
Visible mass of hyphae
Mycelium
Average growth time for yeast
2 to 5 days
Average growth time for mould colonies
5 to 21 days
Growth media requirements for fungi
Similar to bacteria growth media but contains antibiotics to inhibit bacterial growth
Obligate, intracellular parasite
Virus
Obligate
Takes control of the host cell
Requires metabolic processes of living cell to reproduce virus
What nucleic acid do viruses posess?
RNA or DNA, not both
A complete, fully developed individual virus particle
Virion
Size of virus
18 to 300 nm
Enveloped virus
Helical
Non-enveloped virus
Isocahedral
Helical viruses posses what structures?
Nucleic acid
Capsid protein
Envelope
Antigen spikes
Icosahedral viruses posses
Nucleic acid
Capsid protein
Two shapes of virus
Isocahedral
Helical
Purpose of the capsid
Contain and protect the nucleic acid
Proteins serve as antigens in infection and as site for attachment
Composition of viral envelope
Lipid bilayer acquired from host cell or nuclear membrane
Glycoproteins
Function of viral envelope
General protection from environment
Primary site of attachment to host cell
Serve as antigens during infection and as site for antibody attachment
Bacteriophage
Bacterial virus
Head of bacteriophage
Core - nucleic acid
Capsid - protective protein
Tail of bacteriophage
Connects the head to the base
Becomes tube when virus attaches to bacteria
What determines the viral attachment site of bacterial cells?
Tail fibers, polysaccharide tips
How does a virus get through the bacterial cell wall?
The base with enzymatic pins, allows the nucleic acid to enter the bacteria
Sequence of events during virus infection
Attachment Penetration and uncoating of nucleic acid Eclipse or synthesis phase Maturation Release
Eclipse or synthesis phase
Nucleic acid transcribed into mRNA MRNA translated into viral proteins Inhibits the host's synthetic mechanism Viral nucleic acid copies produced Viral capsids are produced
How do encapsulated viruses release?
Bud through the cell membrane
How do non enveloped viruses release?
Lysis of the host cell
DNA incorporated into the host DNA and hidden for a period of time
Latency/Lysogeny
Latent virus DNA removed from the host DNA and producing new viruses in bacteria
Lytic
Icosahedral
Soccer ball shaped
Capsid
Protein
Protection
Attachment
Single celled organisms with intracellular organelles
Protozoa
4 types of protozoa
Amoebae
Flagellates
Ciliates
Apicomplexans (sporozoans)
Motility of amoebae
Pseudopodia
Motility of flagellates
Flagella
Motility of ciliates
Cilia
Motility of apicomplexans
Non motile in mature form
General size of protozoa
2um to1mm
Cell type of protozoa
Eucaryotic
Two stages of protozoa
Trophozoite
Cystic
Protozoa Active Vegetative Motile Feeding stage
Trophozoite
Stage of protozoa responsible for major pathological conditions
Trophozoite
Protozoa
Dormant
Nonmotile
Non feeding stage
Cystic
Multiple divisions of the nucleus before the cell divides
Schizogony