Lecture 4 Flashcards
What are the symptoms of bacterial tuberculosis? (the PowerPoint gives you the answer within the picture)
Which statement describes dental caries
How are dental caries prevented in humans?
Which bacterial species causes gonorrhea and which age group of humans is it most often diagnosed? (look to the graph on the PowerPoint for the answer)
Gonorrhea is transmitted through sexual intercourse or bodily fluids and it infects the throat, urethra, cervix, or rectum and can spread to the eyes and internal organs causing conjunctivitis and arthritic meningitis. In women it causes pelvic inflammatory disease and the _____________ become scarred and blocked.
Which bacteria causes syphilis?
How can one contract syphilis?
How many stages of syphilis exist
Which statement describes the last stage symptoms of syphilis?
What does it mean that chlamydia has viral and bacterial characteristics?
Which statement describes how one contracts chlamydia or describes its later-stage symptoms?
There are many beneficial prokaryotes within our environment. Which of these statements describes a way bacteria can be environmentally useful?
Many bacterial species can have mutualistic relationships with plant or animal species. Which of these statements describe an example discussed in class?
Many bacterial species can have communalistic relationships with plant or animal species. Which of these statements describe an example discussed in class?
According to the video How Bacteria Rule over Your Body – The Microbiome, which statement does not describe the categories of “guests” we have consistently within our bodies?
According to the video How Bacteria Rule over Your Body – The Microbiome, about how many species of gut bacteria do we contain? How are they beneficial?
According to the video How Bacteria Rule over Your Body – The Microbiome, how has it been hypothesized our gut bacteria can communicate with our brains?
According to the video How Bacteria Rule over Your Body – The Microbiome, how can one decide what type of microbiome to grow within your gut (as you get older)?
Bacteria can be used to complete bioremediation. What is bioremediation?
What are pseudomonads?
How can bacteria be used as biofactories?
What is a superbug
According to the video The Decreasing Effectiveness of Antibiotics, why are antibiotics the only class of drugs that the more we use, the more rapidly we lose their effectiveness against pathogenic bacteria?
According to the video How Industrial Farming Techniques Can Breed Superbugs, what type of farming technique is considered a fertile breeding ground for disease? Instead of fixing these systems, what do they add instead?
