lecture 7 Flashcards

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What is the main commonality between bacteria and archae?

A

both unicellular and both are prokaryotes

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What are the main differences between bacteria and archae?

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Archae extreme environments

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3
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What is the name of the field studying these microbes that can only be individually seen with aid of a microscope?

A

microbiology

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4
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why study microbiology?

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medical, food, and industry purposes

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Morphological Diversity:
What shapes, arrangements, and motility types exist?

A

coccus (round)
bacillus (rod)
spirochates/spirillum(spiral)
“strip of strep”->linear
staph->clustered
flagella, axial filaments, gliding (cork screw)

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6
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Gram Positive Bacteria and Gram Negative Bacteria and how they differ?

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gram negative bacteria is harder to treat, more layers selective porins

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7
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gram stain purpose?

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distinguishes bacteria

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8
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4 main steps of gram stain

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  1. primary stain
  2. mordant
  3. 95% alcohol
  4. counter stain
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Bacteria and Archae produce ATP in what 3 ways?

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  1. chemoorganotrophs
  2. chemolithotrophs
  3. phototrophs
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10
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Bacteria and Archae obtain Building Block carbon in what 2 ways?

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  1. heterotrophs
  2. autotrophs
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11
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Genetic Diversity through Gene Transfer: What are the 3 main methods?

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  • Transformation- from naked dna
  • Transduction- from virus
  • Conjugation- from bacteria
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12
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Enrichment Definition and example

A

growing with extra nutrients for robust growth
ex: winogradsky column

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13
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Isolation Definition and example

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get individual colonies
ex: quadrant streak

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14
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3 techniques to further study microbial populations…
how do these 3 differ?
* Metagenomics
* Metatranscriptomics
* Metaproteomics

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  • Metagenomics- DNA
  • Metatranscriptomics- RNA
  • Metaproteomics- protein
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15
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What does bioremediation mean?

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use microbes to clean up pollution

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16
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xenobiotics definiton

A

man made chemicals

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17
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normal flora

A

microbes living on/in you

18
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How can Normal Flora be opportunistic pathogens?

A

can make you sick if in wrong place or you are immunocompromised

19
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Pathogenicity is…

A

the ability to make you sick

20
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Virulence is…

A

how strong it is/how sick it can make you

21
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NosocomialInfections…

A

pick up infection in medical facility

22
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koch postulates used to do what?

A

to study etology

23
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communicable diseases?

A

can catch from other people but need direct contact

24
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contagious diseases?

A

spread person to person quickly easily through air

25
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noncommunicable diseases?

A

can’t be spread person to person
ex***tetanus

26
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What are the main mechanisms of Transmission and how do they differ?

A

contact transmission–>contact w/person
vehicle–>sick from “fomites”
vector–> from arthropods

27
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exotoxins are from…

A

gram positive
**LIVING BACTERIA

28
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endotoxins are from…

A

gram negatives
***BACTERIA DIES SO LESS TOXIN

29
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endospores are

A

protective structure when conditions are bad

30
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germination

A

become active
***BOTULISM

31
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quorum

A

released toxins only when lots of bacteria

32
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biofilms

A

lots of species together

33
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broad spectrum

A

kills lots

34
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narrow spectrum

A

kills select

35
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bacteria cidal

A

kills (“hot temps”)

36
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bacteriastatic

A

slows or stops growing (“cold temp”)

37
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selective toxicity

A

hurt/kill pathogen without hurting host

38
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most selectively toxic target

A

cell wall

39
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least selectively toxic target

A

plasma membrane

40
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What actions increase Antibiotic Resistance crisis?

A

-over prescribing
-not finishing full course
-taking or giving to someone else