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What are the 2 main divisions of microbes?

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  1. Prokaryotes

2. Eukaryotes

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What are the 2 domains within prokaryotes?

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  1. Archaea

2. Bacteria

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What are the 4 kingdoms within eukaryotes?

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  1. Protista
  2. Fungi
  3. Plantae
  4. Animalia
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What are 3 differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

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  1. Prokaryotes have no discrete organelles
  2. Prokaryotes have no nucleus
  3. Prokaryotes have DNA with circular genome
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What is Koch’s 1st Postulate?

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The microorganism should be isolated from all cases of a specific disease but should not be found in healthy individuals

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What is Koch’s 2nd Postulate?

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The microorganism should be isolated from the diseased individual and grown in a pure culture on an artificial medium

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What is Koch’s 3rd Postulate?

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The microorganism should reproduce the specific disease when inoculated into a healthy person

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What is Koch’s 4th Postulate?

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The microorganism should be re-isolated in pure culture from the experimental infection

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What is a potential limitation of Koch’s Postulated?

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Healthy individuals may possess some levels of a microorganism but not enough to make them unhealthy

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Name 5 main types of pathogenic organisms

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  1. Bacteria
  2. Viruses
  3. Fungi
  4. Protozoa and Helminths
  5. Prions
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Describe the cell wall of gram-positive bacteria

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Thick, peptidoglycan layer containing lipoteichoic acid

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Describe the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria

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Thin, peptidoglycan layer containing lipopolysaccharide

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Name 3 key differences between gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria

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  1. Gram-positive cell wall has a thick peptidoglycan layer
  2. Gram positive cell wall has no LPS
  3. Gram negative cell wall has inner and outer membrane
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What is the function of peptidoglycan in bacterial cell wall?

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Cell wall strength obtained through cross links between adjacent strands through a pentapeptide bridge

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What are the 2 main structural components of peptidoglycan?

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  1. N-acetylglucosamine (NAG)

2. N-acetylmuramic acid (NAM)

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What are the 3 components of LPS?

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  1. Lipid A
  2. Core oligosaccharide
  3. O-polysaccharide or O-antigen
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Name 2 functions of LPS

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  1. Protect peptidoglycan from lysozyme

2. Impedes entry of antibiotics

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What is cytoplasm?

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Aqueous environment packed with biosynthetic machinery required for growth and cell division and the genetic material

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What is a nucleoid?

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Double helix of DNA arranged in supercoiled circular state

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What are inclusion granules?

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Storage products

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What is the bacterial cell envelope?

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Several layers of material which enclose the cytoplasm

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What makes up a bacterial cell envelope?

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Plasma membrane, cell wall and sometimes a capsule

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What makes up a bacterial capsule?

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Mainly polysaccharides

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What are 3 functions of bacterial capsules?

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  1. Protect against phagocytosis
  2. Complement lysis
  3. Important for adhesion to surfaces and biofilm formation
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Give 2 examples of surface appendages on bacterial cells
1. Flagella | 2. Pili/Fimbriae
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What are flagella?
Long, helical filaments extending from the cell surface
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What is the function of flagella?
Enable movement
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What are flagella made up of?
Protein subunits called flagellin
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What is the function of pili?
Attachment to other bacteria or to host cells
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On what type of bacteria are pili generally found on?
Gram negative
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What is a bacterial spore?
Highly resistant resting phase, facilitating survival in adverse conditions
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What is sporulation?
Process of a vegetative cell forming a spore
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What is germination?
The process of a spore transforming into a vegetative cell
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What are the 4 main ways to classify bacteria?
1. Gram staining 2. Morphology 3. Respiration 4. Shape/Reproduction
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What are 3 minor ways to classify bacteria?
1. Motility 2. Spores 3. Enzyme activity
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What colour does gram negative bacteria stain?
Pink
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What colour does gram positive bacteria stain?
Purple
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What are the 2 main shapes of bacteria?
1. Cocci (circle) | 2. Bacilli (rods)
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What are the two ways a bacterium can respire?
1. Aerobically | 2. Anaerobically
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What are obligate anaerobe bacteria?
Bacteria which cannot live in the presence of oxygen
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What are facultative anaerobe bacteria?
Bacteria which can live either in the presence or absence of oxygen
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What are the two processes which bacteria use to produce energy?
1. Respiration | 2. Fermentation
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How do bacteria reproduce?
Asexually by binary fission
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How does replication of genes occur in bacteria?
- DNA helicase unwinds DNA stand by breaking H bonds - DNA polymerase adds bases to leading strand in continuous fashion - DNA polymerase adds bases to lagging strand in discontinuous fashion
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What direction can DNA polymerase add bases?
3' to 5'
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What is the name of the replication mechanism of bacterial DNA?
Semi conservative
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Name 2 ways changes can occur in bacterial genome
1. Mutation | 2. Recombination
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What is a mutation?
Changes in DNA nucleotide sequence
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What are 4 types of mutation?
1. Point mutations 2. Deletions 3. Insertions 4. Inversions
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What is recombination?
Rearrangement of DNA involving breaking and re-joining of 2 homologous DNA double helices
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Name 2 extrachromosomal elements of bacteria
1. Plasmids | 2. Bacteriophages
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What is an extrachromosomal element?
Small, independently replicating nucleic acid molecules
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What are plasmids?
Small replicating circular units of double stranded DNA
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What can larger plasmids offer to a bacteria?
Can carry genes conferring phenotypic advantage-resistance to antimicrobials
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What are bacteriophages?
Bacterial viruses that can survive inside and out bacterial cells
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What are 4 methods of genetic transfer in bacteria?
1. Transformation 2. Transduction 3. Conjugation 4. Transposition
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What is transformation?
Naked DNA released following lysis of a bacterial cell wall, which is recombined with recipient cell chromosomal DNA
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What is transduction?
Transfer of genetic material by infection with a bacteriophage
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What is conjugation?
A sex pilus allows cell to cell contact for DNA contact (only between closely related species)
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What is transposition?
DNA sequences jump from a site in one DNA molecule to another cell

DEN 2027 - Disease Mechanisms (20 decks)

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