Microbial Infection Flashcards
What are the five main types of infectious agents?
Viruses, fungi, helminths, Protozoa and prokaryotes
What is the definition of a virus?
A obligate parasite
How do viruses reproduce?
By infecting a host cell and using their nuclear synthetic macheinery
What can viruses infect?whi
All life forms, including other bacteria
What type of cell is a virus?
They are not cells in their own right
What type of cells are bacteria?
Prokaryotes
What type of organisms are fungi?
Eukaryotes - Single cell
What type of organisms are protozoa?
Eukaryotes - single cells
What type of organisms are helminths?
Eukaryotes - multicellular
What type of genetic material do viruses contain?
RNA or DNA
How do viruses divide?
By budding out of the host cell or by cytolysis
What are the four routes of infection that viruses can show?
Faecal-oral, airbroen, insect vectors, blood borne
What is an example of a virus and what type f genetic matter does it have?
HIV - Is a retrovirus so has RNA
What do RNA genomes require in order to replicate?
Reverse transcriptase enzyme
what is the difference between eukaryotes and prokaryotes?
Prokaryotes do not have internal membranes and therefore do not have membrane bound organelles
Which bacteria has membrane bound organelles despite being a prokaryote?
Photosynthetic bacteria
What is the genetic makeup of a prokaryotic organism?
Haploid - single copy of chromosome
What is the difference in cytoskeleton between eukaryotes and prokaryotes?
Prokaryotes cytoskeleton is poorly defined.
Eukaryotic cells have well developed cytoskeleton
What does the prokaryote cell wall contain?
Peptidoglycan