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Microbiology Flashcards

1
Q

What are Bacteria classified as?

A

Prokaryotes

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2
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Where is the DNA found within a Bacteria cell?

A

Within the Cytoplasm

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3
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What are Plasmids?

A

Circular pieces of DNA found with Bacteria

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4
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What is the Cell wall of a bacteria made of?

A

Peptidoglycan

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5
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What is the name of a Rod-Shaped Bacteria?

A

Bacillus

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6
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What is a spiral or helical shaped bacteria called?

A

Spirochete

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7
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What is a spherical shaped bacteria called?

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Cocci

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8
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What is the name given to a pair of spherical bacteria that stay attached after cell division?

A

Diplococci

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9
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What is the name given to a chain of spherical bacteria?

A

Streptococci

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10
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What is the name given to a cluster of spherical bacteria that stay attached after cell division?

A

Staphlococcus

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11
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How to bacteria replicate?

A

Binary Fission & Conjugation

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12
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What colour will Gram-positive bacteria appear under a microscope after gram staining?

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Purple

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13
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What colour will Gram-negative bacteria appear under a microscope after gram staining?

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Pink

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14
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What is a curved Bacilli cell known as?

A

Vibrios

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15
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What are the smallest type of bacteria?

A

Chlamydia, Rickettsia & Mycoplasma

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16
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Which bacteria Cell dose not have a cell wall?

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Mycoplasma

17
Q

Which type of bacteria are particularly susceptible to antibiotics that target the cell wall?

A

Gram-Positive

18
Q

What dose Prokaryotic mean?

A

Cells do not have a membrane-bound nucleus

19
Q

What is a Protozoa

A

A Single Celled eukaryote

20
Q

How to protozoa move?

A

Using Cilia, Flagella or Amoeboid movement

21
Q

What is a caspid?

A

A protein coat

22
Q

What is a nucleocapsid

A

A protein coat surrounding Nucleic acid in a virus

23
Q

What is a prion?

A

Distorted (missfolded) versions of proteins

24
Q

What is a virus elvelope?

A

Additional structure around the virus often formed of the hosts cell membrane

25
Q

What types of diseases for Prions cause?

A

Chronic degenerative neurological diseases

26
Q

Can be inherited
transmitted by infection
or happen spontaneously

A

Prion infection

27
Q

Distorted or misfolded normal protein which destroys the brain and spinal chord tissues

28
Q

What is a Prion made from

A

Protein and only protein

- no DNA or genes

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