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Microbiology Flashcards

1
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Transpeptidase

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Penicillin binding protein found in peptidoglycan

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2
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Cell wall is thicker in

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Gram positive bacteria

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3
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Cell wall chemical composition

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  1. Peptidoglycan

2. Lipoteichoic acid (induces TNF and IL-1)

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4
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Outer membrane function

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Site of endotoxins (LPS)

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5
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Outer membrane chemical composition

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Lipid A (induces TNF and IL-1); O polysaccharide is the antigen

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6
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Plasma membrane

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Site of oxidative and transport enzymes

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7
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Periplasm chemical composition

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B-lactamase

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Pilus/fimbria chemical composition

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Glycoproteins

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Flagellum chemical composition

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Protein

NB: increase flagellum in proteus (swarming motility)

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10
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Spore chemical composition

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Dipicolinic acid; peptidoglycan

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11
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Plasmid function

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Contains a variety of genes for antibiotic resistance,menzymes, and toxins.

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12
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Capsule chemical composition

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Polysaccharide layer (except Bacillus anthracis, which contains D-glutamate)

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13
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Glycocalyx function

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Slime layer that mediates adherence to foreign surfaces especially indwelling catheters (staph epi.)

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14
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Bacterial structures unique to gram negative bacteria

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  1. Porin
  2. Endotoxin/LPS (outer membrane)
  3. Periplasmic space (B-lactamase location)
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15
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Bacterial structure unique to gram positive

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Lipoteichoic acid (cell wall)

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16
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TNF & IL-1 induced by

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Lipoteichoic acid (gram positive)

Lipid A (LPS- gram negative)

17
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Bacteria that produce endospores

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  1. Bacillus

2. Clostridium

18
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Spirochetes

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Borrelia
Leptospira
Treponema

*Axial filaments

19
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No cell wall

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Mycoplasma
Ureaplasma
*contain sterol

20
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Changes pili to evade host response

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N.gonnorhea

21
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Biofilm producing bacteria

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S.epidemidis
Viridans step
Pseudomonas
Nontypable H.influenza

22
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Gram stain limitations

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These Microbes May Lack Real Color 
Treponema 
Mycobacteria 
Mycycoplasm 
Legionella 
Rickettsia 
Chlamydia
23
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Giemsa

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Chlamydia, Borrelia, Rickettsia, Trypanosomes Plasmodium

Certain Bugs Really Try my Patience

24
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PAS (periodic acid-Schiff)

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Whipple diseae (Tropheryma whipplei). 
Stains glycogen
25
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Ziehl-Neelsen (carbol fuchsin)

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Acid fast bacteria (Nocardis, Mycobacteria)

Protozoa (Cryptosporidium oocysts)

NB: alternative is auramine-rhodamine stain for screening (apple green=positive acid fast)

26
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India ink

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Cryptococcus Neoformans

27
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Silver stain

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Fungi (pneumocystis)
Legionella
H.pylorie

28
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Media for H.influenza

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Chocolate agar 
Factors V (NAD) and X (hematin)
29
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Media for Neisseria

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Thayer-Martin

Vancomycin (inhibits gram +ve)
Trimethoprim, colistin (inhibits gram -ve except Neisseria)
Nystatin (inhibits fungi)

30
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Media for Bordetella Pertussis

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Bordet-Gengou agar (potato)

Regan-Lowe medium (charcoal, blood, and antibiotics)

31
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Media for C.diptheriae

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Cysteine Tellurite agar, Löffler medium

32
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Media for M.pnuemoniae

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Eaton agar (requires cholesterol)

33
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Lactose-fermenting enterics media

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MacConkey agar (selective for gram -ve and differential)

Pink colonies

34
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Media for E.coli

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Eosin-METHylene blue (EMB) agar

Green metallic sheen

35
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Media for Legionella

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Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract

36
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Fungi Media

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Sabouraud agar

37
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Aerobes

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Nagging Pests Must Breathe
Nocardia
Psedomonas
MycoBacterium TB

38
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Anaerobes

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F ABC
Fusobacterium
Actinomyces 
Bacterioides 
Clostridium
39
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Antibiotic that is ineffective against anaerobes

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Aminoglycosides (require O2)

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