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Microbiology final exam Flashcards

1
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a parasite growing in or on a host

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infection

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2
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the change in health in which all or part of the body is incapable of its normal duties

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Disease

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3
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due to an infectious agent

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infectious disease

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4
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agent that causes the disease

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pathogen

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5
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intensity of pathogenicity “disease”

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virulence

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6
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virulence is measured by

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LD50

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7
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lethal dose to kill 50% of the population

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LD50

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8
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Infectious dose to infect 50% of the population

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ID50

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9
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objective change in the body that can be measured

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sign

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10
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subjective change in the body such as pain or loss of appetite( cannot be observed by physician)

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symptoms

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11
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objective change that points directly at the pathogen causing the disease

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pathogenomonic signs

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12
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example of Pathogenomonic sign

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bulls eye–> lymes disease

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13
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pathogens that cause disease in healthy hosts

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primary pathogen

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14
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Pathogens that only cause disease when host’s resistance is low

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opportunistic pathogens

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15
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2 strains of white blood cells?

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Lymphoid: NK,T,B cells
Myeloid: Granualocytes, monocytes,RBCs

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16
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What cell can present antigens?

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Phagocytosis cells

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17
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3 Chemical barriers of the innate system

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Cytokines
Complement
Antimicrobial peptides

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18
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How do Macrophages, dentritic cells recognize MAMPs for phagocytosis

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Thru Toll Like Receptors (TLR’s)

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19
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Organism killed or attenuated for vaccine

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While cell vaccine

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20
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Vaccine where a Piece of pathogen is injected

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Acellular/subunit vaccine

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21
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Vaccine:

What does alum do?

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Prolong or persistence of the antigen

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22
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Vaccine:

What is an (FIA)?

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Antigen in mineral oil

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23
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Vaccine:

What is an FCA?

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Contains heat killed mycobacterium

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24
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Distinguish between different things in blood stream:

  • viruses
  • bacteria
  • bacterial or fungal toxins
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  • viremia
  • bacteremia
  • septicemia
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25
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Exotoxins types

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Cytotoxic -affect cells
Neurotoxin-affect neurological function
Enterotoxin-affect digestive function

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26
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Targets of antifungals

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  • chitin(cell wall)

- sterol synthesis

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27
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Targets of antiviral a

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-viral specific enzymes
(Reverse transcriptase)
-reproductive cycle events

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28
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Genetic mechanisms for antimicrobial resistance

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-modify structor(s) target by drug
-modify transport mechanisms
(Prevent antibiotic from entering cell)
-produce enzymes to inactivate the drug

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29
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discovered that heat-resistant bacteria produce endospores.

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Ferdinand cohn

30
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developed a list of criteria to be fulfilled to prove that a microbe is the cause of a disease

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Robert Koch

31
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improved upon hooke’s early microscope and was the first to see and describe bacteria

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Anton von Leeuwenhoek

32
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definitively disproved the idea that microbes spontaneously generated from organic matter using gooseneck flasks

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louis Pasteur

33
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modified John needhams experiments by covering flasks while media boiling

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Lazaro spallanzani

34
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demonstrated that medium can remain sterile if dust is prevented

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john tyndall

35
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(L or D) aminoacids are not digested by living organisms

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D

36
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make up Peptidoglycan

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sugars NAM and NAG

37
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does NAM or NAG have a ____ that allows a peptide (chain of amino acids to be attached)?

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NAM has a lactic acid group

38
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4 characteristics used to classify and identify microbes

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  • staining characteristics (G+/-)
  • cellular morphology( bacillus/cocci)
  • colony characteristics
  • growth requirements
39
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How does PG form an extensive network?

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amino acids from adjacent strands cross-link

40
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Teichoic acids are found in ___ of gram___ bacteria

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peptidoglycan layer of Gram + only!!!

41
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what gives the surface a negative charge?

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lipoteichoic acids and teichoic acids

42
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what links the outer membrane to the peptidoglycan in gram - bacteria

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Brauns lipoprotein

43
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what links the peptidoglycan (cell wall) to the plasma membrane in gram + bacteria

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lipoteichoic acids

44
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this sequence is used to classify and identify organisms

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16S rRNA

45
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how is a plasmid different from a circular chromosome

A
  • smaller DNA molecule
  • replicates independently
  • not restricted to the neucleoid (found in plasma)
46
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a complete ribosome is a 70s and is made of what two subunits?

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small (30s)

large (50s

47
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two types of mechanisms for how viral capsids enter the cell

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membrane fusion of enveloped virus

endocytosis

48
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Describe what makes the adaptive immunity so diverse and specific

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antibodies can be composed of

  • various subunits
  • various regions within subunit
  • various options for regions
49
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Describe how the adaptive immunity produces memory

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Plasma B and Cytotoxic T cells are activated and some cells receive stimuli to become memory cells

Memory cells will rapidly reproduce if antigen is encountered again

50
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Degrades PG bonds so new PG can be added to the cell wall during division

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Autolysins

51
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Position of this homologous is responsible for elongated cell shape

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MreB

52
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Only ___shapped cells produce MreB protein for elongation

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Bacillus

53
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Why can prokaryotes make proteins faster?

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Coupling

  • translation and transcription occur in cytoplasm
  • multi events of transcription on 1 DNA
  • multi events of translation on 1 RNA
54
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In the CRISPR cas system what are the spacer regions composed of?

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Viral DNA

55
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Two or more genes controlled by one promoter

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Opening

56
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Why is an opening important?

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  • Codes for whole proteins instead of individual amino acids
  • more efficient
57
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Compare and contrast endotoxin with exotoxins

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Endotoxin 
-LPS 
-requires [high] to have an effect
-only in gram -
Exotoxin
-proteins
-requires[low] to have an effect 
-both gram -/+
58
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What is the RNA sequence transcribed:ATG

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UAC

59
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Gene is always expressed

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Constitutive genes

60
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Gene is normally off

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Inducible

61
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Gene is normally on but can be turned off

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Repressive

62
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Indicates start of transcription

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Promoter

63
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Indicates end of DNA replication

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Ter site (termination site)

64
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_______are required for translation to start

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-ribosomal binding site and start codon

65
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Where does Substrate level phosphorylation occurs and what is it?

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  • occurred during glycolysis and TCA

- breaking down substrates in order to gain energy(ATP)

66
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Precursor metabolite: Amino acids

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Pyruvate

67
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Precursor metabolite: lipids

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Acetylene Coa or DHAP

68
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Precursor metabolite: ribose from DNA

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Glucose

69
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In order to make amino acids prokaryotes need

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A source of nitrogen and sulfur

70
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In order to make nucleic acids prokaryotes need

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A source of nitrogen and phosphorous(diet)

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