Midterm 1 Bacteria And Antibiotics

Question 1

capable of forming biofilms

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p.aeruginosa and b.cepacia

Question 2

example of bacterium that does quorum sensing

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vibrio fisheri

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leads to runny nose or common cold

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rhinovirus

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causes UTI

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e.coli and k.pneumoniae

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causes whooping cough

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b.pertussis

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causes strep throat

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s.pyogenes

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fungi used for antibiotics

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penicillium and cephalosporium

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bacteria used for antibiotics

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streptomyces and bacillus

Question 9

ferments the blue agave plant

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zymomonas

Question 10

gut flora that use glycolysis and take advantage of mucus for survival

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e.coli and bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

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colonial cyanobacteria

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gloeocapsa, pleurocapsa, merismopedia

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responsible for most of the world’s oxygen supply

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cyanobacteria

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oxidizes iron and reduces oxygen

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acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

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can perform glyoxylate bypass

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mycobacterium tuberculosis

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example of anaerobe chemoautotrophs

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methanogens or methanotrophs (synergist to methanogens)

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examples of obligate acidophiles

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euglena mutabilis and thermoplasma

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eample of obligate anaerobe

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bacteroides fragilis

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example of facultative aerobe

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enterococcus

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example of obligate aerobe

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p.aeruginosa

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capable of sporulation

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clostridium, bacillus, sporosarcina

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pleomorphic bacteria

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mycoplasma and h.pylori

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non-typical cell walls

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mycobacteria and nocardia

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causes syphilis and also lost it’s ability to do TACA and relies on other organisms for amino acids

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treponema pallidum

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discovered by Koch (3)

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bacillus anthracis, mycobacterium tuberculosis, vibiro cholera

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antibiotics that inhibit cell wall synthesis

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penicillin, bacitracin, cephalosporin, vancomycin

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antibiotics that disrupt cell membrane function

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polymyxin

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antibiotics that inhibit protein synthesis

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tetracycline, erythromycin, streptomycin, chloramphenicol

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antibiotics that inhibit nucelic acid synthesis

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rifamycin (transcription), quinolones (DNA replication), metronidazole

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action as antimetabolites

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sulfonilamide, trimethoprim

Question 30

broad or narrow: pencillins

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broad: chlamydias, gram positive and negative

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broad or narrow: tobramycin

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broad: mycobacteria and gram negative

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broad or narrow: streptomycin

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broad: mycobacteria and gram negative

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broad or narrow: tetracyclines

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broad: gram ngeative, gram positive, chlamydinas, rickettsias

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broad or narrow: polymyxins

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narrow: gram negative bacteria

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braod or narrow: isoniazid

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narrow: mycobacteria