Normal microbiota & Disease

Question 1

sterile sites in body free of microbiota

Answer 1

Brain
cerebro-spinal fluid
blood
muscles

Question 2

3 benefits of normal microbiota

Answer 2

inhibit pathogens
induce antibodies
produce vitamins

Question 3

3 harmful effects of normal microbiota

Answer 3

potential to cause disease
bacterial synergism
potential to pass to susceptible hosts

Question 4

Propionibacteriun acnes surive in …
the are gram +ve/-ve lipophilic …
breaks down secreted … to free …

Answer 4

oil glands
+ve rods
lipids
fatty acids

Question 5

where is largest microbial population in body?

Answer 5

colon

Question 6

Parasatism:

Answer 6

relationship where symbiont harms or lives at expense of host

Question 7

pathogen

Answer 7

organism that causes disease

Question 8

Pathogenicity

Answer 8

ability to cause disease

Question 9

virulence

Answer 9

intensity of pathogenicity

Question 10

infection

Answer 10

growth of parasitc organism in host, may or may not lead to disease

Question 11

5 ways antibiotics stop pathogens

Answer 11

inhibit: peptidoglycan synthesis
            membrane integrity
            nucleic acid synthesis
            protein synthesis
            metabolism