Quiz 5 Microbes Flashcards
1
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Streptococcus pyogenes
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- Growth Factors:
Glutamic Acid, Alanine - Diseases:
Pharyngitis, Rheumatic fever
2
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Rickettsia prowazekii
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- Obligate intracellular bacteria
- Grows ONLY in cytoplasm of Eukaryotes
- Diseases:
Epidemic typhus fever
3
Q
Hyphomicrobium
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Divides by budding
4
Q
Bacillus Subtilis
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- Spins out amyloid protein called TasA
- (TasA Tethers cells/strengthens biofilms)
5
Q
Rhodopseudomonas palustris
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- Phototrophic, aquatic, gram negative
- Enter growth arrested state with carbon/nitrogen restriction (Only in presence of light)
6
Q
Escherichia coli
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- Biofilms exhibit two layer differentiation (Based on oxygen availability)
7
Q
Anabaena
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- Differentiates into specialized cells called heterocysts
8
Q
Myxococcus Xanthus
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- Uses gliding motility
- Starvation triggers the aggregation of 100,000 cells, which form a fruiting body.
9
Q
Steptomyces
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- Cell differentiation with Aerial hyphae and arthrospores that are resistant to drying
- form mycelia and sporangia analogous to those of fungi.
10
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Clostridium/Bacillus
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Produce heat resistant spores
