Study Guide Lecture 1 Exam Part 3 Flashcards
Domain : bacteria
Kingdom : bacteria
Prokaryotic
Living
Found in soil, water, decaying plant material and animal products
Causes: listeriosis
Symptoms : fever, muscle aches, nausea diarrhea can lead to meningitis
Transmission: through contaminated food, especially unpasteurized dairy and meats
Treatment : antibiotics
Listeria monocytogenes
Domain: bacteria
Kingdom : bacteria
Prokaryotic
Living
Normally found in intestines
Diseases: gastroenteritis, UTI, hemolytic uremic
Symptoms: diarrhea, cramps, nausea, vomitting, fever
Transmission : antibiotics, hydration
Used in biotechnology for the production of insulin and other medications
Escherichia coli
Domain : bacteria
Kingdom: bacteria
Prokaryotic
Living
Found in intestines of humans and animals
Can cause intra abdominal infections, bacteremia, abscesses
Fever and abdominal pain
Transmission : typically enters sterile areas of the body through perforations in the GI tract or surgeries
Antibiotics metronidazole
Bacteriodes fragills
Domain: eukarya
Kingdom : fungi
Eukaryotic
Living
Found on the skin, mouth, throat, and intestines
Yeast infections, oral thrush
Symptoms: itching, discomfort, white patches, discharge
Transmission: contact with infected area
Treatment : anti fungal medications fluconzale
Candida albicans
Domain: not applicable
Not prokaryotic or eukaryotic
Not living
Found in cattle, especially in brain and nervous system
Causes : mad cow disease
Symptoms : changes in temperament, coordination, eventual death
Transmission to human through consumption of infected meats
No cure
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy BSE
Domain: archaea
Kingdom: euryarchaeota
Prokaryotic
Living
High salinity enviorments, salt lakes and brine pools
Does no cause disease in humans and animals
Halobacterium salinarium
Domain: eukarya
Kingdom: animalia
Eukaryotic
Living
Lives in freshwater during larval stages and in blood vessels of mammals during adulthood
Causes schistosomiasis
Abdominal pain, diarrhea, blood in stool, liver damage, bladder damage
Transmitted through contact with contaminated freshwater
Treated with praziquantel
Schistosoma mansoni
Domain: eukarya
Kingdom: Protista
Eukaryotic
Living
Warm freshwater
Causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis
Severe headache, fever, nausea, vomiting, stiff neck, seizures, death
Transmitted when water containing amoeba enters the nose
Treatment : miltefosine
Naegleria fowleri
Domain: not applicable
Kingdom : not applicable
Virus
Not living
Reservoirs in animals, African rodents non human primate
Causes monkey pox
Fever headaches , muscle aches, rash, lymphadenopathy
Transmitted through contact with infected animals, body fluids, respiratory droplets from humans
Treatment small pox vaccine, antiviral tecovirimat
Monkey pox MPXV
