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Taxonomy, Structure, Virulence Factors, and Toxins Flashcards

1
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What are the components of the bacterial cell envelope?

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Inner cell membrane
Cell wall (peptidoglycan layer)
Outer cell membrane
Cell capsule

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2
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What color are gram + organisms? What color are gram - organisms?

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Gram + stain blue

Gram - stain red

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What enzyme is responsible for formation of the peptidoglycan cell wall? What class of drugs inhibit this enzyme?

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Transpeptidase (penicillin binding protein)

Penicillins

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4
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What are key antigenic determinants for gram + / gram - bacteria?

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Gram + : Lipoteichoic acid

Gram - : O-antigen

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5
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What is the major component of the outer cell membrane of gram - bacteria?

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LPS

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6
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What component of LPS is an endotoxin?

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Lipid A

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7
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What are the 5 major shapes of bacteria?

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Cocci
Rods
Branching filamentous
Pleomorphic
Spiral forms
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8
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Classically, there are 7 gram + bugs that cause disease. Which of these are rods and which are cocci?

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4 rods- Bacillus, Clostridium, Corynebacterium, Listeria

3 cocci- Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Staphylococcous

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9
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Of the gram - organisms there are only 2 genera that are cocci; moreover, both are diplococci. What are these two genera?

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Neisseria

Moraxella

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10
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What bacterial genus does not have a cell wall and only has a cell membrane?

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Mycoplasma

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11
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What bacterial genus is acid fast?

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Mycobacterium

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12
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Bacteria have 70s ribosomes. What are the ribosomal subunits? What drug class targets each subunit?

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30s- Tetracyclines, Aminoglycosides

50s- Macrolides, Chloramphenicol, Clindamycin, Linezolid

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13
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What 2 genera of bacteria form endospores?

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Bacillus

Clostridium

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14
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Define exotoxin.

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Toxin secreted by bacteria

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15
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Define a bacterial neurotoxin.

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Exotoxin that acts on nerves or motor end plates

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16
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Define enterotoxin.

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Exotoxin that acts on GI tract to cause diarrhea.

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17
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Contrast infectious diarrhea and food poisoning.

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Infectious diarrhea: bacteria colonize GI tract and release enterotoxin
Food poisoning: bacteria grow in food and release enterotoxin in the food

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18
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List the bacteria that produce exotoxins that increased intracellular levels of cAMP.

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Cholera (Vibrio cholera; Cholera toxin)- Permanent activation of Gs
Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis; Edema toxin)- Mimics AC
Montezuma’s revenge (ETEC; Heat labile toxin)- Permanent activation of Gs
Pertussis (Bordatella pertussis; Pertussis toxin)- Disables Gi

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19
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What is glycocalyx?

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Loose network of polysaccharides that mediates adherence to surfaces.

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20
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What gram negative rods are enteric bacteria?

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Bacteroides
Campylobacter
E. coli
Enterobacter
Helicobacter
Klebsiella
Proteus
Pseudomonas
Salmonella
Serratia
Shigella
Vibrio
Yersinia
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21
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What gram negative rods cause respiratory illness?

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Bordetella
Haemophilus
Legionella

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22
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What gram negative rods are zoonotic?

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Bartonella
Brucella
Francisella
Pasteurella

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23
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What gram + bacteria are branching filamentous?

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Actinomyces

Nocardia

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24
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What gram negative bacteria are spirochetes?

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Borrelia
Leptospira
Treponema

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25
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What organisms stain with Giemsa?

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Chlamydia
Rickettsia
Borrelia
Trypanosomes
Plasmodium
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26
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PAS (periodic acid-Schiff) stains glycogen. What disease is it used to diagnose?

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Whipple disease- T. whipplei

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27
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What organisms is silver stain used for?

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Fungi
Leginoella
Helicobacter pylori

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28
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What cytokines are induced by lipoteichoic acid?

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TNF
IL-1
IL-6

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29
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What is the location of gram negative β-lactamase?

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Periplasmic space

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30
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What media is used to isolate H. influenzae?

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Chocolate agar

31
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What media is used to isolate Neisseria?

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Thayer-Martin agar

32
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What media is used to isolate C. diptheriae?

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Tellurite agar

33
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What agar is used to isolate M. tuberculosis?

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Lowenstein-Jensen agar

34
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What media is used to isolate M. pneumoniae?

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Eaton agar

35
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Lactose-fermenting enterics can be isolated using what agar?

36
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What media is used to isolate E. coli?

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Eosin-methylene blue (EMB) agar

37
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What media is used to isolate fungi?

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Sabouraud agar

38
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TNF-α inhibitors can cause reactivation of what bacterial pathogen?

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M. tuberculosis

39
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Are aminoglyosides effective against anerobes?

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No- require oxygen to enter the bacterial cell

40
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What agar is used to isolate B. pertussis?

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Bordet-Gengou agar

41
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What bugs are obligate intracellular pathogens?

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Chlamydia
Coxiella
Rickettsia

42
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What bacteria are facultative intracellular pathogens?

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Salmonella
Neisseria
Brucella
Mycobacetrium
Listeria
Francisella
Legionella
Yersinia
43
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The capsule of bacteria is a virulence factor that inhibits phagocytosis. How are these organisms cleared from the body?

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Opsonized, then cleared by the spleen

44
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What vaccines are given to asplenic individuals?

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S. pneumoniae
H. influenzae
N. meningitidis

45
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In addition to S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, and N. meningitidis, what other bugs have capsules?

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E. coli
Klebsiella
Salmonella
Group B Strep (S. pyogenes)

46
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A polysaccharide antigen alone cannot be presented to T cells; however, there are vaccines that can be given to prevent infection by encapsulated organisms. How do these vaccines work?

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Polysaccharide + protein conjugate

47
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What organisms produce urease?

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Cryptococcus
H. pylori
Proteus
Ureplasma
Nocardia
Klebsiella
S. epidermidis
S. saprophyticus
48
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Individuals with chronic granulomatous disease are susceptible to infections with what type of organism?

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Catalase positive organisms

49
Q

What organisms produce pigment?

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Actinomyces israelii- yellow sulfur granules
S. aureus- yellow pigment
Pseudomonas aeruginosa- blue-green pigment
Serratia marcescens- red pigment

50
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Detail the mechanism of action of the virulence factor Protein A. What bacteria expresses this virulence factor?

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Binds Fc region of IgG- prevents opsonization and phagocytosis
Expressed by S. aureus

51
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Detail the mechanism of action of the virulence factor IgA protease. What bacteria expresses this virulence factor?

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Enzyme that cleaves IgA- facilitates colonization of respiratory mucosa
S. pneumoniae
Neisseria
H. influensa

52
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Detail the mechanism of action of the virulence factor M protein. What bacteria expresses this virulence factor?

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Inhibits phagocytosis

S. pyogenes

53
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What is the type 3 secretion system?

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Injectisome- protein appendage that facilitates delivery of toxins into host cells

54
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What bacteria produce exotoxins that inhibit protein synthesis?

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Corynebacterium- diptheria toxin
Pseudomonas- Exotoxin A
Shigella- Shiga toxin
E. coli (EHEC)- Shiga like toxin

55
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Diptheria toxin and Exotoxin A have the same mechanism of action. What is this mechanism?

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Inactivate elongation factor (EF-2)

56
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Shiga toxin and Shiga-like toxin have the same mechanism of action. What is this mechanism?

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Inactivates 60s ribosome- removes adenine from rRNA

57
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What bacteria produce exotoxins that increase fluid secretion?

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E. coli (ETEC)- Heat labile toxin and heat stable toxin
Bacillus anthracis- Edema toxin
V. cholerae- Cholera toxin

58
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What is the mechanism of action of heat labile toxin? What is the mechanism of action of heat stable toxin?

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Heat labile toxin- increases cAMP which leads to chloride secretion in gut
Heat stable toxin- increases cGMP which decreases resorption of NaCl/water in gut

59
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What is the mechanism of action of cholera toxin?

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Permanently activates Gs- leads to Cl secretion in gut

60
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What is the mechanism of action of pertussis toxin?

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Disables Gi- increases cAMP which impairs phagocytosis

61
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What bacteria produce toxins that inhibit release of neurotransmitters?

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C. tetani- tetanospasmin

C. botulinum- botulinum toxin

62
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What is the mechanism of action of tetanospasmin and botulinum toxin?

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Proteases that cleave SNARE proteins

63
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What cells does tetanospasmin effect?

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Renshaw cells in spinal cord- prevent release of GABA

64
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What cells does botulinum toxin effect?

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End plate motor neurons- inhibit release of ACh

65
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What bacteria produce toxins that lyse cell membranes?

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Clostridium perfringens- Alpha toxin

S. pyogenes- Streptolysin O

66
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What bacteria produce superantigens that cause toxic shock?

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S. aureus- TSST-1

S. pyogenes- Exotoxin A

67
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What is the mechanism of action of superantigens?

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Bind to MHCII and TCR to cause release of IL-1, IL-2, IFN-γ, and TNF-α

68
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What is bacterial transformation? What enzyme can inhibit this processes?

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Ability of bacteria to take up naked DNA from the environment.
Inhibited by deoxyribonuclease

69
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What is bacterial transposition?

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Segment of DNA moves from one location to another (plasmid to chromosome and vice versa)

70
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What 5 bacterial toxins are encoded by a lysogenic phage?

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Shiga toxin
Botulinum toxin
Cholera toxin
Diptheria toxin
Erythrogenic toxin
71
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What bacterial genus has gram + cocci that are catalase positive?

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Staphylococcous

72
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What bacterial genus has gram + cocci that are catalase negative?

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Streptococcus

73
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What species of Staph are coagulase negative?

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S. epidermidis

S. saprophyticus

74
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What gram + branching filament organism is acid fast?

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