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U1 LEC: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND TAXONOMY Flashcards

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Microbiology

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Systematic study of organisms that are too small to be seen by the naked eye

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Microbiology involves the study of:

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  • Bacteria
  • Viruses
  • Parasites
  • Fungi
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Bacteria

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Prokaryotes, Non-fastidious and fastidious

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This refers to bacteria with no special requirements.

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Non-fastidious

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This refers to bacteria with special requirements or conditions.

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Fastidious

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Viruses

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Bacteriophages, Virophages

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They are either DNA or RNA.

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Virus

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T/F: Viruses can never be both DNA and RNA organisms.

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True

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T/F: Viruses are not classified as living nor dead.

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True

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Viruses require what to replicate?

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Host

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This has no active biochemical processes, and is found outside or not attached to the cell.

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Virion

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Where and how does the virion activate its biochemical processes?

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Inside the cell, production of viral proteins

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Parasites

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Protozoans, Metazoans

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Unicellular parasite

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Protozoan

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Multicellular parasite

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Metazoan

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Fungi

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Biofilms

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This is an emerging trend of study for the last 10 years.

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Biofilms

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18
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Arrange the order of what a biofilm-producing bacteria produces

I. Slime layer
II. Single layer
III. Community

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II, I, III

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This refers to thickening of the colonies or added protection for bacteria. This layer may accumulate organic and inorganic debris, trap bacteria, parasites, etc.

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Slime layer

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Biofilms are problematic in the administration of ______ due to lack of penetrating power.

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Antimicrobials

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Example of biofilm-producing bacteria

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida spp.

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Why do we study microbes?

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  • Etiologic agent
  • Pathologic outcomes
  • Interventions
  • Antimicrobials
  • Industrial outcomes
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Etiologic agent refers to?

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Origin of disease or causative agent

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Pathologic outcomes refer to?

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manifestations of symptoms in different organ systems

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Interventions refer to?

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action applied

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Antimicrobials refer to?

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antibiotics

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Industrial outcomes refer to?

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How it translates to industry

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Bacteria used in the industry and for what?

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Escherichia coli for insulin (undergoes sterilization)

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1st antimicrobial

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Penicillin (from Penicillum)

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T/F: Some antimicrobials are isolated from the genera of bacteria.

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True

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Girolamo Fracastoro

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suggested that disease is caused by “invisible living creatures”

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He suggested that disease is caused by “invisible living creatures”

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Girolamo Fracastoro

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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Father of Protozoology and Bacteriology, observe microorganisms and describe them as “animalcules”

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Father of Protozoology and Bacteriology

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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How did Anton van Leeuwenhoek describe microorganisms?

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animalcules

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Louis Pasteur

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  • Father of Modern Microbiology
  • Pasteurization
  • Disproved Spontaneous Generation
  • Proponent of Biogenesis
  • Creation of Attenuated Vaccines
  • Fermentation
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Microscopic talks about?

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Shape

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Circle shaped

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Cocci

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Rod shaped

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Bacillus

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Spiral shaped

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Spirulum

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Chains

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Strep

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Cluster

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Staphy

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T/F: Bacteria has no color.

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True

It adapts the color of the stain.

44
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This refers to when the bacteria took color from media.

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Colony color

45
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This refers to the natural pigmentation or color.

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Colony pigment

46
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Under fermentation are?

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  • Bacterial replication
  • Antimicrobial control
  • Host microorganism interaction
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Joseph Lister

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developed antiseptic system of surgery

48
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He developed antiseptic system of surgery.

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Joseph Lister

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Importance of Antiseptic technique

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  • to not contaminate the environment
  • clean, sterilized equipment
50
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Two kinds of contaminants

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  • Environmental
  • Commensals/natural flora (arrest overgrowth of pathogenic)
51
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T/F: Commensals do not cause infections.

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False

Can cause infections due to overdose once immune system is weakened

52
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Robert Koch

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  • Koch’s Postulates
  • Discovery of Bacillus anthracis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Culture of bacteria using media such as Agar and Petri Dish
53
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What did Robert Koch discover?

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Bacillus anthracis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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1st Koch Postulate

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Microorganism must be observed in every case of the disease

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2nd Koch Postulate

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Microorganism must be isolated and grown in pure culture

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3rd Koch Postulate

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The pure culture, when inoculated in animals, must reproduce the disease4

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4th Koch Postulate

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Microorganism must be recovered in diseased animal

58
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Paul Ehrlich

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discovered Salvarsan (syphilis treatment)

59
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Alexander Fleming

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discovered Penicillin

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Area of science that deals with the study of 3 distinct but interrelated disciplines (classification, nomenclature, identification)

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Taxonomy

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Polyphasic Taxonomy is based on:

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  • Genotypic charac
  • Phenotypic charac
  • Phylogenetic (Evolutionary Relationships)
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Genotypic characteristics

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DNA, RNA, Plasmids

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This carries the genetic material for antimicrobial resistance.

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Plasmids

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Phenotypic characteristics

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macroscopic, byproducts, proteins, waste products

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Phylogenetic characteristics

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groupings

66
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MALDI-TOF MS stands for?

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Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

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T/F: Before using MALDI-TOF MS, you must have a record in the database through traditional culture.

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True

68
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Carolus Linnaeus

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  • Father of Taxonomy
  • Binomial classification
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Robert Whittaker’s Basis

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Cellular Organism and Nutritional Pattern

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Robert Whittaker’s Kingdom System

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  • Monera/Prokaryotae
  • Fungi
  • Protistae
  • Animalia
  • Plantae
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Carl Woese’s Basis

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Cellular Organization and FunctionC

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Carl Woese’s Domain System

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  • Bacteria
  • Eukaria
  • Archaea
73
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Hierarchial classification (Dear King Phillip Came Over For The Good Soup)

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  • Domain
  • Kingdom
  • Phylum/Division
  • Class
  • Order
  • Family
  • Tribe
  • Genus
  • Species
  • Subspecies
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This is composed of similar divisions.

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Kingdom

75
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These have a common attribute.

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Family

76
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Other name for Species

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Epithet

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This is the most basic taxonomic group.

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Species

78
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This refers to organism population that is differentiated from populations within species.

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Strains

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This refers to variant prokaryotic strains characterized by biochemical or physiological differences.

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Biovars

80
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This refers to variation in serological reactions, strains with distinctive antigenic properties.

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Serovars

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Antigenic properties refer to?

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cell surface markers, whether living or non-living

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Family ends in

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-aceae

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Order ends in

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-ales

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Tribe ends in

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-eae

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T/F: In transferring a species from one genus to another, the species is retained.

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True

86
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ATCC stands for?

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American Type Culture Collection

87
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NCTC stands for?

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National Collection of Type Cultures

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T/F: ATCC is more common than NCTC.

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True

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