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UNIT 1 Flashcards

1
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Cell envelope structure consists of?

A

CAPSULE
SLIME LAYER
CELL MEMBRANE
CELL WALL

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2
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it a rigid structure. it maintain cell shape, prevent cell from bursting due high internal osmosis pressure, prevents mechanical disruption

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Cell Wall

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3
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Its also as Plasma Membrane. Its act as an osmotic barrier, location of electron transport chain

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Cell Membrane

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4
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It made of high molecular weight polysaccharide polymers (carbohydrates)

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Capsules

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5
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It stabilizes the cell

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Slime Layer

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6
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What is the only Prokaryotic bacteria contain sterols

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Mycoplasmataceae

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7
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Bacteria does not have cell wall

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Mycoplasma spp.

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8
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It is the study of microorganisms

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Microbiology

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9
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Is the biological consequence of natural selection operating on a vast array of genetically diverse organisms

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Evolution

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10
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What are the Hierarchical classification system

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I. Domain
II. Kingdom
III. Phylum
IV. Class
V. Order
VI. Family
VII. Genus
VIII. Species

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11
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Is a naming of microorganisms according to established rule and guidelines set forth by the _________

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International Code of Bacteria Nomenclature or the Bacteriological Code

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12
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What are the Characteristic that is absent in all Prokaryotes but present in Eukaryotes

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Membrane-bound organelles
Golgi bodies
Lysosomes
Endoplasmic reticulum
Mitochondria
Nucleus
Chloroplasts

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13
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Where is the electron transport for energy of Prokaryote

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Cell Membrane

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14
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Are unicellular organisms that lack a nuclear membrane and a true nucleus

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Bacteria

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15
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Most common/ major way of classifying bacteria in diagnostic microbiology is

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Gram Staining

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16
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Eukaryotic plasma membrane contains

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phospholipids, proteins and sterols

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17
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What are the types of cell wall

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Gram positive cell wall
Gram negative cell wall
Acid Fast cell wall
Absence of cell wall

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18
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Seen in Mycobacterium and Nocardia spp.

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Acid Fast cell wall

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19
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Seen in the genera Acholeplasma ( Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma spp.)

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Absense of Cell Wall

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20
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Have thinner layer of peptidoglycan layer

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Gram Negative Cell Wall

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21
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Have very thick protective peptidoglycan layer

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Gram Positive Cell Wall

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22
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also known as endotoxin

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Lipid A

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23
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What is LPS

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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)

24
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What are the 3 region in LPS

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O-specific polysaccharides
Lipid A
Core polysacarrides

25
Q

Space in between the outer membrane and inner membrane. it is absent in gram positive bacteria

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Periplasmic space

26
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Major target of some antibiotic

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Gram positive cell wall

27
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Less affected by antibiotic

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Gram negative cell wall

28
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What are the substances unique to the gram positive cell wall

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Teichoic acid
Lipoteichoic acid

29
Q

Types of Acid-Fast Staining

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Hot method
Cold method
Auramine-Rhodamine Fluorochrome

30
Q

its stain dark blue in acid fast

A

Nocardia

31
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Stains faint blue

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Mycobacteria

32
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Act as virulence factors

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Capsule

33
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Staining the capsule cause the appearance of a ______ pattern

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Halo like

34
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What are the pathogenic organism that have been associated with biofilm formation in human infections.

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Candida albicans
Coagulase- negative staphylococci
Enterococcus spp.
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Pseudoman aeruginosa
Staphylococcus aureus
Streptococcus spp.

35
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Exterior protein filaments that rotate. its enables the bacteria to be motile

A

Flagella

36
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What are the types of Flagella

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Atrichous
Monotrichous
Amphitrichous
Lophotrichous
Cephalotrichous
Peritrichous

37
Q

Flagella on both ends

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Amphitrichous

38
Q

No Flagella

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Atrichous

39
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Flagella all around the bacterium

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Peritrichous

40
Q

Flagella multiply in tufts at one end

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Lophotrichous

41
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Tuft of flagella at both ends

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Cephalotrichous

42
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One polar flagellum

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Monotrichous

43
Q

Use Endoflagella

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Spirochetes

44
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What is the rotation of flagella

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Clockwise or Counterclockwise rotation

45
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Prokaryotes movement powered by

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Proto motive force

46
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Eukaryotes movement powered by

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Chemiosmosis or ATP

47
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Types of locomotion produced by prokaryotic flagella

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Propulsion/Swimming
Swarming motility
Twitching motility
Gliding motility

48
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Motile E.coli can show a ______ motility in a liquid medium

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Run-and-tumble pattern

49
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Motile E.coli can show a ______ motility in a semisolid media

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Swarming motility

50
Q

Enables the bacteria to adhere to another cell (host’s cell)

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Fimbriae

51
Q

Sex pilus/Conjugation pilus

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Pili

52
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F - positive cell are

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Male bacteria

53
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F - negative cell are

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Female bacteria

54
Q

Method of transfer/ exchange between homologous region of two DNA molecules

A

Genetic Recombination

55
Q

What are the types of Genetic Recombination

A

Transformation
Transduction
Conjugation

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