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Bacterial endospores are extremely ? bodies that can resist boiling and being in a mosquito gut for 250 million years
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dormant/resistant
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Endospores are ? bodies produced by the bacteria ?,?,and ?
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Bacillus, Clostridium and Sporosarcina
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Endospores are resistant to ordinary ? methods
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cleaning
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Endospore forming bacteria have two stages of life ? and ?
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vegetative cell
endospore |
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An active vegetative cell is induced by environmental conditions to undergo ? to form a spore
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sporulation
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Both gram+ and gram- bacteria can form ?, but the medically relevant ones are all gram?
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endospores
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A spore has ? bilayers that form ? rows, a row of ? forms between the 2 layers, which gives the cell rigidity
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2
4 peptidoglycan |
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Dipocolinic acid forms inside the spore and ? enters fro the outside, as this enters ? is removed
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calcium
water |
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Water is removed from the spore because it can cause damage to ? material because it is ?
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genetic
polar |
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What sleep state is responsible for 'DECREASED H.R., B.P., CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND BRAIN TEMPERATURE'?
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NON-REM SLEEP STAGE
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Bacillus anthracis is found in ? and is the agent of ?
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soil
anthrax |
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Clostridium tetanus causes ?
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lockjaw
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Endospores are resistant to ? cleaning methods that use boiling water, soaps and disinfectants
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ordinary
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The genera Bacillus and Clostridium are spore formers and both contain ? pathogens
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dead
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Endospore forming bacteria are the ? of all life forms
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hardiest
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Endospore forming bacteria can withstand ? in heat, drying, freezing, radiation and chemicals
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extremes
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High heat resistance in Endospore forming bacteria is due to high content of ? and ? acid
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calcium
dipicolinic |
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Some ? endospores have been found that were 250 million years old, in the gut of a mosquito
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viable
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When a vegetative cell is stimulated to form an endospore it first converts to a ? A structure that forms spores
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sporangium
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The breaking of endospore dormancy is called ? this happens in the presence of water and a specific germination ? and it happens quite rapid in 1-1/2 hrs
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germination
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The germination agent stimulates the formation of ? enzymes that ? the cortex and expose the core to water
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hydrolytic
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