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Coccus |
Spherical |
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Bacillus |
Rod |
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Coccobacillus |
Oval |
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Vibrio |
Comma-Shaped |
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Spirilla |
Loosely Coiled, rigid spiral rods |
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Spirochete |
Tightly Coiled,non-rigid spiral rods |
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Enriched |
Media encourages the growth of most bacteria |
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Selective |
Media encourages the growth of some bacteria while inhibiting others |
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Differential |
Media groups bacteria based on the fermentation of carbohydrates |
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Identifying Bacterium Step 1 |
Specimen Collection |
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Identifying Bacterium Step 2 |
Gram Stain |
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Identifying Bacterium Step 3 |
Culture |
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Identifying Bacterium Step 4 |
Biochemical |
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Identifying Bacterium Step 5 |
Antibiotic Sensitivity |
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Symbiosis |
"Living Together" |
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Mutualism |
Both the host and the microorganism benefit |
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Parasitism |
One organism benefits, the other is harmed |
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Commensalism |
One organism benefits, the other is neutral |
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Stationary Phase |
The number of new cells produced is the same as the number of cells dying |
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Decline (Death) Phase |
Number of cells dying greater than the number of new cells arising from division |
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Lag Phase |
Gear-up phase, organisms not greatly increasing in number but are metabolically active |
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Log Phase |
Once the bacteria have adapted to their nutrient-rich environment, growth is exponential (logarithmic) |
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Log Phase |
Generation Time: genetically determined period of logarithmic growth, how often organism divides varies by species (Minutes to hours) |
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Mutualism Example |
E. Coli |
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Parasitism Examples |
Tape worm, malaria |
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Commensalism Example |
Skin Bacteria |
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Normal Flora |
Organisms that live on or in body but do not usually cause disease (Commensals) |
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Adherence |
Bacteria use their pili to cling to the surface of host cells, multiply and form colonies |
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Colonization |
In place on host, bacterial replication forms colonies and may overcome host defenses. |
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Formation of a capsule |
Contributes to organism's virulence because of thick, polysaccharide structure that helps organisms resist host defense process |
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Hyaluronidase |
Attacks hyaluronic acid, the ground substance of loose connective tissue, contributes to ease of spread |
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Coagulase |
Enzyme converts fibrinogen to fibrin. fibrin is clot-forming protein. limits spread of organism but allows the bacterium to wall itself off from the immune system |
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Streptokinase and staphylokinase |
break down fibrin and prevent clotting |
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Endotoxins |
Secreted primarily by Gram-positive organisms |
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Endotoxins |
Released from Gram-negative bacteria when they die (cell wall and cell membrane components). non-specific gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, cramping, and generalized malaise |
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endospores |
dormant stage of some bacteria, form when nutritional environmental conditions are unfavorable for growth, survival under harsh conditions, revert to active cells under favorable conditions |
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Gram Positive |
Purple |
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Gram Negative |
Pink |
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antimicrobial agents |
substances used to specifically treat infectious microbial diseases |
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antibiotics |
antimicrobial agents that contain substances derived from other organisms |
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Broad Spectrum |
affect a wide range of microorganisms including gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria |
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Narrow Spectrum |
Affect a limited number of microorganisms |
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Bacteriostatic |
Inhibits Organism Growth |
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Bacteriocidal |
Kills the Organism |
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Microbiology |
study of microbes - microorganisms, bacteria, parasites, fungi, Viruses, Prions |
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Prokaryote Classification |
Belong to Kingdom Monera, do not have nucleus, have nucleoid, have inclusion bodies that store molecules essential to cell functions |
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Bacteria Classification |
Prokaryotes, many classes, earth's most abundant life form, single celled organisms, size: 0.5-2um - among smallest organisms on the planet |
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Cytoplasm |
semi-fluid substance that fills inner cellular space, primarily water and carbohydrates, lipids and enzymes |
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Ribosomes |
Protein Synthesis center |
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Nucleoid |
Nuclear Region |
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Inclusion Bodies |
granules and vessicles: store molecules essential to cell function |
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Some prokaryotes |
secrete a polysaccharide capsule: contributes to pathogenicity, have plasmids: extra-chromosomal DNA important for transfer of genetic material |
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Plasmids |
self-replicating extrachromosomal DNA that carry one or more pieces of genetic information not required to sustain life. |
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Pathogenicity |
ability for an organism to cause a disease |
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Capsule |
protective structure that serves as a defense mechanism |
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Bacteria size |
0.5-2 um |
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Cell wall |
provides shape and stability, contains peptidoglycan, many antibiotics target cell wall |
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Cell membrane |
regulates transport of material in and out of cell |
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Peptidoglycan |
polymer that makes up bacteria cell walls |
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Flagella |
organelles of locomotion possessed by bacteria |
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motile |
bacteria that are capable of movement |
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Pili |
tiny, tube like projections from cell's surface associated with adherence and sometimes exchange of genetic information |
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Pili |
facilitate adherence, exchange genetic information |
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1/2 of bacteria |
motile, possessing flagella |
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How are bacteria characterized? |
Shape and arrangement |
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Diplococci |
cocci found in pairs |
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streptococci |
form chains |
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staphylococci |
form grape-like clusters |
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Gram Stain |
method groups medically important material into two categories |
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gram positive bacteria |
purple, thick layer of peptidoglycan retains crystal violet (blue) dye |
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gram negative bacteria |
Pink, thin layer of peptidoglycan and high lipoprotein content; releases crystal violet dye when rinsed with alcohol or acetone, the pink counterstain is retained |
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Gram stain step 1 |
sample smeared on slide and fixed with heat |
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gram stain step 2 |
slide is stained with crystal violet (purple) for 1-2 minutes |
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gram stain step 3 |
Gram's iodine is used to "fix" the crystal violet (helps retain the stain)
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Gram stain step 4 |
acetone or alcohol is used to decolorize slide, this removes any crystal violet not retained by a particular structure |
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gram stain step 5 |
stain the slide with safranin (pink) |
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Bacterium Culture Media |
Enriched, Selective, Differential |
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Enriched Media |
media that encourages the growth of most bacteria (sheep's blood agar) used as a general overview of what's growing in the culture |
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Selective Media |
encourages the growth of some bacteria while inhibiting others, |
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Differential Media |
groups bacteria based on the fermentation of carbohydrates |
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colonies |
dense masses that bacteria form when mixed with nutrients |
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Obligate Aerobe |
requires free oxygen for aerobic respiration. Ex. mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) |
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obligate anaerobe |
require an environment with no oxygen. Ex. Clostridium species (botulism and tetanus) |
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Facultative anaerobes |
can function in oxygen-poor or oxygen rich environment. Ex. E-coli, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus |
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Microaerophils |
Require reduced oxygen and increased CO2. Ex. Campylobacter |
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Binary Fission |
also known as transverse fission, process by which most bacteria grown and divide |
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Binary Fission, Transverse Fission |
Term used to describe cell division in bacteria |
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Bacterial cells |
do not have cell cycle, continuously dividing and replicating their DNA |
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Lag Phase |
bacteria metabolically active, synthesizing enzymes and producing energy as ATP, as well as increasing in size. some binary fission occurs, do not reproduce in significant numbers in this phase |
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Log Phase |
period of rapid, exponential growth, will continue as long as there are sufficient nutrients and the environment has suitable conditions available for synthesis of ATP |
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Generation time |
the genetically determined period of logarithmic growth which varies by bacterial species from minutes to hours |
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Stationary Phase |
"leveling off" period in which non replicating cells are the same in numbers with those still reproducing new cells |
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Decline (Death) phase |
essential atmospheric, temperature and nutritional conditions are depleted, cells lose their ability to maintain metabolic functions |
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Symbiosis |
"Living Together" bacteria form three different symbiotic relationships |
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Three symbiotic bacterial relationships |
Mutalism, Parasitism, Commensalism |
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Commensals(Normal Flora) |
microbes that live on and with humans without causing disease |
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Transient Microflora |
Come and go organisms that exist in same area occupied by resident flora. can be acquired almost everywhere, may persist for hours, monts or years. |
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Opportunists |
cause opportunistic infections in host whose protective mechanisms have been compromised or population of resident microorganisms change. |
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Measles Virus (Rubella) |
penetrate placenta and infect the fetus |
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Herpes Virus and HIV Viruses |
if carried by mother also pose an infection threat to infants |
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Pathogenicity |
an organism's ability to cause disease. |
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Virulence |
intensity of bacterial and other microbial infections, varies greatly among different organisms |
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Adherence |
Bacteria use pili to cling to surface of host cells, multiply and form colonies |
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Colonization |
once in place within host tissue, bacterial replication forms |
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formation of capsule |
contributes to the organism's virulence becaues this thick, polysaccharide structure helps organisms resist host defense processes |
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Pathogenic Mechanisms of Bacteria |
Adherence, Colonization, Formation of a Capsule |
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Invasiveness |
the ability of organisms to penetrate host tissue, usually via special enzymes |
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enzymes contributing to invasiveness and pathogenicity |
Hyaluronidase, Coagulase, Streptokinase and Staphylokinase |
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Three ways bacteria exchange genetic material |
Transformation, Transduction, Conjugation |
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Genetic Recombination |
the ability of bacteria to exchange genes |
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Transduction |
viruses called bacteriophages or phages transfer genes between bacteria when they are infected |
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Transduction |
uses bacteriophage to insert the resistant DNA into bacterium |
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Transformation |
DNA acquired directly from the environment |
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Transformation |
when bacterium dies, fragments of its DNA are taken up by neighboring bacteria |
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Conjugation |
requires cell-to-cell contact for DNA to be transferred from a donor cell to a recipient cell. Through F pilus that DNA is transferred from one cell to another (in larger quantities than other two mechanisms) |
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Conjugation |
requires contact between two bacteria, utilizes a pilus and a plasmid, transfers greater amount of DNA than transformation or transduction |
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Plasmids |
extra chromosomal pieces of DNA in cytoplasm of some bacteria. Bacteria often develop drug resistance through these. |
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Resistance Transfer Factors |
drug resistance bacteria develop through plasmids |
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Genetic recombination |
by transformation, transduction and conjugation transfers DNA leading to new strains of bacteria including antibiotic-resistant strains |
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Antimicrobial |
substances used specifically to treat infectious microbial diseases |
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antibiotics |
antimicrobial agents containing substances derived from other organisms |
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Spectrum of activity |
Broad or narrow |
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Resistance to antibiotics |
occurs due to misuse or overuse |
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Agar Disc Diffusion(Kirby Bauer Method) |
method of determining susceptibility or resistance of a clinical isolate, uses paper discs impregnated with specific concentration of antimicrobial to be tested. Test organism seeded over plate and incubated, zones of inhibition are measured and compared. Results reported as sensitive, intermediate or resistant |
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Agar Disc Diffusion |
uses filter paper discs impregnated with a specific concentration of antimicrobial to be tested, determines antimicrobial sensitivity and resistance |
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Upper Respiratory Tract infection |
Pharyngitis (Strep Throat) caused by Streptococcus pyogenes |
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Upper tract bacterial infections |
invade ears, eyes, sinuses, upper bronchioles |
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Lower Respiratory tract infections |
bacteria-caused pneumonias. Caused by Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (Hib), Klebsiella Pneumoniae, Streptococcus Pneumoniae (Pneumococcal) |
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Gastrointestinal Bacterial Infections |
acquired from contaminated food or water. include: Salmonella, shigella, staphylococcus aureus, E. Coli O157:H7 |
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Nervous System Infections |
Infections of cerebrospinal fluid and meninges. caused by: Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria Meningitidis (meningococcal). Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcal) |
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Toxin induced infections |
Botulism (Clostridium botulinum), tetanus (Clostridium tetani) and Toxic Shock Syndrome (Staphylococcus aureus) |
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Prokaryotes |
No membrane bound nucleus, no membrane bound organelles, no DNA |
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Kingdom Monera |
Includes Prokaryotes |
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Types of Bacteria |
Archaeobacteria, gram positive bacteria, cyanobacteria, spirochetes, gram-negative bacteria, rickettsias(in a eukaryotic cell) |
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bacteria |
have extensive surface area for absorption of nutrients |
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Nucleoid |
nuclear region in prokaryotes which is the cell's chromosome |
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Streptococcus pneumonia |
produces a capsule, makes it difficult for immune system to attack |
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Where normal flora exist |
skin and hair, conjunctiva, mouth, nose and throat, reproductive and intestinal tracts. digestive tract. |
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Hyaluronidase |
contributes to spreading factor of bacterium |
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Coagulase |
Converts fibrinogen into fibrin. Fibrin forms clots |
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Coagulase |
species of staphylococcus produce this enzyme |
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Hyaluronidase |
produced by streptococci, staphylococci, and some other pathogens |
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Streptokinase |
produced by streptococci, digest fibrin and prevent blood clotting |
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Staphylokinase |
produced by staphylococci, digests fibrin and prevents blood clotting |
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adsorption |
attatchment of virus to host cell |
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penetration |
virus enters the host cell and uncoats |
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synthesis |
utilizes host nucleus to make new genetic material |
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Maturation |
virus is packaged into new complete virons |
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release |
departure of new virons from host cell |
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virus |
must replicate within host cell, provides RNA or DNA to replicate. contain RNA or DNA but not both |
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Protozoa |
single celled parasite |
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Helminth |
multi-cellular parasite |
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Trophozoite stage |
motile, invasive form of organism |
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Cyst stage |
Dormant stage of organism |
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Definitive |
hosts harbor the parasite when it reproduces by sexual reproduction |
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Intermediate |
hosts harbor the parasite at some developmental stage in life |
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Accidental |
Hosts are not part of the normal life cycle of infectious parasite |
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Giardia lamblia |
common disease found worldwide in water |
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Cryptosporidium |
parasite spread in public pools |
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Plasmodium |
causes malaria, transmitted by Anopheles Mosquito |
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Helminths |
flukes, tapeworms, roundworms, tissue parasites |
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Tapeworms |
segmented, contain head (Scolex) and segments called proglottids, contain both ovaries and testes |
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Roundworms (intestinal) |
live in lumen of intestinal tract, human infection occurs by ingestion of mature egg, or penetration of skin by larval stages found in soil. |
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Pinworms - |
Enterobius |
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Ascaris |
Giant Intestinal Roundworms |
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Strongyloids |
common intestinal roundworms |
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Specific pathogenic mechanisms |
Adherence, colonization, formation of a capsule |
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Pseudomonas, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis |
Obligate Aerobes |
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Clostridium - tetanus, botulism, gangrene |
Obligate Anaerobes |
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Campylobacter |
Microaerophil |
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Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, E. Coli |
Facultative Anaerobes |
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Gram stains, growth on special agars, chemical identification |
help differentiate and identify bacteria |
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Normal flora areas |
skin, conjunctiva, mouth, nose, throat, female reproductive and GI tracts |
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Babies |
must acquire microorganisms from interactions with environment |
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Group B Strep, Yeast |
Pathogens acquired by some infants |
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pathogenicity |
organism's ability to cause disease |
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Pathogenicity depends on |
organism's ability to invade host, multiply, and avoid damage from the host's defenses |
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Virulence |
intensity of bacterial infections |
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Virulence |
a factor of infections |
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contributors of virulence |
adherence, colonization, formation of a capsule |
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Bacterial exotoxins cause |
botulism, gas gangrene, tetanus, staphylococcal food poisoning |
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Endotoxins cause |
may cause anaphylactic shock, diarrhea, cramping, malaise, choleral, salmonella and other bacterial food or water bourne illnesses |
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germination |
when endospores revert to active cells under favorable conditions |
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Form endospores |
clostridia species - cause tetanus, botulism, and gas gangrene |
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bacteria often develop drug resistance through |
plasmids |
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ex. of narrow spectrum antibiotic |
using penicillin to treat streptococcal pharyngitis |
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Penicillin |
affects cell wall |
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Chlamydia |
obligate intracellular organism - require eukaryotic cell for replication |
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Chlamydia causes |
Trachoma, sexually transmitted disease causing cervicitis, PID and Urethritis, Conjunctivitis in newborns |
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Rickettsia |
obligate intracellular parasites, inhabit vectors such as ticks, lice, fleas and other arthropods |
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Most prevalent rickettsial disesase in US |
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever |
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Intracellular |
Chlamydia, Rickettsia |
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Pleomorphic |
doesn't have a cell wall, assumes many different shapes |
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Pleomorphic |
Mycoplasmas |
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Mycoplasma Pneumoniae |
attaches to surface epithelial cell sites and causes respiratory disease called Primary Atypical Pneumonia (Walking Pneumonia) |
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Virus Classification |
RNA or DNA based on make-up of genome |
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Capsid |
protective coat that encloses the nucleic acid |
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Capsomeres |
Individual protein subunits that compose capsids |
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Nucleocapsid |
combined capsid/nucleic acid arrangement |
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envelope |
present in some viruses, may have glycoprotein spikes. determine host specificity, may hide virus from host's immune system |
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adsorption |
attachment of virus to host cell |
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penetration |
process by which virus enters host cell |
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uncoating |
virus immediately loses envelope and capsid |
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Synthesis |
produces new genetic material |
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maturation |
assembly of newly synthesized molecules into complete virions |
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Release |
departure of new virions from host cell |
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Acute infections |
disease cycle is relatively short, host cell ruptures and virus spreads through neighboring cells |
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Latent/Persistent Infections |
Virus becomes relatively inactive but reemerges, provirus remains in cell, replicates new virions when triggered by some external event (Stress, fever) |
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Examples of latent/Persistent Infections |
Herpes Virus, Epstein-Barr Virus, HIV |
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Examples of acute infections |
Common cold viruses (rhinoviruses), Influenze Viruses (Types A and B), Hepatitis Viruses |
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Provirus |
remains in host cell and replicates new virions when triggered |
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herpes virus |
example of something that causes both acute and latent/persistent viral infection |
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Interferon |
inhibit viral activity |
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antiviral drugs |
slow down attachment of virus to host cell, suppress, do not cure viral infection |
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vaccines |
best prevention for viruses - Polio, Gardisil, Hepatitis A, Hepatovax (Hepatitis B) |
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Prions |
Infectious proteins without genetic material |
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Prion Diseases |
affect cells of the brain |
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Collective terminology for Prion Diseases |
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies |
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Prion diseases |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Mad cow, chronic wasting disease |
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Prion Characteristics |
resistant to inactivation by heating to 90 degrees, resistant to radiation treatments, not susceptible to enzymes that inactivate DNA and RNA, suseptible to protein-denaturing agents |
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Multicellular Fungi |
Molds and mushrooms |
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unicellular fungi |
yeasts |
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Fungi |
important for the decomposition and recycling of organic material |
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Example of Yeast |
Candida Albicans (Yeast infection) |
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Example of Fungi |
Tinea (Ringworm) |
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Spores |
beginning of the growth of mold |
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mycelium |
filamentous threadlike masses made from spores |
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pathogenicity of molds |
superficial infections of hair, nails and skin |
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Infections from mold |
Athlete's foot, jock itch, ringworm |
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Candida albicans |
infection of mouth and pharynx called thrush |
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Malaria |
biological vector-transmitted parasitic disease |
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parasitic organisms (protozoa and helminths) |
trasmitted to humans by vectors |
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Biological vectors |
e.g. mosquito transmitting malaria |
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Mechanical Vectors |
e.g. transmission of parasite eggs to food by flies and other insects |
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Parasite Classification |
Protozoa, Helminths |
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Kingdom Protista |
All parasitic organisms belong here |
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Tape worms most prevalent |
in beef, pork and fish |
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Resistance to antibiotics occurs through |
Overuse, plasmids, genetic transfer mechanisms, development of neutralizing enzymes, alteration of pathways used, altering cell membrane permeability |
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Haemophilus Influenzae |
Lower Respiratory Tract |
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Klebsiella Pneumoniae |
Lower Respiratory Tract |
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Streptococcus Pneumonia |
Lower Respiratory Tract |
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Gastrointestinal |
Shigella |
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Gastrointestinal |
Salmonella |
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Gastrointestinal |
Staphylococcus aureus |
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Gastrointestinal |
E. Coli O 157:H7` |
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Meningitis |
Haemophilus Influenzae |
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Meningitis |
Nesseria Meningitidis |
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Toxin induced infection |
botulism (Clostridium Botulinum) |
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Toxin induced infection |
tetanus (Clostridium tetani) |
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Toxin induced infection |
Toxic Shock Syndrome (Staphylococcus aureus) |