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32 Cards in this Set
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3 nutritional groups of Bacteria |
1) photo autotroph (photosynthesis) 2) chemo autotroph (inorganic chemicals) 3) heterotroph (eat organic matter) |
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Baccilus |
Rod shaped |
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Coccus |
Sphere |
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Vibrio |
Comma shaped |
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Spirilum |
Spiral |
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Mono |
1 |
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Diplo |
2 |
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Strepto |
Chain |
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Staphylo |
Mass (grapes) |
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Tetra |
4 |
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Flagella |
Movement of Bacteria |
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Attachment pili |
Hold onto stuff |
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Conjugation pili |
Exchanging dna |
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Mordant |
Substance that combines with a dye to help it "stick" to the bacteria (iodine) |
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High toxicity |
+ |
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Lots of peptidoglycan |
+ |
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Endotoxins |
- |
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Strong antigenicity |
+ |
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Very specifically targeted toxins |
+ |
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Techoic acids NOT present |
- |
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Very rigid cell wall |
+ |
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High lipid count |
- |
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Mycins used to combat it |
- |
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High fever |
- |
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Stains pink |
- |
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Illin drugs work? |
Prevent normal cell production/repair |
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Mycin drugs work? |
Interfere with protein and ribosome function/production |
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Too much bacteria means? |
Too dense, station too darkly, can't see through it |
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Alcohol in a gram stain? |
As a decolorizer, taking excess dye off |
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Why do we heat the gram stain slide? |
Make bacteria stick |
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Grahm positive diseases |
Meningitis, botulism, tetanus, cholera, diphtheria, scarlet fever, anthrax |
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Grahm negative diseases? |
Meningitis, salmonella, whooping cough, typhoid fever, e. Coli |