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What are the four classes of organic molecules

carbohydrates


lipids


proteins


nucleic acids

example of a monosaccharide

glucose

three parts of nucleotide

sugar, phosphate, base

what makes up the primary structure of proteins

amino acid sequence

2 secondary structures in proteins

alpha helix, beta pleated sheet

the etiological agent is the _____ _____ of a disease

causative agent

Aids patients often develop this secondary infection due to their immunocompromised state

Pneumocytis carinii pneumonia (PCP)

Non acid fast organisms appear what color after the Acid Fast procedure

blue

This type of media is used to grow anaerobes because it is a reducing media which depletes the oxygen in the media

Thioglycolate

Primary stain for gram stain

crystal violet

acid fast organisms are what color after the acid fast stain procedure

pink

color of the vegetative cell in the endospore stain

pink

genus of bacteria that the acid fast stain is designed to be used to detect

mycobacteria

counterstain used in gram stain

safranin

_____ is an example of a basic dye

crystal violet

2 examples of acidic dyes

Nigrosin & India Ink

counter stain in acid faststain

methylene blue

primary stain in acid fast stain

carbofuscion

media where exact amount of each chemical is known

chemically defined

gram stain is a _____ stain

differential

mordant in the flagellar stain

carbofucion

primary stain for endspore stain

malachite green

3 phyla for protozoans

sarcomastigophoria


ciliophora


sporozoans

sarcodine that causes amobec dysentery

entamoeba histolytica

vector for chagas disease

kissing bug

method of locomotion for mastigophorans

flagella

protozoan that causes malaria

plasmodium

causes oriental sore

leishmania tropica

unclean water in wisconsin allowed this sporazoan to flourish

cryptosporidium

vector of leishmania tropica

sand fly

causative agent for african sleeping sickness

trypanosoma brucei

causative agent for chagas diseas

trypansoma cruzi

causative agent of diarrhea, abdominal pain and is a mastigophoran

giardia lamblia

active feeding stage in the cycle of a protozoan

trophozite

cause of pinworm

enterobius vermicularis

pork tapeworm

tanei solium

nematode from raw pork

trichinella spriralis

name for round worms

nematodes

region of tapeworm with suckers and hooks

scolex

dog tapeworm

taniea pisiform

name for tapeworms

cestodes

causative agent for hookworms

necator americanus

causative agent of oriental liver flukes

chlonorchis sinensis

causative agent of beef tapeworm

tanea saginata

proper name for worms that are known as flukes

trematodes

3 types of sexual spores of fungi

zygospores


acospores


basidiospores



site of photosynethesis in plants

chloroplast

3 molds

aspergillus niger


rhizopus stolonifer


penicilium notatum

non sexual spores of fungi

sporangiospores & conidospores


(blastospores, arthrospores, chlamyspores

cross walls which separate the hyphae into compartments in molds

septa

organelles known as digestive sacs

lysosomes

small sacs of membrane

vesicles

3 genera of ring worm

epidermophyton


trichophyton


microsporum

another name for madura foot

mycetoma

term for the outer membrane in gram (-) cell walls

Lipopolysacchariade

2 unique amino acids found in the peptidogylcan of bacterian cell walls

D-Glutamic acid, D-Alanine

O Polysaccaride of the LPS layer of gram (-) cells act as ____

antigen

Lipid A of the LPS layer of gram (-) cells acts as ___

endotoxin

3 genera for endospores

bacillus


clostridium


sporosarcina

Granulocytes that produce toxis proteins to use against parasites

eosinophiles

2 types of granulocytes that are phagocytic

neutrophils


macrophages



3 categories of leukocytes

granulocytes


monocytes


lymphocytes

these granulocytes are known as polymorphonuclear leukocytes

neutrophils

proper term for white blood cell

leukocytes

The ____ cycle of a viral infection occurs when the viral DNA is inserted into the bacterial chromosome

lysogenic

_____ viruses can act as mRNA and make protein immediately

+ssRNA

_____ is an oncogenic virus responsible for Nasopharyngeal carcinoma and Burkiett's lymphona

HHH-4

A ____ is the viral DNA incorporated into an animal cells' genome

provirus

what are the names of the 2 glycoprotein spikes on the influenza virus

neurominidase and hemaglutinnin

corynebacterium diptheriae has its _____ gene carried on a prophage

toxin

Which +SS RNA (naked) virus causes the common cold

rhinovirus

rabies is a virus with what nucleic acid strandedness

-SS RNA enveloped

_____ is a DNA-enveloped virus that causes mononucleosis

HHV-4

West Nile, Denge, Yellow Fever, Hepatitis C are what virus nucleic acid strandedness

+SS RNA enveloped

Family of viruses that are +SS RNA - enveloped that cause EEE and Rubella are the ____

Togaviridae

The family of DS DNA naked viruses that cause the common cold is the

adenoviridae

another name for HHV-4

EBV Epstein Barr Virus

enterobacter is the causative agent of what type of infection

urinary tract infection

These 2 chemotherapeutic agents disrupt the plasma membrane by acting on ergosterol in fungal cells

Nystatin & Amphotercin B

chemotherapeutic agent inhibits protein synthesis by binding to the 30S ribosomal subunit, causing misreading

streptomycin

Name the 2 chemotherapeutic agents which inhibit linear peptigogycan formation which inhibit cell wall synthesis

vancomycin & bacitration

2 chemotherapetic agents which act upon transpeptidazation to inhibit cell wall synthesis

penicillin & cephalosporin

these chemotherapetic agents work to block folic acid synthesis, inhibiting a key enzymatic process

sulfonomides

chemotherapetic agent acts to inhibit nucleaic acid synthesis by binding to RNA Polymerase and blocking transcription

rifamycin

chemotherapetic agent inhibit protein synthesis by inhibiting peptidyl transferease by binding to the 50S ribosomal subunit

chloremphenicol

The abbreviation for the short fragments of DNA that result from cutting with a restriction enzyme

RFLP

the type of RNA capable an carrying an amino acid and has an anti-codon

tRNA

The process that produces protein from the message contained on the mRNA

Translation

What molecules are recycled in Kreb's cycle

oxaloacetate and Coenzyme A

What two ingredients exist in ETC

Charge and H+ concentration gradients

How many ATPs are formed in the ETC alone

34

How many ATPs are obtained per NADH in the ETC

3

What types of phosphorylation occurs in glycolysis

substrate level phosphorylation

The total number of ATP produced in aerobic respiration per glucose

38