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What are the four classes of organic molecules |
carbohydrates lipids proteins nucleic acids |
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example of a monosaccharide |
glucose |
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three parts of nucleotide |
sugar, phosphate, base |
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what makes up the primary structure of proteins |
amino acid sequence |
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2 secondary structures in proteins |
alpha helix, beta pleated sheet |
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the etiological agent is the _____ _____ of a disease |
causative agent |
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Aids patients often develop this secondary infection due to their immunocompromised state |
Pneumocytis carinii pneumonia (PCP) |
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Non acid fast organisms appear what color after the Acid Fast procedure |
blue |
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This type of media is used to grow anaerobes because it is a reducing media which depletes the oxygen in the media |
Thioglycolate |
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Primary stain for gram stain |
crystal violet |
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acid fast organisms are what color after the acid fast stain procedure |
pink |
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color of the vegetative cell in the endospore stain |
pink |
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genus of bacteria that the acid fast stain is designed to be used to detect |
mycobacteria |
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counterstain used in gram stain |
safranin |
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_____ is an example of a basic dye |
crystal violet |
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2 examples of acidic dyes |
Nigrosin & India Ink |
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counter stain in acid faststain |
methylene blue |
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primary stain in acid fast stain |
carbofuscion |
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media where exact amount of each chemical is known |
chemically defined |
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gram stain is a _____ stain |
differential |
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mordant in the flagellar stain |
carbofucion |
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primary stain for endspore stain |
malachite green |
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3 phyla for protozoans |
sarcomastigophoria ciliophora sporozoans |
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sarcodine that causes amobec dysentery |
entamoeba histolytica |
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vector for chagas disease |
kissing bug |
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method of locomotion for mastigophorans |
flagella |
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protozoan that causes malaria |
plasmodium |
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causes oriental sore |
leishmania tropica |
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unclean water in wisconsin allowed this sporazoan to flourish |
cryptosporidium |
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vector of leishmania tropica |
sand fly |
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causative agent for african sleeping sickness |
trypanosoma brucei |
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causative agent for chagas diseas |
trypansoma cruzi |
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causative agent of diarrhea, abdominal pain and is a mastigophoran |
giardia lamblia |
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active feeding stage in the cycle of a protozoan |
trophozite |
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cause of pinworm |
enterobius vermicularis |
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pork tapeworm |
tanei solium |
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nematode from raw pork |
trichinella spriralis |
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name for round worms |
nematodes |
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region of tapeworm with suckers and hooks |
scolex |
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dog tapeworm |
taniea pisiform |
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name for tapeworms |
cestodes |
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causative agent for hookworms |
necator americanus |
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causative agent of oriental liver flukes |
chlonorchis sinensis |
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causative agent of beef tapeworm |
tanea saginata |
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proper name for worms that are known as flukes |
trematodes |
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3 types of sexual spores of fungi |
zygospores acospores basidiospores |
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site of photosynethesis in plants |
chloroplast |
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3 molds |
aspergillus niger rhizopus stolonifer penicilium notatum |
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non sexual spores of fungi |
sporangiospores & conidospores (blastospores, arthrospores, chlamyspores |
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cross walls which separate the hyphae into compartments in molds |
septa |
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organelles known as digestive sacs |
lysosomes |
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small sacs of membrane |
vesicles |
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3 genera of ring worm |
epidermophyton trichophyton microsporum |
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another name for madura foot |
mycetoma |
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term for the outer membrane in gram (-) cell walls |
Lipopolysacchariade |
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2 unique amino acids found in the peptidogylcan of bacterian cell walls |
D-Glutamic acid, D-Alanine |
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O Polysaccaride of the LPS layer of gram (-) cells act as ____ |
antigen |
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Lipid A of the LPS layer of gram (-) cells acts as ___ |
endotoxin |
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3 genera for endospores |
bacillus clostridium sporosarcina |
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Granulocytes that produce toxis proteins to use against parasites |
eosinophiles |
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2 types of granulocytes that are phagocytic |
neutrophils macrophages |
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3 categories of leukocytes |
granulocytes monocytes lymphocytes |
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these granulocytes are known as polymorphonuclear leukocytes |
neutrophils |
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proper term for white blood cell |
leukocytes |
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The ____ cycle of a viral infection occurs when the viral DNA is inserted into the bacterial chromosome |
lysogenic |
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_____ viruses can act as mRNA and make protein immediately |
+ssRNA |
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_____ is an oncogenic virus responsible for Nasopharyngeal carcinoma and Burkiett's lymphona |
HHH-4 |
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A ____ is the viral DNA incorporated into an animal cells' genome |
provirus |
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what are the names of the 2 glycoprotein spikes on the influenza virus |
neurominidase and hemaglutinnin |
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corynebacterium diptheriae has its _____ gene carried on a prophage |
toxin |
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Which +SS RNA (naked) virus causes the common cold |
rhinovirus |
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rabies is a virus with what nucleic acid strandedness |
-SS RNA enveloped |
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_____ is a DNA-enveloped virus that causes mononucleosis |
HHV-4 |
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West Nile, Denge, Yellow Fever, Hepatitis C are what virus nucleic acid strandedness |
+SS RNA enveloped |
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Family of viruses that are +SS RNA - enveloped that cause EEE and Rubella are the ____ |
Togaviridae |
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The family of DS DNA naked viruses that cause the common cold is the |
adenoviridae |
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another name for HHV-4 |
EBV Epstein Barr Virus |
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enterobacter is the causative agent of what type of infection |
urinary tract infection |
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These 2 chemotherapeutic agents disrupt the plasma membrane by acting on ergosterol in fungal cells |
Nystatin & Amphotercin B |
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chemotherapeutic agent inhibits protein synthesis by binding to the 30S ribosomal subunit, causing misreading |
streptomycin |
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Name the 2 chemotherapeutic agents which inhibit linear peptigogycan formation which inhibit cell wall synthesis |
vancomycin & bacitration |
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2 chemotherapetic agents which act upon transpeptidazation to inhibit cell wall synthesis |
penicillin & cephalosporin |
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these chemotherapetic agents work to block folic acid synthesis, inhibiting a key enzymatic process |
sulfonomides |
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chemotherapetic agent acts to inhibit nucleaic acid synthesis by binding to RNA Polymerase and blocking transcription |
rifamycin |
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chemotherapetic agent inhibit protein synthesis by inhibiting peptidyl transferease by binding to the 50S ribosomal subunit |
chloremphenicol |
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The abbreviation for the short fragments of DNA that result from cutting with a restriction enzyme |
RFLP |
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the type of RNA capable an carrying an amino acid and has an anti-codon |
tRNA |
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The process that produces protein from the message contained on the mRNA |
Translation |
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What molecules are recycled in Kreb's cycle |
oxaloacetate and Coenzyme A |
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What two ingredients exist in ETC |
Charge and H+ concentration gradients |
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How many ATPs are formed in the ETC alone |
34 |
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How many ATPs are obtained per NADH in the ETC |
3 |
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What types of phosphorylation occurs in glycolysis |
substrate level phosphorylation |
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The total number of ATP produced in aerobic respiration per glucose |
38 |