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37 Cards in this Set
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Treponema pallium
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Syphilis
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Borrelia burgdorferi
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Lyme disease (deer tick)
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Campylobacter fetus
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-Causes miscarriages in humans + cattle
-Causes enteritis -Found in turkeys + other food |
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Pseudomonas
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Many species are pathogens of plants and animals
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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-3rd degree burn
-Ear/eye infection -Nosocomial, urinary tract, respiratory, and blood(septicemia) infection -Meningitis |
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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Gonorrhea
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Neisseria meningitidis
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Meningitis
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Francisella tularensis
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Tularemia (Hunter's disease):
-105 fever + swollen lymph nodes -Top 10 germ warfare |
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Bordetella pertussis
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Whooping cough
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Escherichia coli
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(Mutualist)
-Urinary tract, intra-abdominal (peritonitis), and nosocomial infections -Gastroenteritis -Diarrhea -Enterohemorrhagic strains ('jack in the box' strain, cattle E. coli) |
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Yesina pestis
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Bubonic plague
Pneumonic plague |
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Salmonella enteritidis
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Gastroenteritis (most common cause of salmonella food poisoning)
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Salmonella typhi
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Typhoid fever: High fever + allergic reaction (LPS)
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Shigella dysenteriae
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-Bacillary dysentery
-2 toxin: exotoxin + LPS > lysis of blood vessels + necrotic tissue |
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Vibrio cholerae
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-Cholera (dysentery
-Death is caused by severe electrolyte + water loss -Cardiovascular collapse -Rice water stool (mucus, bacetria, + H2O (20L of fluids loss per day through rectum)) |
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Bacteroides fragilis
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-Abscesses and bloodstream infection
-Peritonitis |
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Rickettsia
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-Rocky mountain spotted fever (dog/wood tick)
-Epidemic typhus (body lice) -Murine typhus (fleas) |
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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-Trachoma: eye infection (#1 cause of blindness in the world
-#1 STD: Chlamydia infection |
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Mycoplasma and L-Forms
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Primary atypical pneumonia
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Staphylococcus aureus
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-MRSA (Methicillin resist. staph. aur.) (treatment = vancomycin)
-Would, skin infection -Abscesses -Toxic shock syndrome (enterotoxin; allergic rxn) -Nosocomial infection -Food poisoning (most common cause of food poisoning) |
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Streptococcus pyogenes
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-Strept throat > blood infection > scarlett fever (blood vessels burst) > rhumatic fever (autoimmune)
-Ear infections |
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Bacillus anthracis
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-Anthrax (disease of animals; skin infection)
-Pulmonary anthrax is transmitted by inhalation of 10,000 > veg. cells > tissue necrosis > lung filled with blood |
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Streptococcus pneumoniae
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-Bacterial pneumonia
-Large capsule |
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Clostridium botulinum
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Botulism: fatal form of food poisoning
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Clostridium tetani
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Tetanus
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Clostridium perfringens
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Gas gangrene
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Clostridium difficile
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-Nosocomial infection
-Diarrhea (1-2 weeks) -Common in nursing homes + hospitals -Long term exposure to antibiotic |
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae
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Diptheria
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis (TB): Lung infection and can spread to internal organs + bones
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Mycobacterium leprae
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Leprosy
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Purple/Green-sulfur bacteria
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Nonpathogens
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Caulobacter
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-May clog clean or ultra pure water systems
-Biofouling (biologically induced industrial problem) |
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Spaerotilus
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-May clog sewage/polluted water systems
-Biofoulding: sewage treatment plants |
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Cytophaga
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-Predators of bacteria
-Gliding motility |
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Methanogens
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Releases CH4 gas
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Halophiles
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Extreme salt
-ie: Halobacterium |
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Thermophiles
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High temperatures
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