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Barry Marshall
Ulcers, Helicobacter pylorii
Leeuwenhoek
Dental Plaque, 1st observation of Microorganisms
Robert Hooke
Observed Cork cells (Microscope)
Lynn Margulis & Nancy Moran
Endosymbiotic theory - Carsonella ruddii
Francesco Redi
disproved spontaneous generation
Lazaro Spallanzani
disproved bacterial spontaneous generation
Louis Pasteur
Swan-necked glass, improved Spallanzani's experiment, fermentation, wine, connection between bacteria & disease C. Burnetti
SOAP
S=Subjective
O=Objective
A=Assessment w/ differentials
P=Plan
Fermentation
Anaerobic, replaces NADH+ to produce ATP
Serology
antibodies in blood serum indicate infection
Etiology
What causes the disease (agent)
Robert Koch
Developed culture medium
Identified Bacillus Anthracis spores & cells in blood
Koch's Postulates
Koch's Postulates
1. Causative agent in every case
2. Agent grown outside host/isolated
3. When introduced must cause same disease
4. Same agent isolated from infected host.
Dmitri Ivanowski + Martinus Beijerink
Tobacco Mosaic virus, filtered out bacteria
Ignaz Semmelweiz
Childbed fever (puerpureal) B. Streptococcus "Wash hands frequently! Asepsis
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Puerpureal fever, committed suicide, showed contagiousness of fever.
Alexander Gordon
Contaminated clothing carries disease!
Joseph Lister
Antisepsis, destroyed germs in wounds with Phenol/carbolic acid
Florence Nightengale
Cut mortality from 40-2% with sanitation esp. water, graphed deaths/causes
Beta Lactamase
block NAM links in growing bacteria
Steptococcus mutans
Cavities
Serological Identification
bacterial structures in blood serum (i.e. flagella)
Taxis
Ability to move: motility
Treponema pallidum
Syphilis
Listeria Monocytogenes
food poisoning, grows at 4C, 30%fatality causes miscarriage lunch meats soft cheeses bacteriophages kill
move by actin polymerization
Causes nerological problems
Fimbriae
Used to adhere to target cells
Pathogenicity factors
Things that allow microbe to cause disease (i.e. fimbriae)
Conjugation
bacterial sex, w/pilus plasmids accessory DNA
Target
Transport mechanisms, cytoskeletons, 70S Ribosomes
Prokaryote Ribosomes
70s (30s/50)
Eukaryote Ribosomes
80s (40s/60s)
Steptomycin & Tetracycline
Targets 30s to prevent in itiation of protein synthesis in aerobic bacteria
Lysosomes
Used to dissolve Endocytosized bacteria in a phagolysozome
Leishmania Donovani
Leishmaneisis: Dog reservoir, transmitted by sandfly, survives in macrophages, incubation weeks/months
Cutaneous:red plaque/ulcers, painless, itchless
Visceral 75-95% mortality 5% w/treatment
Toxins kill cilia
Bordetella pertussis, Influenza
Intracellular
harder to treat than extracellular
Identification
know where they are, where they came from
Carl Von Linnaeus
Classification observed hybridization Nomenclature helps identification
Carl Woese
16s RNA 3% difference
Strep pyogenes
Strep throat/ Rheumatic fever
Tests
Metabolism/Staining/Shape/Arrangement/Serology
Acid-fast stain
mycobacterium (Leprosy)
Nocardia
Waxy outer membrane, on teeth
o157:H7
E. coli :: cell wall:flagella
Zietal Nielsen stain
Acid fast red + Methylene blue counterstain
Endospore stain
Clostridium/bacillus; helps identify by spore location in bacillus
Clostridium difficile
main cause of diarrhea
Flagella stain
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cystic Fibrosis, pneumonia
McConkey Agar
kills gram + w/crystal violet, selects for Gram-
Growth phases
1. Lag phase
2. Log phase (exponential)
3. Stationary phase
4. Death phase
UTI
100,000 or more is infection, less is contamination
Quantifying Bacterial Growth
colony forming units/ml
Frederick Sanger
sequenced 1st bacteria
Frederick Griffith
Transforming principle / Streptococcus pneumoniae
Oswald Avery
Separated parts of cellfound DNA caused transformingf principle
Bacteriophage
used on Listeria monocytogenes
Base pairing
answer for everything
Epigenetic markers
mark salient portions of DNA
DNA aminos
A-T ; G-C
DNA synthesis
Read: 3-5'
Write: 5-3'
Sanger Sequencing
Flourescent dyes added
A=Green
T=Red
G=Black
C=Blue
AZT
thymidine analog preferred by the reverse transcriptase of HIV
RBS
Ribosome binding site
Methionine
Start sequence amino acid
Light repair
stimulated by UV light
Ames test
Determines if chemical is mutagen; liver extract + poss. mutagen
Horizontal Gene tsfr
phage acts like mosquito, happens in E.coli & Diptheria
OR Conjugation: Can result in resistance
Bacillus cereus
formed spores, survived on alcohol wipes
Ignaz Semmelweis
Childbed fever, origin of handwashing
Joseph Lister
Carbolic Acid (phenol) gloves. Reduced deaths by 2/3
Mycobacteria
3rd most resistant after prions & spores
-cidal
Kills
-static
prevents reproduction
Disinfection
inanimate objects, spores and prions survive
Sterilization
kills everything, inanimate
Antisepsis
spores & prions survive, both animate & inanimate
Decontamination
reduce load to safe levels, animat & inanimate
Degerming
Mechanical removal by filtration, scrubbing
Factors influencing death rate
1. Length of exposure
2. Effect of microbial load
3. Resistance to Spores
4. Static vs. Cidal
Physical Control
heat
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Incineration
ultimate means of sterilization
Moist heat
far more effective
Listeria
lives in low temps!
Pasteurization
30 min @ 63C
15 sec@72C
1 Sec @ 134C
Radiation
UV Light decreases by 99%, but poor penetration
Ionizing radiation
used on plastics, sutures
Paul Erlich
Studied syphilis, targeted w/ Magic Bullet (Selective toxicity)
Chem agents
rarely achieve sterilization
Nosocomial
Hospital acquired infection, P. aeruginosa 10% of all
Disinfect
anything with contact to mucous membranes
Decontaminate
stethoscopes, bp cuffs
Chlorihexidines
Hibicleanse- ineffective against spores, non-toxic, only disinfection
Alcohol
Not effective w/o water 20 min for sterilization
Heavy metals
Denature proteins, small amts, may be toxic, neutralized by body fluids
Aldehydes
Cross links membrane proteins, kills spores in 3 hrs, potent in organic matter, carcinogen!
Ethylene Oxide
Blocks DNA replication, explosive! carcinogenic, slow acting
Hydrogen peroxide
3% solution damages dna, sporicidal at high concentrations, inactivated by catalase
Theodore Schwann
cell theory w/ Virchow