Microbiology - Exam I

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What is a mordant?

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Substance used to set dyes in staining

Front 2

In the gram stain what is iodine used as?

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Mordant

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What is the mordant used in the gram stain?

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Iodine

Front 4

What is the site where photosynthesis occurs in bacteria?

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Chromatophore

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These are found in bacteria but are not known to contribute to its existence.

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Mesosomes

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These are artifacts found in bacteria which are thought to be created by science.

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Mesosomes

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Lipid A is found in these types of bacteria

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Gram -

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This holds the polysaccharide to the outer membrane of Gram (-) bacteria.

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Lipid A

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Phosphate alcohol found in the cell wall of some Gram (+) cocci contain these to stabilize the cell wall.

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Teichoic acid

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These antibiotics can be used to treat Gram (+) bacteria

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penicillin, sulfonilamide

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Thse antibiotics can be used to treat Gram (-) bacteria

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neomycin, streptomycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol

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A gram (+) bacteria will stain this color.

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Blue

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A gram (-) bacteria will stain this color.

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Red/pink

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This is used as a decolorizer in the acid-fast stain.

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Acid alcohol

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This is used as a decolorizer in the gram stain.

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EtOH

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This is used as the primary stain in the acid-fast stain.

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basic carbolfuchsin

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This is used as the primary stain in the gram stain.

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crystal violet

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This is used as a counterstain in the endospore stain.

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safrinin

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This is used as the primary stain in the endospore stain.

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Malachite green

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Acid-fast (+) bacteria will stain this color.

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Red

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Acid-fast (-) bacteria will stain this color.

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Blue

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This compound is a waxy lipid which holds the acid-fast stain.

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Myolic acid

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These are used for negative staining and they are basic/acidic?

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India ink, nigrosin
acidic

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This is used as the counterstain in the gram stain.

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safrinin

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These store phosphate to make DNA and ATP.

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metachromatic granules

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This is one of the most common lipid inclusion energy reserve stored in prokaryotes.

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poly-beta-hydroxybutyric (PBH)

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This is the site where photosynthesis occurs in plants.

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chloroplast

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These parts of bacteria are made of proteins and act to send genetic material to other bacteria.

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pili

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These are found in spirochetes which allow the cell to move well in highly viscous fluids.

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axial filaments

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These are long proteins for bacteria to attach to things.

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fimbriae

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These are protein molecules permanently attached to the biological membrane of an organism.

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integral protein

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These bacteria have 2 spools on the flagella.

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Gram (-)

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These bacteria have 1 spool on the flagella.

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Gram (+)

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This is a less virulent form of an infectious agent and usually administered for vaccines.

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attenuated

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These hold the NAM-NAG chains horizontally.

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peptide cross-bridges

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These hold the NAM-NAG chains vertically

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peptide sidechains

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This is the part of a molecule that is responsible for its color.

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chromophore

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This person was the beginning of chemotherapy by finding salvarsan to kill treponema pallidum.

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Paul Ehrlich

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This person conducted the first vaccination with a smallpox vaccine.

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Jenner

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This person found guidelines to determine that a specific microorganism caused a certain disease.

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Koch

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This person discovered why death rates were so high in maternity by finding the causitive agent of puerperal, child birth fever.

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Semmelweis

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This person helped microscopy by examining cork.

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Hook

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This person is known as the father of microbiology. He disproved spontaneous generation and saved the silk and wine industry.

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Pasteur

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This person was the first to see microorganisms with a lens. He looked at sperm and found them to be tadpole-like.

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Leeuwenhoek

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This person recognized airborne microorganisms in post-surgical infections and used carbolic acid to remedy this.

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Lister

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This bacteria is used to make sourdough bread.

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Lactobacillus

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These stains are basic

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Methylene blue
Crystal violet
Safranin

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These stains are acidic

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India ink, nigrosin

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Acidic stains are good for this kind of staining

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negative stains