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Bacteria
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Biology
12th Grade
01/28/2009

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Term
Tuberculosis
Definition

Mycobacterium tuberculi

* Can't be cured

*Measles in lungs

*difficult breathing

*consumption

Term
Bubonic Plague
Definition

Yersinia Pestis

G- coccus

Fleas=vector

Prarie Dogs= Reservoir

Killed 25% Europe

Term

Traveler's diarrhea

Septicemia

Definition

E.coli

*Montezuma's Revenge

Term
Anthrax
Definition

Bacillus anthracis

*Endospore forming

*Bacteria kills you

*Skin leisions

Lungs=DEATH

Term
Tetanus
Definition

Clostridium tetanae

*Rigid Paralysis

*Obligate anaerobe

*Endospore forming

Term

Botulism

Definition

Clostridium botulinum

G+ Bacilli

*Flaccid paralysis

*Exotoxins

*Obligate anaerobe

*Endospore forming rod

Term
Syphilis
Definition

Treponema pallidan

G+ spirilli

1) oozing sores, pain

2) oozing sores on face & hands

3) Nose falls off, brain damage, blindness, death, cupid's disease

 

Term
Cholera
Definition

Vibrio cholera

*"Rice water stool"

*Dehydration

*In human sewage

Term
Salmonella
Definition

Salmonella typhae

*Causes severe diarrhea

*Normal flora- chickens, reptiles

 

Term
Strept Throat
Definition

Streptococcus Pyogens

G+ coccus

*Tonsilitis--Strept--Rheumatic Fever

*Rheumatoid arthritis

*heart valve damage

Term
Tooth Decay
Definition

Streptococcus mutans

*Eats sucrose--leaves acid

Term
Food Poisioning
Definition

Staphylococcus aureus

Cluster of round

*Staph

*Toxic shock

*MRSA

 

Term
Chlamydia
Definition

Chlamydia trachomatis

G- coccus

* obligate intracellular parasite

* #1 cause of blindness

Term

Gonnorhea

Definition

Nisceria gonnorhea

*Normal flora in sinuses

Term
Leprosy
Definition

Mycobacterium leprae

* AKA: Hansen's disease

Term
Whooping Cough
Definition
Bordetella Pertussis
Term
Lyme Disease
Definition

Rickettsia burgdorferi

* Vector=deer tick

* Bulls eye rash

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