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IDIT test 3 bugs
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Microbiology
Graduate
02/01/2011

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Term
found where water is continually present
Definition
pseudomonas
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often associated with plant material
Definition
pseudomonas
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cultures give off a "grape-like" aroma
Definition
pseudomonas
Term
has exotoxin A
Definition
P. aeruginosa
Term
has virulent factor exoenzyme
Definition
pseudomonas
Term
uses same mechanism as diphtheria toxin
Definition
Exotoxin A
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Pseudomonas virulent factors
Definition
pili, polysacchride capsule, extoxin A, Exoenzyme S, Cytotoxin, Extracellular proteases, phopholipase, endotoxin
Term
Two serotypes causing epidemic cholera
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O1 and O139
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requires a very high dose for infection
Definition
Vibrionaceae
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results in rice-water stool
Definition
V. cholerae
Term
has A subunit and 5 B subunits
Definition
V. cholerae
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how does ____ increase cAMP and what is the effect?
Definition
the A subunit becomes an active enzyme inside the cytoplasm that is capable of causing the ADP ribosylation of a cellular G protein which regulates cAMP. result is massive diarrhea
Term
cAMP results in hypersecretion of ___ and ___
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chloride and bicarbonate
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diarrhea is ____
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net osmotic efflux of water
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grows in 8% salt
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v. parahaemolyticus
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often found in raw seafood
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v. parahaemolyticus
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characterized by explosive watery diarrhea
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v.parahaemolyticus
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pathogenic strains produce Kanagawa hemolysin
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v. parahaemolyticus
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vibrio that causes wound infection
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v. vulnificus
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pre-existing liver disease predisposes to septicemia
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v. vulnificus
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major cause of diarrhea in the U.S.
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campylobacter
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microaerophilic found with in mucus
Definition
H. pylori
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