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Microbio Test 1 St Scholastica
Prof James Mclaughlin
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
02/07/2009

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Term
autotroph
Definition
nutritional mode - any organism that doesn't have to have preformed organic molecules as energy source (ex:green plant)
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heterotroph
Definition
nutritional mode - must be given preformed organic molecules for an energy source (most microbes)
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saprophyte and parasite
Definition
a heterotrophs two main types
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obligate saprophyte
Definition
have to get preformed organic molecules from dead source - can't be infectious
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facultative saprophyte
Definition
prefers to get organic matter from living source, but can tough it out on dead things if needed
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facultative
Definition
a parasite can be both obligate and facultative, which does it prefer?
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virus
Definition
acellular infectious agents which are ALL intracellular obligate parasites
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intracellular obligate parasite
Definition
virus are all this type of heterotroph
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membrane
Definition
intracellular means they are inside the cells....
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longer, less
Definition
the ___ a disease is in a host population the ____ severe it becomes
Term
smallpox, 1000 BC
Definition
what is the oldest viral disease of humans and when did it happen?
Term
the first immunization (after reasearch w/cowpox like spots - less smallpox in milkmaids)
Definition
What did Jenner develop in the 1790s?
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Pasteur, 1880s
Definition
Who found Rabies and when?
Term
anthrax
Definition
What other immunizing agent did Pasteur find before Rabies?
Term
gave to bunnies who never seemed to get rabies, ground there spinal cords and gave them to healthy dogs and dogs never got rabies
Definition
How did Pasteur research Rabies immunizing agent?
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Joseph Maister
Definition
What human was the rabies vaccine tested on, who survived?
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tobacco mosaic desease
Definition
What disease did Iwanowski work with in the 1890's?
Term
after running tobacco juice through porcelain filter (took out bacteria) and poured the "clean" juice on plants that still got sick, discovered an infectious agent smaller than bacteria existed
Definition
What did Iwanowski discover?
Term
bacteria suffer from virus (can't grow virus in lab, so good research tool, don't need people to get sick to study)
Definition
What did Twort discover in 1915?
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tissue culturing - found virus' will multiply in fertilized egg
Definition
What did Woodruff and Goddpasteur discover in teh 1930's?
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first tangible evidence of virus (tobacco mosaic disease crystals)
Definition
What did Stanley find in 1935?
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electron microscope
Definition
Big invention in the 1940s?
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polio, polio vaccine
Definition
1949 Enders came up with a tissue culture that would support what virus, leading to what in 1950's?
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attenuated
Definition
an immunizing agent that uses a treated pathogen that can't cause a full-blown infection to immunize, pathogen not dead, just weakened
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size, shape, composition, genome
Definition
4 big parts in structure of virus
Term
nanometer
Definition
what you measure virus' with (typically 20-200 of these is size)
Term
*icosahedron (polyhedral) - many facets making it look spherical
*cylindrical - helix
*complex (combo of above two, least common)
Definition
list 3 basic virus shapes and what they look like
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capsid and genome
Definition
2 main parts of virus composition that all virus have
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capsid
Definition
coat of protein units around a virus
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capsomere
Definition
each individual protein that makes up a capsid
Term
genome
Definition
what does the capsid protect?
Term
to recognize host cells
Definition
what do most virus' use capsids for?
Term
immune response
Definition
what does the capsid stiumlate in most virus'?
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unstable, immunize
Definition
in an ____ virus, the capsid can sometims change causing it to be hard to ___
Term
genome
Definition
DNA or RNA molecule in virus (will be on or the other)
Term
bacteriophage
Definition
virus that goes after bacteria
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bacteriophages
Definition
virus with a DNA genome are typically ____
Term
plant virus'
Definition
virus with RNA genomes are typically ____
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both DNA and RNA genomes
Definition
types of genomes found in animal virus are typically?
Term
take over metabolism of host cell
Definition
what does the genome do once inside the host cell?
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envelope
Definition
part of previous host cells cell membrane that may contain some virus proteins and is found only in some animal virus'
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envelope
Definition
If a ___ exits it will identify the next appropriate host cell for the virus instead of the ____ which normally identifies it
Term
attachment, penetration, biosynthesis, maturation, release
Definition
what are the 5 steps in the replication of bacteriophages?
Term
attachment, tail, active
Definition
during the ____ phase of replication of a bacteriophage, the ___ of the virus happens to attach with weak chemical bonding to an ___ site
Term
attachment, capsomere, bacteria wall, genome
Definition
during the ___ phase of repication of a bacteriophage, the rxn between the ___ and ___ ___, weakens wall and pressure builds in capsid, causing ___ to get injected into the bacteria
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biosynthesis
Definition
virus takes over host cells metabolism
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biosynthesis, DNA/RNA, proteins
Definition
during ___ phase of replication of bacteriophage, the __ and ___ the virus needs are produced inside the host bacterium
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maturation, capsule, new virus particles
Definition
during ___ phase of replication of a bacteriophage, ___ materials formed during biosynthesis are put together into __ __ __
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it gets very sick
Definition
during the maturation replication stage of the bacteriophage, what happens to the bacterium?
Term
bacterium dies, wall falls apart, virus particles are released
Definition
during the release stage of replication of a bacteriophage w/out an envelope what happens to the bacterium and its wall, and what does this do to the virus particles?
Term
about 30 minutes
Definition
how long does replication of a bacteriophage typically take?
Term
evagination, host cell doesn't always die
Definition
during the release phase of replication of a bacteriophage with an envelope how do the virus particles escape and what happens to the host cell?
Term
attachment, penetration, biosynthesis, maturation, relase
Definition
what are the 5 phases of replication in a plant virus?
Term
wound
Definition
for a plant virus to attach, the plant must have a ___ to get in
Term
evaginate
Definition
during the penetration phase of replication in a plant virus, it has to be the correct cell to ___ and therefore penetrate
Term
capsids
Definition
in the biosynthesis phase of plant virus replication, ___ spread through the cell
Term
capsids, genomes
Definition
in the maturation phase of plant virus replication, ___ form around ___
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for the host cell to die
Definition
during the release phase of plant virus replication, the only way for the virus to be released is...
Term
host antibodies
Definition
what is the number one, most accurate way to detect/identify a virus in an animal?
Term
virus impact cells in certain unique ways sometimes
Definition
One way to help identify a virus in an animal is by seeing how the cell is impacted in tissue cultures, why does this work?
Term
negri bodies
Definition
naturally occurring crystals that are in cytoplasm of brain cells if rabies is present
Term
lipshutz, nucleus
Definition
the herpes virus produces the __ virus in the __
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crystals, help in identification of virus in animals because not all virus have them
Definition
what are inclusion bodies and how are they used?
Term
modified host tissues/cells
Definition
Skin lesions of chickenpox and foamy cytoplasm of infectious mono are what type of virus detection in animals strategy?
Term
electron microscope
Definition
what is the last thing people will usually try when attempting to identify a virus in animals?
Term
get sick, immunizations, high temp, interferons, and chemicals
Definition
What are the 5 internal control methods of virus in animals?
Term
immunizations
Definition
___ try to fool your body that you did get sick
Term
immunizations, capsid, immunization
Definition
in the process of killing virus to get dead virus' to use in ___, the __ may change and make the ___ worthless
Term
they are often very sensitive to body temp differences
Definition
why does a high temp often kill virus?
Term
interferons
Definition
healthy cells around the virus that release a family of proteins known as ___
Term
attachment, attach
Definition
interferons tie up __ sites so virus can't ___
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false
Definition
T/F interferons are very virus specific
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true
Definition
T/F there are not many chemicals developed to fight off virus
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side effects
Definition
what do most anti-viral drugs have a very high potential of?
Term
amatadine, elderly
Definition
___ is an anti-viral drug often given in very young or __ pts
Term
shingles/chicken pox, adults/elderly
Definition
vidaribine, an anti-viral drug, is given for ___ control in the ___ population
Term
tying up attachment sites
Definition
amatadine and vidaribine work by...
Term
DNA, genome
Definition
acyclorvir is used for virus with a ___ genome and work by incroporating themselves into the ___ of the virus
Term
RNA, genome
Definition
IBT is used in virus with an ___ genome and works by incorporating itself into the ___ of the virus
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artificial key
Definition
virus' are classified using an...
Term
artificial key
Definition
organization of organisms that has nothing to do w/evolution (ex:flower color)
Term
True
Definition
T/F common artificial virus keys include naming by where the first case was identified and what part of the body it hits
Term
lysogeny
Definition
(some) virus have an ability called __ that allows them to go after bacteria and don't short circuit the host cell metabolism right away
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DNA, dormant
Definition
during lysogeny the virus becomes incorporated into ___ and becomes ___ until virus reactivates
Term
transduction
Definition
the special ability some virus have of __ was first observed with virus' attacking bacteria
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transduction
Definition
transfer of genetic info of one bacteria to another with a virus
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viroid
Definition
a borderline organism that is an infectious nucleic acid
Term
genome, capsid, RNA
Definition
a viroid contains only a ___, no__, and its genome contains ___
Term
no capsid or envelope to stimulate response
Definition
why is there no immune response in animals to viroids?
Term
DNA, lymphoma
Definition
the one __ viroid ever found, in mice, was ___
Term
prion
Definition
a borderline organism that is infectious proteins
Term
prion, misshapen, prion
Definition
a __ gets into a protein cell causing it to become ___ which then turns it into a __
Term
slow, destructive
Definition
prions cause __, ___ diseases
Term
prions
Definition
kury, mad cow disease, and crevtfeldt jacobs disease are diseases all caused by ___
Term
false
Definition
T/F rickettsia are closer to a virus than a bacteria
Term
rodents, arthropods
Definition
rickettsia are normally found in ___ and are passed by ___
Term
rickettsia
Definition
rockey mtn spotted fever, epidemic typhus, q fever, clamydia, trachoma are all diseases caused by which borderline organism?
Term
fungi
Definition
achlorophyllus, eukaryotic organimsms which are usually filaments in their vegatative phase, with cell walls that are rich in chitin
Term
obligate saprophyte
Definition
most common nutritional mode of fungi
Term
monera, protista
Definition
__ are modern bacteria and contain __ in their genre
Term
archea
Definition
___ were the first organisms on the planet
Term
cellulose, lignin (woody plant)
Definition
if a fungus is an obligate saprophyte they will have ___ and/or ___ in their cell walls
Term
saprophytes, facultative, parasites
Definition
other than the most common obligate saprophyte types of fungi, some are facultative ___, some are ____ parasites, and few are obligate ____.
Term
100,000 10%
Definition
approximately ___ species of fungi have been identified which is believed to be about ___ percent of fungi in existence
Term
plants
Definition
5000 of identified fungi attack ____
Term
animals
Definition
several hundred identified fungi attack ___
Term
100
Definition
___ species of identified fungi attack humans
Term
20
Definition
__ identified fungi that attack humans are serious
Term
filament
Definition
vegetative phase of fungi
Term
hypha
Definition
single filament
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hyphae
Definition
few filaments
Term
mycelium
Definition
covered w/filaments
Term
cell wall and large central vacuole
Definition
what are the two plant characteristics fungi has?
Term
different, rigid
Definition
the cell wall of fungi has a very ___ chemical makeup than plants, and both species walls are ___
Term
quiet
Definition
from a metabolic standpoint, a large central vacuole is a ___ area
Term
vacuole
Definition
the ___ in fungi make it so that there is a smaller area that needs resources such as minerals and water
Term
solute, pressure, proteins
Definition
a vacuole allows a fungi cell to grow by increasing ___ levels in vacuole by bringing in water, therefore increasing ___ and allowing cell to grow w/out bringing water into cytoplasm and risking denaturing ___
Term
chitin, glycogen
Definition
2 animal characteristics fungal cells have
Term
chitin
Definition
major component of rigid wall in fungi
Term
dicaryotic condition, crosswalls, intranuclear mitosis
Definition
3 unique characteristics to fungi
Term
dicaryotic condition
Definition
delay in sexual reprduction
Term
all cytoplasm you are looking at in hypha of fungi is connected through pores
Definition
what is the crosswalls general rule?
Term
nuclear, invagination
Definition
intranuclear mitosis means it doesn't break down the ___ membrane, instead it goes through continuous ___ to separate cell
Term
conidia, sporangious pores, zoospores, arthrospores, budding
Definition
5 common ways fungi reproduce (asexual)
Term
conidia
Definition
external, non-motile spores on special branches
Term
sporangious pores
Definition
internal, non-motile from of asexual fungal reproduction
Term
zoospores
Definition
internal, motile form of fungi asexual reproduction
Term
arthrospores
Definition
fractured hyphae that thicken walls and break off as a form of asexual fungi reproduction
Term
budding
Definition
there is nor resting stage for this form of fungi asexual reproduction, yeast reproduce this way
Term
cenocytic
Definition
general lack of crosswalls
Term
mycelium
Definition
the ___ of oocmycetes is cenocitic
Term
zoospores
Definition
oomycetes form of asexual reproduction is ___
Term
aquatic
Definition
the majority of oomycetes are __
Term
fish
Definition
oomycetes are known to be __ pathogens
Term
lateblight of potatoes, downey mildew (grapes)
Definition
2 major plant diseases caused by oomycetes
Term
false
Definition
T/F a monoculture (where you rely on/only plant one plant) is a good thing to do
Term
leaves, zoospores, wound
Definition
(potato blight) oomycetes start on __, produce __ which fall to ground and __ potatoes to allow other organisms in
Term
obligate
Definition
downey mildew is an ___ parasite
Term
north america
Definition
downey mildew was brought from which continent?
Term
windborn
Definition
downey mildew travels by being a __ zoospore
Term
Millerdet
Definition
who invented bordeaux mixture?
Term
copper sulfate, lime, pesticide
Definition
bordeaux mixture was made out of ___ __ and __ and was the first ___
Term
cenocytic
Definition
zygomycetes have a __ mycelium
Term
sporangiospores
Definition
zygomycetes use ___ type of asexual reproduction
Term
nasal
Definition
zygomycetes cause __ infections in humans, than can turn destructive if left untreated
Term
zygomycetes
Definition
___ cause the white billowy stuff on your food that sits to long in the fridge and on jack-o-lanterns
Term
true (ex: tempeh)
Definition
T/F there are edible forms of zygomycetes
Term
mycorrhizal
Definition
___ is a fungus that grows an intercellular mycellium on the root of some plants to help take in more water and minerals
Term
nemetodes
Definition
some zygomycetes trap ___ in "balloons" of water
Term
cellular
Definition
ascomycetes have a ___ mycelium
Term
meotic, nuclei
Definition
__ products mature w/in the cell where fusion of __ took place
Term
dicaryotic
Definition
ascomycetes have a __ condition
Term
sexual, fruiting bodies
Definition
most asocmycetes reproduce via __ reproduction called __ __
Term
perithecium
Definition
fruiting body with a pore on top to allow ascus' or ascus spores to exit
Term
cleistothecium
Definition
sphere shaped fruiting body where wall breaks down to allow spores to escape
Term
apothecium
Definition
cup shaped fruiting body
Term
conidia, arthrospores
Definition
2 types of asexual reproduction few ascomycetes do
Term
edible ascomycetes
Definition
yeast, morels, and truffles are all ___ ___
Term
ascomycete plant pathogens
Definition
ergot and sclerotium are both examples of what?
Term
sclerotium
Definition
LSD type feelings and constriction of vascular tissues can be caused by constant exposure of what ascomycete pathogen?
Term
ergotrate
Definition
this medicine made with an ascomycete plant pathogen was often used to induce labor and take away headaches
Term
china
Definition
dutch elm disease originated in __
Term
european bark beetle
Definition
the insect that helps spread dutch elm disease is ___
Term
sapwood
Definition
the fungi of dutch elm disease live in the __ of the tree
Term
candidia, feed
Definition
the european bark beetle helps spread dutch elm disease because ___ end up on its wings from fungus that forms in the old egg chambers and is transferred when the beetle goes to ___ on young bark
Term
histoplasmosis
Definition
___ is a common human disease caused by ascomycetes
Term
darling, panama canal
Definition
___ found the first case of histoplasmosis while working in the ___ ___
Term
true
Definition
T/F histoplasmosis is mostly limited to the ohio and mississipe river vallys in the US
Term
false
Definition
T/F histoplasmosis is often fatal
Term
inhaling
Definition
histoplasmosis is picked up by ___ arthrospores
Term
true
Definition
T/F histoplasmosis has a large host range
Term
soil, nitrogen
Definition
histoplasmosis is a __ organism that loves high ___ content
Term
false, pulmonary
Definition
T/F histoplasmosis always starts as a cardiovascular infection
Term
dimorphic
Definition
2 life forms
Term
arthrospore, yeast
Definition
in the soil histoplasmosis acts like an __ and as a pathogen acts like __
Term
true
Definition
T/F the majority of people with histoplasmosis are asymptomatic
Term
amphoteicin-B (iv), ketoconazole (tab)
Definition
2 drugs to fight internal fungal infections and how they are given
Term
ascomycetes
Definition
bread, some cheeses, and booze are all industrial values of what fungus?
Term
ascomycete, soil
Definition
lichens, an ___, are very important in the first stage of __ building
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