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| What is the only infectious disease that has been eradicated to date? |
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| Smallpox is the only disease that has been eradicated so far. |
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| What are characteristics of a Eukaryotic cell? |
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Definition
Eukaryotes
-membrane bound organelles
-true nucleus
-mitosis
-sexual reproduction
-cytoskeleton
-80s ribosomes |
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| What are characteristics of Prokaryotic cells? |
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Definition
Prokaryotes
-No nucleus (single, circular chromosome)
-NO membrane bound organelles
-cell division by binary fission
-NO cytoskeleton
-NO sexual reproduction |
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| How do Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic if flagella differ? |
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Definition
Prokaryotic flagella are made of one fiber of protein.
Eukaryotic flagella are made of multiple microtubules. |
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| What types of cells would you stain with Acid Fast Stain? |
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Definition
You would stain bacteria that have waxy material in their cell walls.
Ex. Mycobacterium
Acid-Fast bacteria stain red while others stain blue. |
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| What are some criteria for differentiation of genus and species of bacteria? |
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Definition
| Biochemical tests, production of enzymes, molecular probes, GC content, Ab-Ag interactions |
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Definition
| Gram + cocci in pairs and clusters. Catalase positive |
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Definition
| Gram + cocci in pairs and chains, catalase negative |
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Definition
| Gram - cocci, oxidase positive |
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Definition
| Gram +, aerobic spore forming rods |
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Definition
| Gram + anaerobic spore forming rods |
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Definition
| Non-spore forming, gram + rods |
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Term
| Corynebacterium diptheriae |
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Definition
| Non-spore forming gram + rod (causes diptheria) |
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Definition
| Gram - rod, non-fermenting, oxidase positive |
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Definition
| Gram - rod, non-fermenting, oxidase positive (causes Legionnaire's disease and Pontiac fever) |
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Definition
| Gram -, aerobic, coccobacilli (causes whooping caugh) |
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Definition
| Gram -, aerobic, coccobacilli (causes tularemia) |
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| Gram -, aerobic, coccobacilli (causes undulant fever) |
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Definition
Gream - rods, glucose fermenters (facultatively anaerobic), oxidase negative.
Ex. E. coli
Y. pestis
Shigella dysenteriae |
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Definition
Gram -, facultative anaerobe, rods, slightly curved
Ex. Vibrio cholerae |
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Definition
Gram -, facultative anaerobe, coccobacilli, often pleiomorphic
Ex. Haemophilus influenza |
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Definition
An aerobic, gram - rod, microaerophilic
-> causes gastroenteritis |
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Definition
Aerobic, gram -, microaerophilic
Associated with gastric ulcers |
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Term
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Definition
Gram -, helical bacteria. (Spirochetes)
Ex. Treponema palidum - causes syphilis
Ex. Borrelia burgdorferi - Lyme disease
B. burgdorferi can survive w/o iron |
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Definition
| Gram -, helical bacteria (a spirochete). |
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Definition
Anaerobic, Gram - rod
Ex. Bacteroides fragilis, normal GI flora. |
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Definition
Gram -, obligate intracellular pathogens
Usually zoonotic infections associated with arthropod vectors
Ex. Rickettsia prowazeckii- causes epidemic typhus |
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Definition
A Gram -, obligate intracellular pathogen.
Ex. Chlamydia trachomatis- causes urethritis |
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Definition
Contains no peptidoglycan cell wall
Ex. mycoplasma pneumoniae- causes typical pneumonia |
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Definition
Acid-fast rods (stain red with Acid-Fast stain)
Ex. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium leprae |
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Definition
| Filamentous, irregular gram + rod. Partially acid-fast, aerobic |
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| Filamentous, irregular gram + rod. |
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