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SCCC Micro Test 1
SCCC Microbiology Test 1
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 2
02/05/2012

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Term
Groups of Archaea
Definition

Methanogens

Extreme Halophiles

Hyperthermophiles

Term
Three Domains of Life
Definition

Bacteria

Archaea

Eukarya

Term
Classifications of Eukarya
Definition

Domain

Kingdom

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

Species

Term
Benefits of Bacteria
Definition

Soil microbes - carbon, nitorgen, sulfur, phosphorous cycle

In intestines make - Vitamin K and some B vitamins

Food Industry - yogurt, vinegar, pickles, cheese, saurkraut

Term
Helminths
Definition
Worms - roundworms & flatworms
Term
Robert Hooke
Definition
cell theory
Term
cell theory
Definition
all living things are made of cells
Term
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Definition
observer of first living microorganisms through microscope
Term
Francesco Redi
Definition
maggots do not arise spontaneously from rotting meat
Term
Edward Jenner
Definition
1st vaccines - cowpox provided immunity from smallpox
Term
Biogenesis
Definition
cells come from pre-existing cells
Term
Louis Pasteur
Definition

disproved spontaneous generation

pasteurization - microbes can be killed by heat

Term
Joseph Lister
Definition
treated surgical wounds with phenol
Term
Robert Koch
Definition

proved specific bacteria cause specific disease

injected cows with anthrax

Term
Koch's Postulates
Definition

1 - the same pathogen must be present in every case of the disease

2 - the pathogen must be isolated from the diseased host and grown in pure culture

3 - the pathogen from the pure culture must cause the disease when inoculated into a healthy, susceptible lab animal

4 - the pathogen must be isolated from lab animal and be identical to original animal

Term
Alexander Fleming
Definition
Accidentally discovered penicillin
Term
Microbes and Human Welfare
Definition

-bacteria involved in carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus cycle

-sewage treatment

-bio remediation

-control insects

Term
Normal Flora
Definition

keep respiratory and digestive tract healthy

each person has different normal flora

Term
Biofilms
Definition

a complex, aggregation of microbes

thick - layers prevent penetration by antibiotics

Term
Infectious Diseases
Definition
chicken pox, measles, diphtheria, AIDS, cholera, flu
Term
Emerging New Diseases
Definition

Bird Flu (H5N1)

MRSA - Methicilin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

West Nile Encephalitis

Ebola hemorrhagic fever

VRE - Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci

Marburg virus

Group A Streptococcus (flesh eating bacteria)

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow - caused by prions)

Term
Bacterial Anatomy
Definition

- one circular chromosome

- DNA is not enclosed in a nuclear membrane

- divide by binary fission

- unicellular

-most have cell walls made of peptidoglycan

-no membrane enclosed organelles (have ribosomes)

-DNA is in the form of a continuous strand

Term
Three basic bacterial shapes
Definition

coccus (pl. cocci) - spherical

bacillus (pl. bacilli) - rods

spirals

Term
Shapes of cocci
Definition

diplococci - pairs

streptococci - chains

tetrad - groups of 4

sarcinae - cubelike groups of 8

staphylococci - grapelike clusters

 

*strep (small) *staph (big)

Term
Shapes of bacilli
Definition

diplobacilli - form pairs

streptobacilli - chains

coccobacilli - ovals

pallisades - look like Chinese letters (ex Diphtheria)

Term
Shapes of Spirals
Definition

vibrio - curved

spirilla - helical, like a corkscrew with rigid bodies

spirochetes - flexible corkscrews

Term
Glycocalyx
Definition

gelatinous coat or capsule

 

-prevents phagocytosis

-helps them stick to surface

Term
Flagella
Definition
a long filament that rotates and aids movement
Term
Types of flagella
Definition

monotrichous - one

amphitrichous - tufts at both ends

lophotrichous - 2 or more at 1 end

peritrichous - flagella all over cell

Term
"taxis"
Definition
movement toward or away from a stimulus
Term
Axial filaments
Definition
bundles of fibrils that wrap around spirochetes to help them move
Term
Fimbrae
Definition
hairlike structures that help bacteria adhere
Term
Pili
Definition
join some bacterial cells so DNA can be transferred
Term
Prokaryotic Cell Walls
Definition

- semi rigid

- protects against lysis

- protects internal structures

- usually made of peptidoglycan

Term
Gram Positive Cell Walls
Definition

- Thick, many layers of peptidoglycan outside the plasma membrane

- Resists decolorization when gram staining

- Contain teichoic acid (allows for slide agglutination typing)

Term
Gram negative cell walls
Definition

- One, or just a few peptidoglycan layers outside the cell membrane

- Easily broken

- No teichoic acids

- Have outer membrane of phospholipid bilayer, used to determine strain or serovar

- Barrier for some antibiotics, enzymes, heavy metals, bile salts

Term
Atypical Cell Walls
Definition

No cell walls - Mycoplasma

Acid Fast cell walls - Mycobacterium (have a waxy lipid called "mycolic acid" in cell wall, resists staining. Must use heated carbolfuchsin)

Term
Aristotle's Classification of living things
Definition

Animals

Plants

Term
1961 - Five Kingdoms
Definition

Monera

Protists

Animalia

Plantae

Fungi

Term
Archaea facts
Definition

-prokaryotes

-single celled

-do not have peptidoglycan in cell walls

-live in extreme environments

Term
Carolus Linnaeus
Definition
Developed our system of nomenclature
Term

Classification of Prokaryote

 species

Definition

members have similar characteristics

different from other species

derived from a single parent

Term

Classification of Prokaryote

 strain/serovar/subspecies

Definition
members of same species that have distinct differences
Term

Classification of Prokaryote

 clone

Definition
population derived from one parent
Term

Classification of Eukaryotes

 Animals

Definition

include sponges, insects, vertabrates, worms

 

insects - carriers of diseases (mosquitos, lice, bed bugs)

 

worms that can infect humans - pinworm, roundworm, tapeworm

Term

Classification of Eukaryotes

 Plants

Definition

include algae, moss, ferns, conifers, and flowering plants

 

algae can poison our food

 

ex. potato famine

Term

Classification of Eukaryotes

 Fungi

Definition

yeast (Candida), mold, mushrooms

 

mold - ringworm, athlete's foot, histoplasmosis

Term

Classification of Eukaryotes

 Protists

Definition

unicellular

 

-Trichononas vaginalis (STD)

- Giardia lambia (causes diarrhea)

-Toxoplamsosis (transmitted from cat feces to human)

Term
Viruses
Definition

-not made of cells

-not in any of three domains (not "living")

-obligate intracellular parasites (required to live with cells and harms host)

-viral "species" have similar characteristics

-have DNA or RNA, not both

Term
Methods of Identifying Organisms
Definition

- morphological characteristics

-staining
-biochemical tests

-serology

-phage typing

-DNA base composition

-DNA probes

Term
morphological characteristics
Definition

-what it looks like

-macroscopic & microscopic

Term
staining
Definition

-gram staining (+/-)

- acid fast (mycobacterium)

negative staining

Term
biochemical tests
Definition

-used to determine which enzymes an organism has

 

-must have pure culture

Term
serology
Definition

antigen-antibody reaction

 

-slide agglutination

-ELISA (Enzyme Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay)

Term
Phage typing
Definition
bacterial viruses only infect members of a particular species
Term
DNA base composition
Definition
(G+C) ratio
Term
DNA probes
Definition

contain DNA from a known organism

 

DNA strand is separated

 

-look to see if it hybridizes (forms base pairs with the unknown specimen, if it does, have identified specimen)

 

-works on mixed cultures

Term
DNA Fingerprinting
Definition

used to map nucleotide sequences

sometimes used to determinte the source of a nosocomial infection

Term
DNA hybridization
Definition
measures the ability of DNA strands from one organism to hybridize (bind through DNA base pairing) with the DNA strand of another organism. The more hybridization, the more closely related they are
Term
Plasmid
Definition

A small circular DNA molecule that replicates independently of the chromosome

 

-may carry genes for antibiotic resistance, tolerance to toxic metals, production of toxins, synthesis of enzymes

 

-can be transferred from one bacterium to another

Term
metachromatic granules
Definition

a granule that stores inorganic phosphate and stains red with certain blue dyes

 

characteristic of Corynebacterium diphtheriae

 

collectively known as volutin

Term
Endospores
Definition

a resting structure formed inside some bacteria

 

ex. Clostridium and Bacillus

Term
Probiotics
Definition
helpful bacteria :)
Term
Prebiotics
Definition
nutrients for helpful bacteria
Term
Common nosocomial infections
Definition

Pseudomonas

Serratia

Clostridium difficil

Enterococcus

Term
Potential for Bioterrorism
Definition

Brucella

Francisella tularensis

Yersinia pestis

Bacillus antracis

Term
Spread by cats
Definition

Bartonella henselae

Pasturella multocida

toxoplasmosis

Term
Scarlet fever vs. Rheumatic fever
Definition

both caused by Streptococcus pyogenes

Scarlet fever:pinkish red skin rash and a high fever

Rheumatic fever:a period of arthritis and fever. Then subcutaneous nodules at the joints appear. In about half of the cases a rheumatic fever,   a serious heart complication develops. The body reacts to the M protein in S.  pyogenes and damages the heart valves

Term
Carried in poultry
Definition

Salmonella enterica

Camphylobacter jejunii

Term
typhoid fever vs. typhus
Definition

Typhoid fever caused by Salmonella typhi. Causes high fever &  headache, can infect the liver & spleen, some people become carriers (Typhoid Mary)

 

Typhus caused by Ricksettia prowozekii or Ricksettia typhi. Causes fever & rash. Transmitted by lice & fleas.

Term
Organisms that cause meningitis
Definition

Neisseria meningiditis (gram negative dipococci)

Haemophilus influenza (gram negative coccobacilli)

Streptococcus pneumoniae (gram positive cocci)

Term
Organisms that cause STDs
Definition

Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonorrhea)

Treponema pallidum (syphillis)

Haemophilus ducreyi (chancroid)

Chlamydia trachomatis (chlamydia)

Term
Enterobacter vs Enterococcus
Definition

Enterobacter

-gram negative

-live everywhere

-causes UTIs

 

Enterococcus

gram positive cocci

live in GI tract, mouth & vagina

causes UTIs & wound infections

frequently cause nosocomial infections

Term
cystitis
Definition
bladder infection
Term
pyelonephritis
Definition
kindey infection
Term
Endospore formation is called ____________
Definition
sporogenesis
Term
Endospore formation is initiated by ________________
Definition

certain adverse environmental conditions

(bug is not happy)

Term
Formation of a new cell from an endospore is called ____________________
Definition
germination
Term
Formation of a new cell from an endospore is triggered by _______________
Definition
favorable growth conditions
Term
Proteobacteria-Gram Negative
Definition

Rickettsia

Bartonella henselae

Brucella

Bordetella pertussis

Neisseria

Francisella tularensis

Pseudomonas

Legionella pneumophilia

Vibrio

Enterics

Pasturella multocida

Haemophilus

Camphylobacter jejunii

Helicobacter spp.

 

Term
Ricksettia
Definition

gram negative rods

obligate intracellular parasites

transmitted by insect bites

 

R. prowozekii - lice - typhus (fever & rash)

R. typhi - fleas - murine typhus

R. rickettsii - ticks - Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

 

illnesses common in Southwest US

Term
Bartonella henselae
Definition

Cat Scratch Fever

normal flora in cat intestines

serious infection - high fever

gram negative rods

direct contact or fleas

Term
Brucella
Definition

small gram negative rods

causes Brucellosis - "undulant fever"

(undulant - comes and goes)

can become airborne

*potential for bioterrorism

Term
Bordetella pertussis
Definition

Pertussis  - Whooping Cough

gram negative rods

vaccine DPT

forms a membrane in the throat

Term
Neisseria
Definition

gram negative diplococci

normal flora of mucus membranes

 

N. gonorrheae - gonorrhea

N. meninginitidis - meningitis

 

*N. gonorrheae has protein Opa that binds to CD4 lymphocytes and prevents the production of memory cells and immunity

Term
Francisella tularensis
Definition

tularemia

transmitted by rodents - rabbits, squirrels, hamsters, etc. - bite

infect lymph nodes

can multiply in macrophages

(macrophages in tissue fluid)

difficult to treat

*potential for bioterrorism

Term
Pseudomonas
Definition

gram negative motile rods

can grow in water, on soap, in bottle caps

can grow in refrigerator

common nosocomial infection

can produce a blue-green pigment that smells like grapes

antibiotic resistant - gentamycin

Term
Legionella pneumophilia
Definition

gram negative rods

Legionnaires' disease - high fever & pneumonia

reproduce in aquatic amoebae

Term
Vibrio
Definition

slightly curved gram negative rods

found in salt or brackish water

V. cholera - cholera - very watery stools with intestinal mucus - "rice water" stools - dehydration & death

V. parahemoliticus - gastroenteritis from raw oysters, shrimp, and crabs

Term
Enterics (general info)
Definition

- found in human intestines

- faculatively anaerobic gram negative rods (prefers to be aerobic, will tolerate anaerobic environment)

Term
Enterics (types)
Definition

Escherichia coli

Salmonella entrica

Shigella

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Serratia

Proteus

Yersinia pestis

Enterobacter

Term
Escherichia coli
Definition

inhabits mammalian interstinal tract

wound infections & UTI

E. coli O157:H7 - causes diarrhea and produces a toxin that can shut down the kidneys

Term
Salmonella enterica
Definition

-2400 serovars

-found in intestinal tracts of poultry & cattle, found in reptiles

-can get inside plants we eat

-causes bloody diarrhea

Term
S. typhi
Definition

-causes typhoid fever

-high fever & headache

-can infect the liver & spleen

-some people become carriers (Typhoid Mary)

Term
Shigella
Definition

-spread from person to person

-found on fresh unwashed fruit

-causes dysentery

Term
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Definition

-can cause pneumonia

-commonly causes UTI

(bladder infection - cystitis

kidney infection - pyelonephritis)

Term
Serratia
Definition

-grows in saline

-responsible for many nosocomial infections

Term
Proteus
Definition

-many flagella

-swarming growth on media

-normal intestinal flora

-UTI & wound infections

-smells like chocolate cake

Term
Yersinia pestis
Definition

-carried by rats and fleas in the Southwest

-causes plague


Bubonic - infects lymph system, forms bubos

Septicimic - bacteria live in the blood

Pneumonic - infects lungs - 100% fatal

 

-weapon of bioterror

Term
Enterobacter
Definition

-gram negative

-live everywhere

-causes UTIs

Term
Pasturella multocida
Definition

-wound infection from cat bites

-requires IV antibiotics

-causes cellulitis

Term
Haemophilus
Definition

-needs chocolate (hemolyzed blood) agar to grow in the lab

-very pathogenic

-smells mousey

Term
Haemophilus influenza
Definition
-meningitis, ear infection, epiglotitis, pneumonia
Term
Haemophilus ducreyi
Definition
-STD "chancroid"
Term
Haemophilus ageptycus
Definition
-pink eye
Term
Camphylobacter jejunii
Definition

-found in poultry

-must be incubated at 42 degrees Celsius

-causes gastroenteritis

-high fever

Term

Helicobacter spp.

Helicobacter pylori

Definition
-causes peptic ulcers and stomach cancer
Term
Gram positive bacteria
Definition

Clostridium

Bacillus spp.

Staphylococcus aureus

Streptococcus

Lactobacillus

Enterococcus

Listeria monocytogenes

Mycoplasma pneumonia

Mycobacterium

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Propionibacterium acnes

Gardnerella vaginalis

Term
Clostridium
Definition

-spore forming anaerobes

-spores can live in the soil for years

 

C. tetani - tetanus (lockjaw)

C. botulinum - botulism

C. perfringens - gas gangrene

C. difficile - antibiotic resistant, normal intestinal flora, when antibiotics kill all good flora it takes over, often a nosocomial infection

Term
Bacillus spp.
Definition

gram positive rods

are everywhere

two are pathogens-

B. cereus (food poisoning)

B.antracis (anthrax)

Term
B.antracis (anthrax)
Definition

CDC must be notified

Three types of anthrax:

-Cutaneous (skin)

-Gastrointestinal

-Pulmonary

(if not treated can lead to septicemia - death rate 100%)

*potential for bioterror

Term
Staphylococcus aureus
Definition

-gram positive cocci

-grows in grape-like clusters

-yellow colonies

-can grow in salty meats

-grows in ocean

-produces toxins

-MRSA (pg 422)

-causes wound infections, food poisoning, toxic shock syndrome

Term
Streptococcus
Definition

gram positive cocci

-grows in chains

-two important types:

Beta hemolytic

Alpha hemolytic

Term
Streptococcus - beta hemolytic
Definition

form a clear zone around the colony when grown on blood agar

 

-Groups A-O

Term

Streptococcus - beta hemolytic - Group A -

Streptococcus pyogenes

Definition

Group A

Strep. pyogenes

has M protein on surface that helps it avoid phagocytosis

causes most variety of diseases:

sore throats

scarlet fever

rheumantic fever (affects joints & heart)

impetigo

necrotizing fascitis - painful infection that can consume an inch of tissue an hour

Term
Streptococcus - beta hemolytic - Group B
Definition

Group B

 Streptococcus agalactiae

-causes newborn sepsis

Term
Streptococcus - alpha hemolytic
Definition

-forms a green zone around colony on blood agar

-Streptococcus mutans: causes dental caries

-Streptococcus pneumoniae: causes pneumonia & meningitis in children

Term
Lactobacillus
Definition

-used in food production

-Lactobacillus acidophilus - yogurt

Term
Enterococcus
Definition

gram positive

live in GI tract, mouth & vagina

causes UTIs & wound infections

frequently cause nosocomial infections

Term
Listeria monocytogenes
Definition

grows in soft cheeses & deli meats

withstands refrigeration

should not be eated by pregnant women

can cause stillbirth

Term
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Definition

-lack a cell wall

-require a media with horse serum and yeast extract to grow in lab

-colonies have a "fried egg" appearance

-treated with tetracycline

-causes pneumonia

Term
Mycobacterium
Definition

-resist gram stain because they have waxy cells

-cells have mycolic acid

-require acid fast stain (carbol-fuchsin)

M. tuberculosis - tuberculosis

M. leprae -leprosy

Term
Tuberculosis (disease)
Definition

affects lungs

it walls itself off and hides for years until we become weak

lifelong disease - incurable

Term
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Definition

-morphology: palisades pattern

-gram positive rods

-causes diphtheria

-has metachromatic granules

-closes off throat with membrane

Term
Propionibacterium acnes
Definition

-some causes of acne

-gram positive rods

-treated with tetracycline

Term
Gardnerella vaginalis
Definition

-gram variable

-causes vaginitis

Term
Chlamydiae
Definition

Chlamydia trachomatis

-gram negative

-causes nongonococcal urethritis

-most common STD!!!

Term
Spirochaetes
Definition

coiled gram negative

move using axial filaments

Treponema pallidum - syphilis

Borrelia spp. - Lyme disease

Term
Bacteroides
Definition

gram negative anaerobes

live in the intestines

cause wound infections & peritonitis

Term
Fusobacterium
Definition

spindle shaped

live in the mouth

can cause dental abscesses

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