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Microbiology

Subject : engineering
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1. What does group B strep cause






2. Reassortment of viral genome (human flu A virus recombines with swine flu A virus






3. What is the fxn and chemical composition of peptidoglycan






4. What kind of exotoxin does E. coli have and What does it work






5. PNA in elderly






6. What are the 2 most common causes of nosocomial infections






7. What does infxn with vibrio cholerae produce and How does it produce it






8. What diseases can HSV 1 cause and What is the route of transmission






9. Dimorphic fungus that lives on vegetation - traumatically introduced into the skin causes local pustule or ulcer with nodules along draining lymphatics - little systemic illness






10. What does VDRL detect - what it is used for and What are the limitations






11. What bug grows on tellurite plate - lofflers media






12. painless chancre - org and dz






13. What are the symptoms of Rocky Mountain spotted fever






14. What are the only circular DNA viruses






15. pediatric infxn






16. What other disease can mesenteric adenitis mimic






17. What does the quellung reaction test for and What does a positive result indicate






18. Decomposition - starting point of food chains - commercial applications






19. How are mucor and rhizopus diagnosed in the lab






20. What is the fxn and chemical composition of plasmid






21. Many sided; most common is icosahedron






22. trematodes causing granulomas - fibrosis - inflammation of spleen and liver - org - host - transmission - tx






23. Virus is engulfed by host cell






24. What is the fxn and chemical composition of the bacterial glycocalyx






25. What are the gram pos bacilli






26. Will show the difference between two things






27. What C. diptheria grows on...






28. What is the nl flora on the skin






29. In the chlamydiae replication cycle - what undergoes binary fission and where






30. Amoebic dysentry - giardia - trichomoniasis - malaria - toxplasmosis






31. What are the lab findings in gardnerella






32. What does candida result in with diabetic pts and Abx usage






33. What shape are s pneumo - do they have a capsule and what protease do they have






34. Prevents osmotic lysis (cell bursting)






35. Osteomyelitis in sexually active people can be from






36. The mild heating of a substance to kill spoilage organisms (bacteria)






37. Present- day example of endosymbiosis; live inside an eukaryotic protist






38. Site of protein synthesis; some are free in cytoplasm - others are bound to the rough ER






39. A waxy substance that retains carbolfuchsin






40. Animals - plants - fungi - and protists






41. What bacteria has protein A and What does it do






42. 25 celsius






43. Extreme heat/cold - dehydration - radiation (UV light) - toxic chemicals






44. What can cause food poisoning in reheated rice






45. What can cause food poisoning in meat - maynaisse custard with pre - formed toxin






46. Alcohol dissolves outer membrane and leaves holes in peptidoglycan - CV-I crystals wash out






47. Bacteria and cyanobacteria (prokaryotes)






48. What do you see on blood agar with C. perfringens






49. Which bacteris do not gram stain well because there is no cell wall






50. What cell wall structures are common to both gram pos and gram neg bacteria