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Microbiology

Subject : engineering
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1. Prefers less oxygen than the levels found in the atmosphere






2. A semipermeable phospholipid bilayer containing proteins - carbohydrates - and sterols






3. What does gp41 do






4. What is the fxn and chemical composition of the outer membrane in gram negative bacteria






5. What does meningococci cause






6. What does HDV require and What are the possible infxns it can cause






7. What is the ability to take up DNA from evironment in bacteria






8. What other organism is involved in vaginosis from gardnerella






9. What organism secretes streptolysin O and What is it used for






10. Through treated sleeping nets and mosquito control






11. What acid is in the spore core






12. What does c perfringens produce and What does it do






13. What can cause food poisoning in reheated meat dishes






14. Opportunistic infections - KS - lymphoma - orga and dz






15. What does Anti HBsAg indicate






16. Repeating disaccharide: NAG and NAM






17. What diseases can CMV cause and What is the route of infection






18. yeast - molds - mushrooms






19. meningitis in children (6 months - 6 yrs)






20. What does parainfluenza cause






21. In what clinical scenarios do you see Pseudomonas






22. What diseases can VZV cause and What is the route of transmission






23. Osteomyelitis after prosthetic replacement






24. What bacteria requires acid fast stain to visualize






25. Unimmunized child with fever - dysphagia - drooling - and difficulty breathing due edematous cherry red epiglottis






26. Locomotion (wavelike motion)






27. What does papillomovirus cause






28. Bacillus - coccus - and spiral






29. In the bunyavirus family which are arboviruses and which are not






30. Ringworm - athlete's food - jock itch






31. Will show special structures






32. What does group B strep produce and What does it cause






33. fever - hemolytic anemia - northeastern US - maltese cross (and ring) - dz - transmission - dx and tx






34. What is the most invasive H flu disease caused by and what virulence factor does it produce






35. Simple - special - and differential






36. Which are the picornaviruses - and What is there the common features






37. Which neisseria has a polysaccharide capsule






38. What does listeria infection cause






39. How is Hfr made






40. What bug secretes scarlet fever erythrogenic toxin and What does it cause






41. All living things are composed of cells






42. What are the 4 Cs of HCV






43. Require high salt concentrations






44. Eukaryotic - unicellular - identified by means of locomotion






45. What are the gram pos bacilli






46. This bacteria is usually transmitted from pet feces - contaminated milk or pork - What does it cause






47. Plasmodium (4 different species) - transmitted to humans by Anopheles mosquito - organism is on a biology clock (multiple of 24 hours)






48. In the bacterial growth curve - what happens in the lag phase






49. Which kind of neisseria is sexually transmitted






50. What species producing watery diarrhea produce St and LT toxins - and is the main cause of travelers diarrhea