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Microbiology

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1. What components make up the enveloped icosahedral viral structure






2. Domain - kingdom - phylum - class - order - family - genus - species






3. How are mucor and rhizopus diagnosed in the lab






4. Purple






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






6. What is the resevoir for chlamydiae psittaci






7. PNA in elderly






8. Smallest living cell - fried egg appearance of colonies - no cell wall - contain sterols in cell membrane - cause walking pneumonia






9. Flu - polio - common cold - rabies - measles (most common)






10. What does Rubella virus cause






11. Crystal violet- iodine (CV-I) crystals form in cell






12. What is a positive Monospot test






13. How do group B strep respond to bacitracin






14. intestinal nematode causing anal pruritis - scotch tape test - org - transmission - tx






15. Gas gangrene - organism grows in tissues which have poor blood supply - toxin kills cells - necrosis






16. bloating - flatulence - foul - smelling fatty diarrhea seen in campers/hikers - infection - transmission - dx - and tx






17. In what population does HCV cause hepaitits






18. variola - lots of spots






19. Cell walls - but plants - algae - and fungi have cell walls made of carbohydrates






20. tissue nematode causing skin inflammation and ulceration - org - transmission - tx






21. What is legionnaires disease






22. They grow better in acidic environments - are more resistant to osmotic pressure (can tolerate high sugar and salt concentrations) - can better tolerate low moisture - can digest more complex carbohydrates - require less nitrogen






23. What is the difference in route of infection of botulism in adults vs babies






24. Lobe- like projections of the cytoplasm Amoeba






25. What two toxins does C. diff produce andw What do they do






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






27. 1765 - experiment - Nutrient broth placed in flask - sealed - then heated => no microbial growth






28. Prokaryotes






29. What are the signs of viral hepatitis






30. Who typically gets sporothrix


31. What is the pathophys of tinea versicolor






32. What does reverse transcriptase do in HIV






33. What bugs are obligate aerobes






34. Adsorption - penetration - uncoating - replication - assembly - release






35. How is chlamydia DX is lab






36. This substance binds directly to MHC II and T cell receptor simultaneously - activating large numbers of T cells to stimulate release of IFN gamma and IL-2






37. Hypothesis that living organisms arise from nonliving matter - a 'vital force' forms life






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






39. protozoa causing spiking fevers - hepatosplenomegaly - pancytopenia - dz - org - transmission - dx - tx






40. Giardia lamblia - attaches to the intestinal cell wall via a sucker disk - causes severe diarrhea - is shed in the feces of wil animals






41. enveloped ssRNA with segmented genome (8)






42. What kind of paralysis does tetanus toxin produce






43. Which are the naked viruses






44. The study of organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye






45. What kind of exotoxin does C. tetani have and What does it do






46. Which bacteria grow pink colonies on MacConkey's agar






47. What is the nl flora of the vagina






48. osteomyelitis after cat and dog bites or scratches






49. What is the TX for sporthrix






50. Lytic phage infects bacterium - cleavage of bacterial DNA and synthesis of viral proteins - parts of bacterial chromosome may become packaged in viral capsid