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Scientist first hypothesized that medical personnel can infect patients with pathogens

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Semmelweis

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Scientist who first described MOs such as bacteria

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Leeuwenhoek

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Who first promulgated the theory of abiogenesis?

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Aristotle

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Leeuwenhoek described MOs as?

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Animalcules

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He developed smallpox inmunization

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Edward Jenner

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Use of magic bullet-cpd.target only Mo causing the disease no harm to the host

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Paul Ehrlich

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Father of Aseptic Surgery

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Joseph Lister

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Favored the theory of spontaneous generation

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John Needham

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Bacteria is a eukaryotic

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False

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Describe a spherical bactrium

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Coccus

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Movement of bacterium towards a chemical attractant and away from a repellents

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Chemotaxis

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70S prokaryotic ribosomes consist of

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50S & 30S subunit

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Specialized bacterial organelle responsible for the ability of bacteria to neutralize the effects of certain antibiotics

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Plasmid-small circular DNA

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Capsules and slime layers are used for growth

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False
They can prevent desiccation of bacterial cells
They consist of secreted material external to the bacterial cell wall
They help bacteria resist phagocytosis by macrophages

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A bacterium with a single flagellum at each end

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Amphitrichous

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Mitochondrion is the site of

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Energy production

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Ability of microorganism to cause a disease

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Pathogenecity

Pathogenesis-step by step in development of disease
Virulence-degree of pathogenecity

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Cell walls of bacteria are composed of peptidoglycan

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True

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Gram positive cells have multiple layers of peptidoglycan that help retain the crystal violet

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False

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Cellular structure important in classifying bacterial species as gram positive or gram negative

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Cell wall

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Endospores are dormant,resistant cells

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True

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Long filamentous,whip-like appendages on the bacterial cell used for locomotion

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Flagella

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Virulence factor of bacteria which inhibit phagocytosis

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Capsule

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Poly-D-glutamic acid is a capsular component of

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Bacillus anthracis-causative agent of anthrax

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Process od endospore formation
Sporulation
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Unique component of bacterial endospore which serves as protection from environmental damage
Calcium Dipicolinate
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Found in the cell walls of gram positive but not in gram negative
Teichoic acid Lipopolysaccharide- gram neg. Peptidoglycan & cytoplasmic membrane- gram neg.&pos.
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Which is correct A. E.coli with crystal violet followed by tx of acetone B. Chlamydia with gram stain C. Cryptococcus neoformans in CSF with Ziehl-Neelsen stain D. Fungi with KOH
D
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Which is/are differential stains? Gram stain Ziehl-Neelsen stain Schaefer-Fulton stain
Gram abd Ziehl-Neelsen
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Primary stain in Gam staining
Crystal violet 2-iodine; mordant 3-ethanol; decolorize 4-safranin; counter stain
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``` Which one is not a gram positive? A. E.coli B. Staph.aureus C. Strep.pyogenes D. Bacillus antracis ```
A
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Inner cytoplasmic membrane,thin peptidoglycan layer, and outer cytoplasmic membrane with LPs can be found in
Gram negative cells
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Used to visualize capsules
India ink stain | Quellung reaction
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Glycocalyx that is loosely attached to bacterial cell
Slime layer Capsules-firmly attached
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In flagella stain, this dye is used to make flagella more visible in light microscope
Tannic acid
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At the end of acid-fast staining procedure, non-acid fast bacilli will appear:
Blue Red-acid fast
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In this staining procedure, heat is used to drive malachite green into the bacterial endospore:
Schaeffer-Fulton
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Koch's bacillus
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Use of agar was suggested by?
Frannie hess
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Discovered the phenomenon of phagocytosis
Elie metchnikoff
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Ribosomes od Candida albicans are referred to as
80S
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Rod-shaped bacilli that are curved to form commas
Vibrios
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Process by which bacterial endospore return to its vegetative state
Sporulation
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MO that live on dead or decaying organic matter
Saprophytes
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Responsible for attachment of donor and recipient cells during conjugation
Pili
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Condensed,well-defined,polysaccharide layer closely surrounding the cell
Capsule
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Endotoxin of gram negative bacteria
Lipid A
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Treponema pallidum,causative agent of syphilis, cannot be visualized using light microscopy because:
It has diameter of <0.2 um
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In fluorescence microscopy, Mycobacterium tuberculosis can be detected by
Auramine O
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``` Which of the following cell structures is not part of a bacterial cell envelope? A. Peptidoglycan B. Gas vacuole C. Lipopolysaccharide D. Teichoic acids ```
B
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Dye used is negative staining
Safranin
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Introduced fermentation,aerobic,anaerobic
Louis Pasteur
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Acid fast rod against a blue Ziehl-Neelsen stained smear indicates presence of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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``` All of the following are true regarding agar except A. Liquefies at 100•C B. Polysaccharide derived from red algae C. Solidifies at approximately 40•C D. Metabolized by many bacteria ```
D
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Organisms that can manufacture their own food using light as energy source
Phototrophs
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Process involves the anaerobic decomposition of proteins by bacterial enzymes
Putrefaction
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Grow best at 0-20•C
Psychrophiles Halophiles- high salt conc Thermophiles- 50-60 Capnophiles- with CO2
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Organism has an optimal growth rate when the hydrogen ion concentration is very high
Acidophile
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Organism that utilizes oxygen when present or grows without oxygen if absent
Facultative anaerobe
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Organism that is killed by oxygen
Obligate anaerobe