General Terms (Microbiology) Flashcards
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Mobile genetic elements; jumping genes; DNA pieces that move readily from one site to another
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Tranposons
2
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Obligate intracellular but acellular parasites of plants; naked RNA; no human diseases
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Viroids
3
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The cellular of the protein PrPc which is susceptible to protease and soluble in detergent
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Prions
4
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Contains many hydrolytic enzymes, including b lactamases
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Periplasm
5
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Genes for antibiotic resistance and toxins
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Plasmid
6
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Zero growth rate phases
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Lag and stationary
7
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Movement of genes from inactive (storage) sites into active sites of transcription e.g. Relapsing fever of Borrelia Recurrentis
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Programmed Rearrangement
8
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DNA transferred from one bacterium to another
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Conjugation
9
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DNA transferred by a virus from one cell to another
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Transduction
