Bacterial Growth Flashcards
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Bacterial growth phases
Lag
Log/exponential
Stationary
Death
Bactericidal antibiotics act in this phase
Log/Exponential
Bacterias are metabolically active but not dividing
Lag
Cell division is rapid
Log
Rate of division=death rate
Stationary
Nutrients are greatly reduce
Toxins increased
Death
Cell division of bacteria
Binary fission
Extrachromosomal DNA within a cell that is separated from its chromosomal DNA
Plasmid
Plasmid
Carries genes
Process of transferring plasmids from one microbe to another
Horizontal gene transfer
Bacterial recombination
Direct contact and uses sex pili
Conjugation
Uses bacteriophage to transfer plasmids
Transduction
Bacterial cell wall
Composed of glycoproteins
Has a plasma membrane and thick peptidoglyacn layer
Gram positive
Has a plasma membrane and thin peptidoglycan layer (endotoxins)
Gram negative
Toxins may cause alterations of some metaboloc processes of the body
Endotoxins and exotoxins
Toxoids from vaccines
Exotoxins
Produced by gram+ and gram-
Exotoxin
Toxic shock syndrome toxin-1
S.aureus
Pyrogenic toxin
Group A beta-hemolytic strep
Most potent toxin known
Botulinum toxin
Enterotoxin
Exotoxin with diarrheal disease
V.cholera
Staph enterotoxin
C.perfringens
Integral part if cell wall of gram -
Endotoxin
Ex: lipopolysaccharide
Endotoxins
Cant be converted into toxoids