bio vac bac Flashcards

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Characteristics of a living thing

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Reproduce, made of cells, use energy, grow/adapt, have a lifespan, respond to their environment

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Viruses have what non living, and living characteristics

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Non living: Are made of biological particles, don’t use energy, don’t grow or have lifespan, don’t respond to environment

Living: Do evolve, reproduce only with a host

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3
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Virus structure

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capsid, nucleic acid, spikes/tail fibres

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4
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Viral specificity

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  • Proteins inside capsid match proteins of cells virus can invade.
  • DNA of virus is more similar to its host than other types of virus.
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5
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Name virus with multiple hosts

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Rabies

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6
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Cell structure is different from virus because

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Virus has capsid, nucleic acid, tail fibres??

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7
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what does a virus need to replicate

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a host cell

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8
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Why does lysogenic cycle make you fell sicker than the lytic cycle

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The lytic cycle attacks quickly whereas the lysogenic cycle will lay dormant for years and not cause an immediate reaction while appearing healthy.

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9
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Lytic cycle can be triggered by what

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  • Traumatic event
  • Compromised immune system
  • Smoking/Poor diet
  • Environmental Chemicals
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10
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Three lines of defence

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First- Physical and chemical barrier
Second- Inflammatory Response
Third- Immune responce

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11
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What phagocytes engulf pathogens

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White blood cells

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12
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What is an antigen

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Made of white blood cells, induce an immune response in the host

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13
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Lytic Cycle Steps

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  1. Attachment and entrance: Virus recognizes host cell and attaches to it. Whole Virus or nucleic acid, enters the cell.
  2. Synthesis of proteins and nucleic acid: Viruses rewire the hosts machinery to replicate its own nucleic acids, enzymes, capsid proteins, and other viral proteins.
  3. Assembly: The viral units assemble into new viral particles
  4. Lysis: Host cell explodes and releases the new viral particles. Can take place in 25-45 minutes.
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14
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Lysogenic Cycle Step

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  • Virus does not kill or cause immediate infection
  • DNA/RNA is replicated along with the host cell DNA
  • coexists with host cell for many cycles while appearing healthy
  • Trigger will activate viral DNA to start lytic cycle such as: traumatic event, compromised immunes system, smoking, environmental chemicals
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15
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Symptoms of inflammatory response

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Swelling, redness, pain in area of infection

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16
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Non specific, and specific lines of defence

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1st, 2nd: Non specific

3rd: Specific

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17
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Proteins secreted by lymphocytes

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Antibodies - attach to pathogens so phagocytic cells can recognize and destroy
Interferons - coat non-infected cells; mask proteins on cell membranes
Interleukins - activate other white blood cells to fight infection

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18
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What are vaccines made of

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Solutions prepared from viral components or inactivated viruses

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19
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Vaccines protect us with

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Passive Immunity - injection of antibodies; short lived ability to fight infection
Active Immunity - live micro organisms that have been cultivated under conditions that disable their virulent properties
Stimulate production of antibodies

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20
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Why do scientists want to determine who patient zero is in an epidemic

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It allows them to learn where the illness originated, and hows it’s transmitted

21
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What is a virus with RNA

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Retrovirus

22
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All bacteria are

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Prokaryotes

23
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Bacteria are found under domains

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Eubacteria (true bacteria)

Archaea (ancient bacteria)

24
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Bacteria dates back

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3.5 billion years

25
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Difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes cells

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Prokaryotes: Smaller, No nucleus, genetic material free floating in cytoplasm
Eukaryotes: Bigger Nucleus, bound organelles like mitochondria

26
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Structure of Bacteria cell

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Cell wall: gives bacteria structure
Cell membranes: Slows material to pass through
Flagellum: Movement
Plasmid: Store genetic material/circular Dna

27
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3 main shapes of bacteria

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Coccus (Sphere) (pnenomia)
Bacillus (Rod) (E.coli)
Spirillus (Wavy spiral shape) (Siphillis)

28
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Autotrophic

Heterotrophic

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Autotrophic: Make their own food
Heterophobic: obtain food from organic material.

29
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Photosynthetic

Chemosynthetic

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Autotrophy.
Photosynthetic-Bacteria convert CO2 and water to glucose by using energy from sunlight.
Chemosynthetic-use energy from chemicals to make glucose

30
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Parasitic

Saprophytic

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Heterotrophy.
Parasitic-Obtain food from living organisms
Saprophytic-obtain food from dead organisms also known as decomposers

31
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Aerobic Respiration

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requires oxygen to obtain energy. Glucose and oxygen converted to water and CO2. (Glucose+O2=H2O+CO2)

32
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Anaerobic Respiration (fermentation)

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Oxygen is not required. Glucose broken down into alcohol and CO2. (Glucose=Alcohol + CO2 CATP)

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Obligate aerobes

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Must use aerobic respiration

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Obligate anaerobes

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Must use anaerobic respiration. Oxygen is toxic to them.

35
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Facultative anaerobes

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can switch to anaerobic if needed

36
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Antibiotics

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Chemicals that inhibit the growth of or destroy bacteria

37
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How do antibiotics work

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work by targeting properties of bacteria cells that are different form human cells.

38
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What is a superbug

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Bacteria that has antibiotic resistance which means it can withstand the effect of an antibiotic

39
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How can bacteria can become antibiotic resistant

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  • Natural selection through random mutation.

- Resistance genes are often carried in plasmid and can be passed through conjugation

40
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3 Main arrangements of cells

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Diplo (pairs)
Strepto (chain)
Staphylo (clump)

41
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Gram + and Gram -

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Gram positive: thick peptidoglycan layer that make up cell walls. Appear violet after gram stain.
Gram negative: Single thin layer of peptidoglycan layer with outer layer of lipids in its cell walls. Doesn’t retain purple dye and turns pink in safranin.

42
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how do we identify stained bacteria under microscope

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Colour, shape, arrangement

43
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why do we grow bacteria on agar

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??

44
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Each colony represents

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a single bacterium that has divided repeatedly

45
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Colony morphology is based on

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Size, Form, Elevation, Margin, Colour

46
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Binary Fission

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asexual reproduction. DNA duplicates. Bacteria cell divides producing identical daughter cells

47
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Conjugation (horizontal gene transfer)

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transfer of DNA between bacteria through cell to cell contact. (sexual reproduction). Plasmid is a small circular piece of DNA is transferred from donor to recipient through piles (hair like appendage)

48
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Advantages of binary fission, conjugation

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Binary Fission is advantageous because they can reproduce on their own at a much quicker rate. Conjugation requires transfer between 2 bacteria and takes longer. Gene transfer as a faster evolution and is non-random.