Chapter 8 Quiz Flashcards
Microbe
- microscopic organism
Pathogen ( Patho = disease, pathy)
- disease causing organism / disease causing agent
Bacteria
Prokaryotic (no nucleolus/ nuclear membrane)
Bacteria Shape
- spherical : coccus/ cocci
- Rod Shape : bacillus/ bacilli
- Spiral: spirillum/ spirilla
Cell wall = most bacteria has one
- made out of peptidoglycan (peptid = protein)
- “Cillin” antibiotics = they interfere with bacteria cell wall synthesis
Gram Positive (bacteria)
- stain purple
- thick cell walls
Gram Negative (bacteria)
- stain pink
- thin or no cell wall (all bacteria don’t have a cell wall)
Bacterium = Capsule
- adhere to surfaces
- help avoid phagocytosis
Frimbriae
- stick to surfaces
- you may have flagella; could be one or more
- stiff fibers
Pilus/Pili
- conjugation, transfer of genetic material/ gene = exchange of genetic material
Prokaryotic cells (cell division)
- binary (bi = 2) fission, this can happen every 20 minutes
- DNA Replicates, makes an exact copy
- Cell splits into two
Viruses
- not living
- not cellular/non cellular/ not made made up of cells
Intercellular Parasites
- Intra = internal
- Parasite = has to have a host
= must have a living host cell to reproduce
Viruses
- outside = a protein coat “capsid”
- inside = nucleic acid “DNA or RNA”
Reproduction of Virus
- virus attaches to the cell
- virus injects it genetic material into the cell
- it takes over the cell DNA, causing it to make virus parts and put them together
- the new virus leaves the cell, killing it
- then it starts all over again
Prions (the below order is from smallest to largest)
- Prion
- virus
- bacterium
- they took letters from Proteinaceous infection Particles
- misfolded protein (shape & function)
- always goes after the brain
- incurable, cannot be denatured
5 Diseases caused by prions
- Kuru (found in humans)
- Mad Cow: BSE = Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
- Creutzfeldt: CJD = Jakob Disease (found in humans)
- Scrapie: sheep & goats
- Chronic Wasting Disease: deer and moose
Epidemic
If there are more cases of disease than expected in a certain area for a certain time period
- local area = outbreak
- global = pandemic
HIV/AIDS
- HIV = Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- AIDS = Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome
- Presence of AIDS Defying Order
- Helper T Count below 200
**No cure for AIDS, AIDS epidemic isn’t under control until there is a vaccine
Retroviruses (Retro = back/backwards)
- takes DNA
- it’s genetic material is RNA
- Enzyme = Reverse Transcriptase
Opportunistic Infection
- immune system is already compromised
- an infection takes over
- worldwide = tuberculosis
- US = Pneumonia
HAART
- highly active
- antiretroviral
- therapy suppresses viral load below detectable
Tuberculosis ( bacterial infection)
- bacillus bacterium
- old name “the consumption”
- spread by airborne droplets(coughing, singing,etc)
- airplane flight over 8 hours, high chance of contracting TB
- the bacteria goes to lungs that can calcify
- skin test can be done or chest X-ray
- antibiotic resistant strains of TB = antibiotic = 12-24 months
-it can spread to the lungs, spine kidney and brain - while a patient with latent TB will test positive for the disease they are often asymptomatic and non infectious
Vector
Living organism that transfers a pathogen from host to another (example - ticks, fleas, roaches)