Exam 2 Review Flashcards

1
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Colonization factors for pseudomonas

A

Pili and adhesins

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2
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Survival factors for pseudomonas

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LPS, capsule and biofilm formation

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3
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Factors that cause damage or spread

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LPS and toxins, flagella motility and chemotaxis

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4
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Regulatory factors

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Sigma factors (algU), two component regulation, quorum sensing

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5
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Two- component regulatory system

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Senses chemokine, histidine kinase self phosphorylates, transfers to response regulator, controls flagellar rotation

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6
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Alginate

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A protective capsule secreted by P. Aeruginosa , protects against host defenses and antibiotics

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7
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AlgU

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Sigma factor that controls alginate production, usually sequestered by MucA, but freed by periplasmic protease

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8
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MucA

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Membrane protein that sequesters AlgU, cleaved by protease

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9
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Biofilm formation steps

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  1. Attachment (Fla+, Pol+)
  2. Stable binding, growth (Fla-, Pil-)
    3-4. Capsule synthesis (Alg+)
  3. Ready for release (Fla+, Pil+)
  4. Planktonic bacteria (motility and chemotaxis)
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10
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Quorum sensing

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Release of autoinducers to give bacteria an idea of what’s there

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11
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6 main antibiotic targets

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  1. Cell wall synthesis
  2. DNA replication
  3. RNA synthesis
  4. Protein synthesis
  5. Folic acid synthesis
  6. Membrane disruption
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12
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Penicillin and vancomycin

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Target cell wall synthesis (D-ala D-ala motif)

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13
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Fluoroquinlones

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Target DNA synthesis

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14
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Rifamycin

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Targets RNA synthesis (RNA pol)

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15
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Tetracyclines, chloramphenicol

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Targets protein synthesis

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16
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Sulfonamides

A

Target folic acid synthesis

17
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Daptomycin

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Gram positive membrane disruption

18
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Colistin

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Gram negative membrane disruption

19
Q

Ways bacteria resist abx (5)

A
  • Inactivating abx
  • Modifying or replacing target
  • Remove abx from cell (effluent pumps)
  • Prevent uptake
  • Develop persister populations
20
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Examples of horizontal gene transfer (3)

A

Transformation’

  • Transduction
  • Conjugation
21
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Plasmid

A

Self replicating circular DNA that can move between cells

22
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Transposons

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Linear DNA that can move within a cell

23
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Phages

A

Viruses that attack bacteria

24
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Examples of mobile genetic elements (3)

A
  • Plasmid
  • Transposons
  • Phages
25
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Transformation

A

Process by which competent bacteria acquires genes from environment, sensitive to DNAse, small pieces

26
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Transduction

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When a phage carries a piece of DNA to another bacterial cell (generalized lytic or specific lysogenic)

27
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RecA

A

Protein that catalyze homologous recombination events

28
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Replicons

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DNA elements capable of self replication (bacterial chromosomes and plasmids)

29
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Rep protein

A

Recruit DNA pol to initiate DNA replication

30
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Origin of replication (Ori)

A

Binding site on DNA for REP
OriC- chromosome
-OriV- Vegetative plasmid
- OriR- R factor plasmid

31
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Tra operon

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Set of genes that encode for the transfer apparatus the sex pilus, can be anywhere in cell

32
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oriT

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Origin of transfer, must be on replicons to be transferred

33
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COnjugation

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A process by which the transfer of genetic arterial from one bacterium to another through direct contact

34
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Transposase

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Needed for a region to be Transposon

35
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IR

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Inverse repeat, at each end of a transposon

36
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How do viruses produce multiple proteins (5)

A
  • Segmented genome
  • Polyprotein
    -Nested mRNA
    Start and stop transcription
  • Alternative splicing
37
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Antigenic shift

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Cell with multiple different viruses, genomes differently packaged

38
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Antigenic drift

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Mutations arise. Leading to loss or gain of function