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L5: Principles of Microbiology Flashcards

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acellular microbes

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  • need host cells to propagate
    • viruses
    • prions
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viruses

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  • nucleic acid packaged in protein coat
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prions

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  • pure protein
  • pathogenesis arises from accumulation in CNS of abnormal isoforms
  • Mad Cow
  • CJD
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Cellular organisms

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  • prokaryotes

- eukaryotes

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prokaryotes

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  • include archaea & bacteria
  • do not have a nucleus
  • very little intracellular organization
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eukaryotes

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  • include Eukarya
  • contain a nucleus
  • visible subcellular organelles (mitochondria, chloroplasts)
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archaea

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  • more primitive

- currently no known human pathogens among the archaea

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membrane of bacteria

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  • peptidoglycan in the cell call
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why don’t we have uncontrolled growth of microbes?

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  • circumstances are not ideal
  • nutrients are limited
  • host defenses protect us
  • even microbes get infections
  • carrying capacity!
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bacteria central dogma

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  • single circular bacterial chromosome
  • DdRp translates genes into RNA
  • ribosomes translate to protein
  • structural proteins and enzymes do most of the work
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plasmids

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  • extrachromosomal genetic elements
  • usually circular
  • autonomously replicating
  • may encode virulence factors or antibiotic resistance genes
  • source of mobile genetic information that can be transferred from one cell to another
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vertical gene transmission

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  • from parent to progeny

- through cell division

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horizontal gene transfer

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  • lateral
  • foreign donor gives DNA to recipient
  • three mechanisms
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transduction

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  • done by phage
  • phage lands on bacteria and shoots DNA into cell
  • phage DNA integrates into bacterial DNA
  • new phages form with some bacterial DNA packaged
  • donor cell lysis
  • phage lands on new donor cell and inserts the newly hybridized DNA
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transformation

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  • uptake of naked DNA by the cell

- different mechanism for gram negatives versus gram positives

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conjugation

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  • structure forms between two bacterial cells
  • DNA is transferred
  • slightly different in gram positives versus gram negatives
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what can mobile genetic elements encode?

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  • antibiotics resistance
  • toxins
  • other virulence factors
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microbe reproduction

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  • microbes reproduce rapidly

- mutations continually arise from replication errors

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health consequences

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  • drug resistance

- emergency infectious diseases

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what are viruses made out of?

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  • protein
  • nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
  • lipids
  • sugars
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is a virus that infects the fecal-oral route more likely to be enveloped or not?

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  • not

- envelope contains important information that would be degraded by stomach acid

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generic virus life cycle

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  • attachment to cell - based on viral receptor on the host surface
  • entry into the cell
  • uncoating - once it gets into the cell, it falls apart
  • host cell machinery takes over and synthesizes new protein and nucleic acids of the virus
  • all the proteins and nucleic acids come together in assembly and the virus exits the cell
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functions of the viral genome

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  • genome replication
  • genome assembly and packaging
  • regulation of replication cycle
  • modulation of host defenses
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what is not in the viral genome

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  • genes that code for protein synthesis machinery, energy metabolism, or membrane biosynthesis
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viral genome replication
- in many cases the virus uses the host cell polymerases
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modulation of host cell defenses
- some viruses make proteins that tell the host cell to turn down the host cell response
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what do human cells lack the ability to do?
- replicate RNA or make DNA from RNA - no RdR/Dp - viruses that need these enzymes must encode them in their own genome
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positive sense RNA
- mRNA - can be directly translated into protein - also must be replicated to make new virus - requires viral RdRp
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negative sense RNA
- must first be copied to positive sense - negative polarity not recognized by the ribosome - intact virus must include viral RdRp
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coating and packaging of viruses
- happens inside the host cell and not in the viral particle
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viruses classification
- obligate intracellular parasites
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viral outside structure
- may be enveloped or naked
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viral genomes
- can be DNA or RNA
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different steps in the viral life cycle may provide
- targets for antiviral therapy
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encounter
- infectious agent meets host
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entry
- agent enters host
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spread
- agent spreads from site of entry
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multiplication
- agent multiplies within host
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damage
- agent, host response, or both cause tissue damage
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outcome
- agent or host wins or they learn to coexist
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what is the most common type of infection?
- asymptomatic
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spectrum of relationship between microbes and hosts?
- Essential and mutually beneficial - Colonization - Infection (active or latent) - Disease
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active infection
- active and growing inside the patient | - asymptomatic versus symptomatic
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latent infection
- asymptomatic with pathogen present, but little or no replication - pathogen can re-activate if immune responses wane
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variety of host susceptibility
- Host genetics - Immune status - Microbiota - Co-infections
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transmission of microbial agents
- person to person (communicable) - horizontal or vertical - animal to person (zoonoses) - insect to person (vector borne) - environmental (nosocomial, fomite)
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Routes of transmission
- entry via epithelial surfaces (inhalation/ingestion/sexual contact) - deeper tissue penetration (insect bites, cuts/wounds, organ transplants and blood transfusions)
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entry via epithelial surfaces
- inhalation - ingestion - sexual contact
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deeper tissue penetration
- spread from epithelia - insect bites - cuts and wounds - organ transplants and blood transfusions
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spread of infections
- Efficiency of transmission - Duration of infectiousness - Number of people exposed
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how might we change the duration of infectiousness
- antimicrobial therapy - immunomodulatory therapy - some vaccines don't prevent infection, but reduce duration or severity - screening for important symptomatic infection - important for immunocompromised
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how might we change the number of exposed, susceptible individuals?
- vaccination - chemoprophy - environmental/structural control - public health policies
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environmental/structural controls?
- quarantine | - PPE
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public health policies
- contact tracing - partner treatment - DOT
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population level factors that influence infectious diseases
- time | - place
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time
- time of year | - incubation period
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place
- geographic distribution of some infectious agents (vectors and/or pathogens) - occupation related exposures - travel
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prevention strategies
- education and public health awareness - hygiene - limit exposure - improve host defenses (vaccines)
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education and public health awareness
- scientific literacy | - reporting and surveillance
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hygiene
- handwashing | - sanitation
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limit exposure
- insecticide-treated bed nests | - PPE
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improve host defenses
- vaccines
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obligate versus facultative
- obligate always does | - facultative may or may not
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asymptomatic infection
- also called subclinical infection - without subjective symptoms - patient decides symptoms - often used to also include without objective signs
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prodromal infection
- early signs and symptoms that appear before full-blown disease
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symptomatic infection
- accompanied by signs and/or symptoms of disease
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are asymptomatic diseases medically irrelevant?
- no! - asymptomatic infections are frequently transmissible - the next host may not experience asymptomatic infection
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What are 4 major pathogen categories?
1. Bacteria 2. Viruses 3. Fungi 4. Parasites
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Name 3 modes of transmission of infectious diseases.
1. Person to person (communicable); horizontal or vertical 2. Anima to person (zoonoses) 3. Insect to person (vector borne diseases) 4. Environmental (nosocomial, fomite)
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Why is understanding infection important?
Infection can affect every body system.
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What is AMR?
Antimicrobial resistance,
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What do drugs target in bacteria?
Prokaryotic ribosomes and cell wall. Bacteria have unique ribosomes (e.g. 70s) and a peptidoglycan cell wall.
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What are the 3 phylogenetic domains?
Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya
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Examples of Eukarya
Fungi, protozoa and helminths
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Obligate human parasites
Found only in humans (no animal or environmental reservoirs)
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Obligate aerobe
must use oxygen for growth
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Obligate anaerobe
must avoid oxygen for growth
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Obligate intracellular pathogen
only replicates inside eukaryotic cells (may be human or animal)
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Name 3 microbiological stains
1. Gram's stain 2. Acid-fast stains 3. Silver stain (GMS)
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Gram's stain
Results determined by bacterial cell wall structure (bacteria either gram-positive or gram-negative)
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Acid-fast stains
- Include Ziehl-Neelsen & Auramine-Rhodamine | - Used for Mycobacterium species
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Silver stain
Used for many fungi, protozoa and some bacteria

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