Lecture 1

Question 1

what is patho micro?

Answer 1

the study of microorganisms responisble for causing disease

Question 2

what is bacteria’s goal?

Answer 2

to survive, but they create toxins when they are in environments they aren’t comfortable with

Question 3

bacteria

Answer 3

prokaryotes

Question 4

viruses

Answer 4

obligate itracellular infectious agents

Question 5

fungi

Answer 5

eukaryotes including yeast and mold

Question 6

parasites

Answer 6

eukaryotes including protozoans, worms, and insects

Question 7

Prions

Answer 7

infectious proteins

Question 8

prokaryotic cells are what shape?

Answer 8

circular

Question 9

eukaryotic cells are what shape?

Answer 9

linear

Question 10

what type of cell has no mitochondria, no endoplasmic reticulum, and no lysosomes?

Answer 10

prokaryotic

Question 11

what type of cell has mitochondria, lysosomes, and 80 ribosomes?

Answer 11

eukaryotic

Question 12

macroscopic

Answer 12

colony size shape and color

Question 13

microscopic

Answer 13

appearance

Question 14

metabolic

Answer 14

ability to ferment

Question 15

antigenic

Answer 15

covid test, body must have enough antibodies to attach to test, false positives arent common.

Question 16

genomic

Answer 16

detection of nucleic acid sequences

Question 17

coccus

Answer 17

round

Question 18

bacillus

Answer 18

rod

Question 19

coccobacillus

Answer 19

oval

Question 20

fusiform bacillus

Answer 20

frisbee

Question 21

vibrio

Answer 21

boomerang

Question 22

spirillium

Answer 22

spiral

Question 23

spirochete

Answer 23

tightly bound spiral

Question 24

gram positive

Answer 24

peptidoglycan outer layer is very thick, techoic acids present

Question 25

gram negative

Answer 25

peptidoglycan layer is thin, no techoic acids

Question 26

LPS is essential for ____

Answer 26

bacterial viability

Question 27

LPS is responsible for _____

Answer 27

endotoxin activity

Question 28

LPS works with phosphorylated glucosamine disaccharide and fatty acids to _____

Answer 28

anchor the structure in the membrane

Question 29

LPS is a powerful stimulator of the ______

Answer 29

immune system

Question 30

LPS can _____ and cause ______

Answer 30

induce fever and cause shock

Question 31

core polysaccharide

Answer 31

essential for bacterial viablity

Question 32

O antigen

Answer 32

long linear polysaccharide of 50-100 repeading units for 4-7 sugars

Question 33

capsules

Answer 33

layer of high molecular weight polysaccharides

Question 34

flagella

Answer 34

rope-like propellers composed of coiled protein subunits

Question 35

pili/fimbriae

Answer 35

hairlike structures on the surface of bacteria

Question 36

F pillus/sex pillus

Answer 36

transer of genetic information

Question 37

bacterial spores sometimes form ____

Answer 37

gram positive

Question 38

bacterial spores NEVER form _____

Answer 38

gram negative

Question 39

cells expell endospores once it dies, creating _____

Answer 39

bacterial spores

Question 40

bacterial spores are coated with many membrane layers, making the bacteria very _____

Answer 40

rigid, can stay suspended in an animation state for hundreds of years