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What are capsules, slime layers, and S-layers together knonw as

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the extra polymeric substance: layer of material outside the cell wall usually composed of polyscaccarhide, can contain poly D-glutamic acid

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How is the prescence of the extra polymeric substance determined

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geneticially, but physicoloigcal, nutritional conditions can alter it spresence

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Whats a apsule

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when the EPS is well organized, not easily removed (clear halo)

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Whats a slime layer

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when the EPS is diffuse, unorganized and easliy removed

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Whats a glucocaluz

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a network of polysaccharides extending from the
bacterial surface (can include both a capsule and a slime layer) and
aids in bacterial attachment to surfaces (fibrillar in nature)

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Whats a biofilm

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polymeric matrix of microbial origin in which microbes of the
same or different species are embedde

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Whats a S-layer

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made up of a single protein or glycoprotein

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Facts of capsules

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– not required for bacterial growth or reproduction in the laboratory
– provide advantages in the normal habitats
– help to resist phagocytosis

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Advantages of capsules

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  • prevent drying
  • protection against toxins; decreased sensivity to antibiotics
  • increased adherence
  • decreased phagocytosis
  • increased killing of WBCs
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Why is there decreased phagocytosis by neutrophils and macrophages (WBCs).

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since phagocytes can’t adhere to most of the capsule types on S.
pneumoniae

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How does it increase killing of WBC in streptococcus pyogenes

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releasing a protease that cleaves a complement factor inhibiting ability to attract phagocytes -> avoids the alternative compleemtn pathway

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How does it increase killing of WBC in Staphylococcus aureus

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leukocidins

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How are non-encapsulated bacteira

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decreased adherence to mammalian tissue
– increased phagocytosis
– little of no killing of WBCs
– more sensitive to certain antibiotics

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Are capsules considered a virulence factor

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Yes

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other advantages

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  • virulence factor
  • protects against desiccation, exclude hydrophobic toxic substances like detergents and bacterial viruses
  • directly contribute to pathogenitiy
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How does purtussis cause whooping cough

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produces a thick gummy capsule that paralyzes the cilia on the respiratory epithelium and mechaniclaly blocks the availability of air -> lung tisuse

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Role of capsules in specific adherance?

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attachment of Rhizobium to legume root tips using the capsule:
different species attach to very specific legumes: R. japonicum attaches
specifically to soy beans

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Role in non-specific adherance?

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attachment of Streptococcus mutans to teeth in the presence of
sucrose due to capsule production versus no attachment in the presence
of glucose : since no capsule is present (basis of sucrose-less gums and
candies)

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Is dental plaque

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biofilm

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Summary of EPS advantages

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  • prootection from host defenses
  • a role in specific adherence
  • a role in non-specific adherence
    protection from harsh environmental conditions (e.g., desiccation)
  • protection from viral infection or predation by bacteria
  • protection from chemicals in environment (e.g., detergents)
  • protection from antibiotics by reducing permeability
  • motility of gliding bacteria
  • protection against osmotic stress
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What are biofilms

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organized communities of microorganisms, usually found in defined
layers strongly associated with a surface and enclosed in a matrix of
polysaccharid

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Can biofilms consist of 1 more type of organism?

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Can consist of more than one type of organism, can even include both
prokaryotes and eukaryotes, starts with the attachment of one type of
bacteria

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Biofilms requier

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requires cell-cell communication molecules
- adhesiveness, capsule pili

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Biofilms are sosciared with

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ssociated with many surfaces such as teeth, prosthetic devices,
catheters, storage containers, contact lenses, water pipes, leaves of certain
plants
* can be an important medical problem if growth on various medical devices
can’t be controlled

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Whats planktonic
bacteria can either exist in a mobile, 'planktonic' state where they freely disperse and explore their environment for nutrients, or stay statically as 'biofilms
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organisms embedded in a biofilm do not have the same growth characteristics as they have in suspension culture. why?
biofilms often resistant to antibiotics can give 1000 fold increased resistance)
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biofilm cells do not express their
flagella
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Funciton of biofilm
Biofilm formation: fortress matrix enable cells to survive desiccation: requires a surface and results in sequestering fr the environment: - result improved nutrient acquisition - protection agaist antibiotics
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What are the steps to bacterial biofilm formation
(A) Reversible attachment. (B) Irreversible attachment. (C) Bacterial cells synthesize and secrete EPS. (D) Maturation. (E) Dispersal
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What happens when bacteria slough off the biofilm
when bacteria slough off the biofilm can provide source of infection for other parts of the body
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A mature biofim has
cell aggregates with pores to allow nutrients to reach cells (channels are shaped by protozoa that feed on the bacteria)
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Whats the cell to cell communication signalling moelcule
N-acylhomoserine lactone (AHL)
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Quorum sensing in biofilm
use autoinducers that coordinate behaviours based on cell density: both within species and between
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How does quorum sensing work
indivudally -> quorum sensing off group -> quorum sensing off positive feedback loop -> creases for AI -> increases cell desnity negative feedback loop -> less AI -> decrease poplaton
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How does AI induce the bacteria
Bacteria produce sginalling moelcules called autoinducers. bacteria have a receptor that can detect the inducer indcer binds. -> activates transdiction for certain genes as well as those for inducer syntheiss -> more AI
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The autoinducer N-acyl homoserine lactones (HSL) is also known as
pheromones
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Quorum-sensing circuits and biofilm formation differences in gram - and gram +
gram -: sty secreted in the intermembrane and becomes autoinducer -> doesnt get out, acts on itself gram (+) autoinducers are in the cell membrnae, can diffuse outcan can be released by 1 bacterial cell and captured by another, or it can capture itslef
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What are pili/firimiae
short, thin, hairlike, proteinaceous appendages, thinner than flagella more common in gram negative than gram positive
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How are pili distinguished
types of pili are distinguished primarily by serology (immunological relatedness) rather than by morphology
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Types of pili
many different types of pili can be found among different bacterial species and within a single bacterial species not all pili are present at one time (E.coli usually expresses 2-4 types of pili at any given time)
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Function of pili
mediate attachment to surfaces often contain specific and non specific adhesions that bind to different host receptors
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Genes that encode pili
genes that encode proteins involved in pilus synthesis and assembly can be located on both plasmid and bacterial chromosomes
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What are sex pili
similar to fimbriae except longer, thicker, and less numerous (1-10/cell) – required for mating, indirectly involved in antibiotic resistance (i.e. F plasmids can spread these genes)
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Do Streptococcus pneumoniae have capsules
when it lacks a capsule is easily destroyed by the host cell (no disease), with a capsule cause pneumonia theres multiple different types of capsules
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How are adhesive pili virulent
often the primary factor associated with colonization and disease e.g. in pathogenic strains of E. coli, Salmonella, Neisseria antiphagocytic properties and the increased ability to adhere and colonize -> enhanced pathogenicity
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What are p-pili
(anchored in outer membrane) intestinal E.coli (10% of the pili on the cell) and uropathogenic E.coli cause urinary tract infections and infections of the kidneys and bladder (cysititis) binding of glycolipids in the urinary tract mucosa
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What are type IV pili (anchored in inner membrane)
ound on other pathogens such as N. gonorrhea and V. cholerae some type IV fimbriae (pili) are required for twitching motility or gliding motility that occurs in some bacteria and are found on the ends of the cell
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twitching motility has a role in
biofilm formation
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K88 pili
Enterotoxigenic encoded by plasmid associarted with diarrhea bind to mannose on glycoproteins of ileum mucosa (upper GI)
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difference in pili structure for gram neg and gram pos
gram neg: embeeded in the outer membrane, can be embedded in the inner gram pos: covaletnely attached to peptidoglycan
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do pilis bind to receptors
often contain specific and non specific adhesions that bind to different host receptors
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Whats flagella also known as
H - antigen
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Does the strcucutre of bacterial flagellum differs completely from that of the eukaryotic flagellum
yes
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system and function of flagella
elaborate sensory and response system that enables bacterial cells to obtain nutrients and to avoid toxic conditions using a reversible motor can in some cases be used to identify specific bacterial cell types
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How are flagella immungogen
- one of the components of bacterial cells to which the host make antibodies
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How is flagella a virulence facot
- appear to exhibit antigenic variation - some flagellae have adhesions
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flagellae are exposed on the surface of the cells, antibodies to flagellae are usually protective against subsequent infections by
organisms having the same immunogens in their flagella
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monotrichous
one flagellum
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polar flagellum
flagellum at end of cell
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amphitrichous
one flagellum at each end of cell
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lophotrichous
cluster of flagella at one or both ends
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peritrichous
spread over entire surface of cell
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bacterial flagella in gram negative structue
four rings connect ultrastructure of bacterial flagella to a central rod: L and P ring associate with LPs and peptidoglycan, M ring the P.M
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bacterial flagella in gram positive structue
two rings: one ring to P.M. and the other to peptidoglycan
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there is an additonal ring on the cytoplasmic face
acts as signal receiving device for chemotaxis, energy generator (proton [H+] flux that drives rotation), rotation generator i.e. the motor Brunt 2025
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What is the filament
- hollow, rigid cylinder that can be up to 10 times the length of the cell - tructure is wave-like - omposed of a single protein flagellin - there are many different variations of flagellin, the exact type of flagellin present depends on the species and strain - unsual amino acid compositio - it is the filament that freely rotates (clockwise or counter clockwise
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What allows the host to recognize flagella as forein
unusual amino acid ε-methyl-lysine (flagella antigens)
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How are gram negatives serologically identified
based on O-antigens (LPs) and H antigens (flagellar) and K antigens (capsule): e.g. highly pathogenic strain E. coli is referred to as E.coli O157: H7
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Whats the Mechanism of Flagellar Movement
- counterclockwise rotation causes forward motion - clockwise rotation disrupts run causing a tumble
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flagellar rotation counterclockwise
organism swims towards the effector
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flagellar rotation clockwise
the organism tumbles and movement is away from the effector
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What is Chemotaxis?
movement towards a chemical attractant or away from a chemical repellant concentrations of chemoattractants and chemorepellants detected by chemoreceptors on surfaces of bacterial cells which transduce the signal to the flagellae
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Flagellar motility: direction is determined by
- the conformation of the gear shift complex associated with the C-ring of the basal body - Effectors indirectly determine the gear shift conformation via a signal transduction pathway
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directed movement is caused byb
lowering the frequency of tumbles as bacteria move up gradient
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Mechanism of chemotaxis: signal transduction
- complex but rapid - involves conformational changes in proteins involves methylation or phosphorylation of proteins in a relay system
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How does the flagella sense
chemical -> chemoreceptors -> induce flagella
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the rotational direction of the flagella requires
modulation of the activity of the phosphorelay system
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Phosphorylation of proteins leads to
clockwise direction
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dePhosphorylation of proteins leads to
anticlockwise directo
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What are the events in spore formation
Starts with a vegetative cell. On starvation, spores are produced -> sporulation. on unfavorable conditions, spores are released out of vegatative cells and remain dormant When conditons are favoruable again -> germinatin
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Which bacteria forms the bacterial endospore
Gram positive rods, Bacillus and Clostridium
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dormant stage is not a..
reproductive stage
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What makes endospores so resistant
calcium (complexed with dipicolinic acid) in the thick spore coat acid-soluble, DNA-binding proteins dehydrated core contains DNA repair enzymes/ nuclear material for formation of vegetative cells
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What is involved in sporulation
phosphor-relay, posttranslational modification of proteins, transcription initiation regulatory proteins, and alternative sigma factors play a role - invoves many gens
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The process of sporulation ends with
death by lysis of the ‘‘mother cell’’ and the formation of a dormant daughter cell(the spore Brunt 2025 )
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ratio of cell: spore
1 cell/spore
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How does the prorogensis happen
normally commences when growth ceases because of lack of nutrients, waste build up complex multistage process to form spore involving significant change in gene expression: endospores will germinate (multistage process) when returned to a positive nutrient environment -> vegetaitiv cell
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What is the master key that determines the switch between vegetative division and sproulaiton
protein Spo0A . controlled by reversible phosphorylationdephosphorylation mechanism unphosphorylated form -> Spo0A is inactive phosphorylated form, it is both an activator of the transcription of sporulation genes and a negative regulator of genes that prevent sporulation.
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in its unphosphorylated form, Spo0A is
in active
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in its phosphorylated form Spo0A is
both an activator of the transcription of sporulation genes and anegative regulator of genes that prevent sporulation.

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