myobacteria quiz NOOO its 2;30 am this is a cry for help Flashcards
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myocobacterium genus gram
?
myocobacterium shape
long skinny bacilli
myocobacterium relationship with oxygen
obligate aerobes
myocobacterium spores
don’t form them
myocobacterium flagella
aflagellate
myocobacterium temp
mesophilic
aflagellate
no flagella
myocobacterium generation time
SLOW … hard to culture
myocobacterium PARASITE??!!
obligate parasites
obligate parasites
can only grow in humans
M. leprae cannot even be cultured unless
human macrophages are plated with it
since Mycobacterium species are not categorized as gram positive or gram negative
called acid-fast
acid-fast
that all initial dyes are retained instead of washed away
acid-fast means gram stain
bad idea sis
Mycobacteria cell wall
thick and waxy, composed of mycolic acid
mycolic acid
lipid-like compound which holds in dyes
mycolic acid is the
primary virulence factor of mycobacteria
why is Mycolic acid is also the primary virulence factor of Mycobacteria
because it stops phagosome/lysosome fusion.
most clinically relevant mycobacterium species
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis where does it infect
many places, most commonly the lungs
what percentage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections are in the lungs
90% ish
why are most tuberculosis infections in the lungs
bacterial dependence on oxygen
how much of population has a tuberculosis infection (TB)
1/3
tuberculosis infections can be categorized as
-latent infection
active infection