Viruses (Exam 1)

Question 1

most important bacteria on this planet and why

Answer 1

E.Coli and because it is a model organism

Question 2

E. Coli produces a toxin called

Answer 2

Shiga

Question 3

True or False: E.Coli lives in the brain

Answer 3

false

Question 4

Is E. Coli gram negative or positive?

Answer 4

negative

Question 5

what shape is E. Coli?

Answer 5

rod shaped

Question 6

true or false: E. Coli doesnt have flagella

Answer 6

false

Question 7

is Yersinia petis gram negative or positive

Answer 7

negative

Question 8

true or false: Yersinia petis is rod shaped

Answer 8

true

Question 9

45% of Yersinia Petis DNA content is made up of

Answer 9

GC

Question 10

three types of plague under Yersinia Petis

Answer 10

pneumonic, septicemic, and bubonic

Question 11

out of pnuemonic, septicemic, and bubonic- which one is the worst?

Answer 11

bubonic

Question 12

true or false: Yersinia petis is a cocobacilus

Answer 12

true

Question 13

what gene started off from a normal receptor but after people died of the plague the people who live in the town now has the mutation

Answer 13

CCR5

Question 14

member of the flavivirdae family

Answer 14

zika virus

Question 15

true or false: Zika virus is only a mosquito born virus

Answer 15

false. its from mosquito and tick

Question 16

list the viruses under genus flavivirus

Answer 16

Dengue, West Nile, yellow fever, zika, and 60 others.

Question 17

doesnt infect the eggs

Answer 17

yellow fever

Question 18

mammals are a dead end. They (mosquito) dont bite you and pass it on unlike Zika

Answer 18

West Nile virus

Question 19

Zika virus can be transmitted through:

Answer 19

mosquito, sexual transmission, mother to baby, and blood transfusion

Question 20

Zika virus infects epidermal ___, skin fibroblasts in the skin, and the langerhans cells then moves to the __

Answer 20

keratinocytes, lymph nodes

Question 21

Zika virus is found in the

Answer 21

brain

Question 22

true or false: Zika virus is the only thing that causes guillain- barre syndrome

Answer 22

false

Question 23

true or false: Guillain-barre syndrome is an autoimmune disease

Answer 23

true

Question 24

what are the two strains of Zika virus?

Answer 24

African and Asian

Question 25

out of African and Asian strain of Zika virus, which one is the latest outbreak

Answer 25

Asian

Question 26

Legionella pneumophila is gram negative or positive?

Answer 26

negative

Question 27

legionella pneumophila produces __ -___

Answer 27

beta-lactamase

Question 28

is Legionella pneumophila anerobic or aerobic

Answer 28

aerobic

Question 29

Legionella pneumophila has a GC or AT content of 38%?

Answer 29

GC

Question 30

recently discovered bacteria in 1876

Answer 30

legionella pneumophila

Question 31

what convention did legionella pneumophila spread at in Philadelphia ?

Answer 31

American Legion

Question 32

true or false: Koch postulates were unable to identify legionella pneumophila.

Answer 32

false

Question 33

what is the goal of legionella pneumophila virus?

Answer 33

to pass from person to person

Question 34

this virus has a helical symmetry, cylindrical shape

Answer 34

rabies

Question 35

Rabies has a _____ genome

Answer 35

ssRNA

Question 36

Rabies encodes five proteins, what are they?

Answer 36

matrix, glycoprotein, polymerae, phosphoprotein, and nucleoprotein

Question 37

viral polymerase can only recognize ___

Answer 37

ribnucleoprotein

Question 38

how many types of rabies virus are there?

Answer 38

seven

Question 39

using ___ ___ rabies virus evolved to present sequence in 1281

Answer 39

molecular clocks

Question 40

for Rabies virus, replication occurs in the ___

Answer 40

cytoplasm

Question 41

Rabies virus retrograde through ___ to ___

Answer 41

axon, CNS

Question 42

when it comes to Rabies its viral particles transport to ___ ___

Answer 42

salivary glands

Question 43

body and vaccine produce ___ antibodies for the rabies virus

Answer 43

neutralizing

Question 44

in 2013, a rabies death in Maryland was caused by an __ ___ from ___

Answer 44

organ transplant, donor

Question 45

where does Haloquadratum Walsbyi live

Answer 45

in the sea, high salty water

Question 46

Haloquadratum walsbyi is what shape

Answer 46

square shaped

Question 47

true or false: Hallquadratum walsbyi are extemophile

Answer 47

true

Question 48

true or false: peritirichous doesnt have an outer membrane

Answer 48

false

Question 49

do peritirchous have thin or thick peptidoglycan layer

Answer 49

thin

Question 50

where does peritirchous live in ( body wise)

Answer 50

the gut