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MTAP: Intro Flashcards

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All bacteria are prokaryotes, and prokaryotes have single circular dsDNA, except which bacteria, which has two circular DNAs instead?

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V. cholerae

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All bacteria are prokaryotes, and prokaryotes have single circular dsDNA, except which bacteria, which has multiple DNA consisting of linear and circular DNA instead?

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B. burgdorferi

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All bacteria are prokaryotes, and prokaryotes have single circular dsDNA, except which bacteria, which has a linear DNA instead?

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Streptomyces

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Self-replicating circular dsDNA

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Plasmids

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Extrachromosomal mobile genetic elements

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Mobilome

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How do prokaryotes divide?

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Binary fission

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Father of protozoology and bactereiology

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Anton van Leuwenhoek

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Father of modern microbiology

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Louis Pasteur

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Father of germ theory

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Louis Pasteur

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Attenuated vaccines against rabies and anthrax

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Louis Pasteur

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Introduced handwashing

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Ignaz Semmelweis

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Introduced the binomial classification of naming organisms

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Carl Linnaeus

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Introduced the use of phenol fir surgeries as antiseptic

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Joseph Lister

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Referred to as the “magic bullet”

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Penicillin

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Discovered penicillin

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Alexander Fleming

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Also known as “Typhoid Mary”

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Mary Mallon

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Introduced agar as solidifying agent

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Fanny Heese

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Used salvarsan against syphilis

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Paul Ehrlich

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The deepest layer of the cell which contains proteins and enzymes that are vital to cellular metabolism

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Cell membrane

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Gives shape and rigidity to the bacterial cell and serves as protection that prevents bursting from high osmotic pressure

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Cell wall

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Unique element of the bacterial cell wall not found in eukaryotes

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Diaminopimelic acid

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Since Gram positive organisms has no endotoxin, which component serves as its counterpart?

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Teichoic acids

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Organism that has a unique porin channel, which causes its intrinsic resistance to antibiotics

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P. aeruginosa

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An organized material that is firmly attached to the cell wall of some bacteria that prevents dessication

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Capsule

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Identify the component of the organism's capsule: S. pneumoniae
Polysaccharide
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Identify the component of the organism's capsule: K. pneumoniae
Polysaccharide
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Identify the component of the organism's capsule: N. meningitidis
Polysaccharide
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Identify the component of the organism's capsule: B. anthracis
Polypeptide-D glutamic acid
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Identify the component of the organism's capsule: P. multocida
Hyaluronic acid
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Identify the component of the organism's capsule: H. influenzae
Polyribosyl Ribitol Phosphate
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Identify the component of the organism's capsule: P. aeruginosa isolated from CF patients
Alginate
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Organism that has polysaccharide-containing glycocalyx
S. mutans
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This test detects the presence of capsule, which swells as a positive results and uses methylene blue as its stain
Neufeld-Quellung Test
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Component of the bacteria that helps in attachment and gene transfer
Pili/ Fimbriae
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Identify the inclusion bodies of the organism: C. diphtheriae
Metachromatic granules/ Babes Ernst granules/ Volutin
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Identify the inclusion bodies of the organism: C. trachomatis
Halberstaedter Prowazek
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Identify the inclusion bodies of the organism: M. tuberculosis
Much granules
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Identify the inclusion bodies of the organism: Y. pestis
Bipolar bodies
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Identify the inclusion bodies of the organism: P. multocida
Bipolar bodies
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Identify the inclusion bodies of the organism: C. psitacci
Levinthal Cole Lillie Bodies
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Identify the inclusion bodies of the organism: Neisseria
Starch
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Identify the inclusion bodies of the organism: Clostridium
Starch
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Identify the inclusion bodies of the organism: Enterics
Glycogen
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Endospores are highly resistant structures composed of ___
Calcium dipicollinate
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Stain used to visualize Halberstaedter Prowazek bodies
Lugol's Iodine
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Stain used to visualize bipolar bodies
Wayson's
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Stain used to visualize spores
Fulton schaeffer
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T/F: Motility is best demonstrated at body temperature
F (at 25C)
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Which organism is motile at 25C but nonmotile at 37C?
Y. enterocolitica
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Exotoxin is heat labile at 60C, except ___
Staphylococcal enterotoxins
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Use CO2 as carbon source
Autotrophs
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Require complex substances as source of carbon
Heterotrophs
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Non-halophilic Vibrio species
V. mimicus V. cholerae
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Which organism prefers human blood?
Gardnerella
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Which organism prefers horse blood?
Haemophilus
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Which organisms require amino acids, specifically cysteine?
Legionella Francisella
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Which organism requires VitB6/ Pyridoxal?
Abiotrophia
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Which organism grows on 20% bile?
Bacteroides
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Swab component that is toxic to Neisseria
Cotton
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Most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia in children and adults
S. pneumoniae
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Causes pneumonia among CF patients
B. cepacia
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According to NTP guidelines, sputum samples are collected how frequently for TB screening?
2 samples in 3 days
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Preferred, most common method of digestion and decontamination of sputum samples
NALC-NaOH
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For sputum specimens contaminated with Pseudomonas, what is used for decontamination?
5% Oxalic Acid
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Recommended screening test for MTB
Gene Expert
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Principle of Gene Expert
NAAT
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In the Mantoux Tuberculin Intradermal Skin Test, a positive results is induration of what size?
10 mm after 2 days
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Most common agent of grastroenteritis
C. jejuni
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Cause of watery diarrhea
Vibrio
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Causes pseudomembranous colitis
C. difficile
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Mycobacterium that infects AIDS patient and can be found in the stool
M. avium complex
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Preservative used for colony count in urine sample
Boric acid
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Common cause of UTI in hospitalized patients
E. faecalis
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Size of sputum smears
2x3 cm
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Number of OIF to be read before reporting sputum as Negative for acid fast organisms
300
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