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Microbiology 18-27
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
05/09/2009

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Term
pyogenic
Definition
stimulates pus
Term
Gram positive cocci
Definition
Staphylococcus
Streptococcus
Enterococcus
Micrococcus
Term
Gram negative cocci
Definition
Neisseria
Term
Rods (bacilli)Gram positive
Definition
Bacillus
Clostridium
Lactobacillus
Listeria
Corynebacterium
Propionibacterium
Mycobacterium
Term
Gram negative bacilli
Definition
Pseudomonas
Escherichia
Enterobacter
Salmonella
Shigella
Klebsiella
Term
Staphylococcus
Definition
irregular clusters, no endospores, no flagella
habitat: skin and mucous membranes
Term
Staphylococcus aureus
Definition
nosocomial infections, ubiquidous, hearty and resistant, many virulence factors:
coagulase, hyaluronidase, staphylokinase, nuclease, lipase, penicillinase, alpha toxin
boils and focal infections
Term
Streptococcus
Definition
chains, no endospores, not motile, FACULTATIVE ANAEROBES, FASTIDIOUS, sensitive, normal residents
Term
Streptococcus pyogenes
Definition
habitat: throat, nasopharynx, skin
STRICT PARASITE
virulence factors: surface carbohydrates (protect from digestion), fimbrae, M protein (resist phagocytosis+adherence), capsule (w/ same hyaluronic acid as humans), streptokinase, streptolysin, alpha hemolysis, erthrogenic toxin, super antigens, local infections, can go to long term complications (rhumatic fever or glomerulonephritis)
Term
coagulase
Definition
enzyme causes blood plasma to coagulate
Term
hyaluronidase
Definition
digests host connective tissue molecule (hyaluronic acid)
Term
staphylokinase
Definition
digests blood clots
Term
nuclease
Definition
digest DNA
Term
α (alpha) hemolysis
Definition
incomplete (hemoglobin turns media greenish)
Term
β (beta) hemolysis
Definition
complete (clear zone in blood agar medium)
BY: alpha toxin
Term
Streptococcal pharyngitis
Definition
strep throat
Term
Scarlet fever
Definition
systemic spread of erythrogenic toxin from strep throat infection (streptococcus pyogenes- pus forming)
Term
Rheumatic fever
Definition
targets heart and joints
Term
Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus, diplococcus)
Definition
fastidious, LARGE CAPSULE, causes pneumonia, otitis media (middle ear infections), meningitis
Term
Neisseria
Definition
diplococcus, no flagella, capsules, STRICT PARASITES, AEROBIC, FASTIDIOUS, endotoxins, pili (attatchment), PID
Term
Bacillus
Definition
aerobic, metabolically versitile
anthracis: facultative parasite,spores, cutaneous or pulmonary anthrax
cereus: food poisoning (spores grow produce endospores)
Term
clostridium
Definition
anaerobic
perfringens: gas gangrene (exoenzymes rupture tissue) food poisoning undercooked meats(enterotoxin)
difficile: superinfection after normal flora disrupted (enterotoxin)
tetani: tetanospasmin (toxin inhibits relax)---toxoid vaccination---
botulinum: botulin (toxin inhibits contract)
Term
listeria monoctyogenes
Definition
coccobacilli, gram +, grow in fridge, listeriousis (food poisoning) crosses placenta
Term
Corynebacterium diptheriae
Definition
gram +, pleomorphic club, upper reperatory infection, diptheria toxin (cell metabolism), pseudomembrane to systemic toxemia to myocarditis, vaccine (DTaP or DPT)
Term
mycobacterium
Definition
survive inside phagocytes, cords
Term
mycobacterium tuberculosis
Definition
lung infection via tubercles (central core of bacteria surrounded lymphocytes), TB test by PPD injection
Term
Mycobacterium leprae
Definition
not readily contagious, destroy nerves
tuberculoid:superficial; few bacilli in lesions
lepromatous: thick granulomas, lots bactilli in lesions
Term
Mycobacterium avium
Definition
common secondary infection in AIDS
Term
gram negative bacilli
Definition
(1) Aerobes
▪ Pseudomonas
▪ Bordetella
▪ Legionella

(2) Facultative Anaerobes
▪ Coliforms
▪ Noncoliforms
▪ Normal flora
▪ Pathogenic
▪ Non-enteric pathogens
(3) Obligate Anaerobes
▪ Bacteroides
Term
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Definition
gram - bacilli, single polar flagellum, free-living, versatile, adaptable, esp. water sources or moist areas (e.g. your humidifier), produce pigments (green, brown, red) in growth medium
opportunist, nosocomial (WASH HANDS)
virulence: exotocin, slime layer, endotoxin, hemolysins, Drug resistance
Term
Bordetella pertussis
Definition
Whooping cough, coccobacillus, capsule, bind to reperatory epithial cells, toxins destroy cilia, vaccine toxoid(DTaP or DPT),
Term
Enterobacteriaceae
Definition
Facultative anaerobic gram negative rods, bowels of mammals, nosocomial infections: gastroenteritis, diarrhea, ID via IMViC, enterotubes, Durham tubes (coliforms), serotyping
Term
Enterotoxigenic
Definition
(watery diarrhea)▪ secretory diarrhea (secrete salts, water follows)
▪ microbes do not invade host tissues (do damage from outside)
e.g. cholera (Vibrio cholerae)
some E. coli
some Shigella
Term
Enteroinvasive
Definition
(bloody diarrhea)
▪ ulceration; blood in stool
e.g.. Salmonella
some Shigella
some E. coli
Entamoeba histolytica
Term
coliforms
Definition
lactose-fermenting, enterics
E. coli (diarrhia, both kinds across strains)
Klebsiella pneumonia (normal resp. =nosocomial pnemonia)
Enterobacter aerogenes (UTI)
Citrobacter
Serracatia marcescens (red)
Serratia pneumonia
Term
True Pathogenic Enterics
Definition
Lac. negative, noncoliforms
Salmonella typhi (typhoid fever-invasive infection of SMALL INTESTINE leading to septicemia)
Salmonella enteritidis(food poisoning, animal sourcies-chicken)
Shigella (dysentery-invasion+ulceration of mucosa of LARGE INTESTINE)
Term
True Pathogenic NON-Enterics
Definition
Yersinia pestis (bubonic plague)
Haemophilus influenzae (acute bacterial meningitis-needs blood)
Haemophilus aegyptius (pinkeye/acute communicable conjunctivitis)
Term
Spirochetes
Definition
Treponema pallidum and syphilis
Borrelia burgdorferi and Lyme disease
Term
curviform bacteria
Definition
Vibrio cholerae (Cholera Toxin-water diarrhea) and cholera
Campylobacter vibrios and gastrointestinal disease
Campylobacter jejuni s shape (diarrhea)
Helicobacter pylori (stomach/intestinal ulcers)
Term
Obligate intracellular parasites
Definition
rickettsias and "Rocky Mountain spotted fever"
chlamydias and STD
Term
Cell-wall deficient bacteria
Definition
mycoplasma pneumoniae "walking pneumonia"
mycoplasma fermentens intercellular pathogen, immunosupressive, found in AIDS
Term
Treponema pallidum pallidum
Definition
syphilis, SLOW celldivision,▪ Waves of treponemia and latency :
▪ Primary: chancre
▪ Secondary: skin rash
▪ Tertiary: gummas (swollen tumors); aortic rupture
Term
Rickettsiaceae
Definition
▪ transovarian transmission
(1) Typhus epidemics (prowazekii) endemic (typhi)
(2) Spotted fever (rickettsii)
Term
Chlamydiaceae
Definition
trachomatis (STD)
▪ Life cycle – includes two stages (Fig. 21.23)
▪ elementary body (semi-resistant, infectious form)
▪ reticulate body (growing, "vegetative" form grows intracellularly)
▪ survives in phagosome
Term
Mouth
Definition
▪ Spirochetes (Treponema)
▪ Lactobacilli
▪ Streptococci
▪ Actinomyces
▪ Neisseria
▪ Bacteroides
Term
Pellicle
Definition
mucous coating around tooth that promotes plaque
Term
Poxviruses
Definition
▪ huge (for viruses)
▪ large DNA genome
▪ cytoplasmic replication (even though DNA genome)
▪ complex structure (includes envelope)
▪ relevant diseases characterized by eruptive skin pustules (pocks or pox) which leave small depressed scars or pockmarks
variola (smallpox) vaccinia (cowpox) mulluscipoxvirus (STD waxy pustules to freeze/burn off)
Term
Enveloped DNA virus
Definition
poxviruses
Herpesviruses
Hepatitis B virus
Term
Herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2
Definition
1) fever blisters, cold sores: latency in nerves and reactivation
2) genital lesions: latency in nerves, clusters on genitalia, STORCH (cigarette burn)
Whitlow
Term
Varicella-zoster virus
Definition
(1) Varicella a.k.a. Chickenpox
(2) Herpes Zoster a.k.a. Shingles
Term
Human cytomegaloviruses (CMV)
Definition
Enveloped DNA
▪ infection forms giant cells with nuclear and cytoplasmic inclusions
▪ latency: in white blood cells
ubiquitous, prob for developing fetus, AIDS
Term
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)
Definition
Infectious mononucleosis (sore throat) “kissing disease”, “mono”
Burkitt’s lymphoma
▪ B-cell malignancy or tumor
Term
Hepatitis B virus (HBV)
Definition
▪ unique partially double-stranded and single-stranded DNA circular genome
liver, remains in dried blood for days, some chronic
vaccine routine for children and med people
Term
Nonenveloped DNA viruses
Definition
adenoviruses (common cold)
papilloma and polyoma virus
parvoviruses
Term
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Definition
DNA virus, nonenveloped
(1) Common warts & Plantar warts
(2) Genital warts (most common types are HPV 6, 11, 16, 18, 31) warts to cervical cancer
Term
Polyoma viruses
Definition
DNA, tumors (many types): JC virus (progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; PML)
attacks and demyelinizes parts of the cerebrum or BK virus (kidney infections; viremia in renal transplant patients)
Term
Parvoviruses
Definition
single-stranded DNA
B19 causes erythema infectiosum
▪ low-grade fever, bright red rash on cheeks (“slapped face”; see Fig. 24.25)

Adeno-associated virus (A-AV)
▪ replication-defective type of parvovirus that requires helper adenovirus
Term
Enveloped, ssRNA, Negative-sense,
Definition
Segmented:
Orthomyxoviruses
NOn-segmented:
Paramyxoviruses
Rhabdoviruses
Filoviruses
Term
Enveloped, ssRNA, Positive-sense, Nonsegmented
Definition
Togaviruses
Flaviviruses
Coronaviruses
Term
Enveloped, ssRNA, Positive-sense, Nonsegmented, with REVERSE transcriptase
Definition
Retroviruses
AIDS
HTLV I – T-cell leukemia; (ATL)
HTLV II – hairy cell leukemia; B cells
Term
NONenveloped, ssRNA, Nonsegmented
Definition
Picornaviruses
Caliciviruses
Term
NONenveloped, dsRNA, Segmented
Definition
Reoviruses
Unusual: double layered capsid (tough stuff!)
1. Rotavirus (infant diarrhea; named for spoke-like capsid pattern)
2. Reovirus (not considered a significant infectious problem [pathogen] for humans)
Term
syncytium
Definition
multinucleate giant cell
Term
Paramyxovirus
Definition
Enveloped,- sense, ssRNA, nonsegmented
Parainfluenza – causes cold symptoms, bronchitis, croup;
Mumps -Inflammation of salivary glands, esp. parotids; later spreads to other organs (MMR vaccine)
Term
Morbillivirus
Definition
Enveloped,- sense, ssRNA, nonsegmented
Measles virus (rubeola, 7-day measles)
Koplik's spots (diagnostic!)
MMR vaccine
Term
Pneumovirus
Definition
ssRNA, enveloped, negative sense, nonsegmented
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
adults=cold children=severe
Term
Togaviruses
Definition
Enveloped, ssRNA, + sense, nonsegmented
1. Rubella virus (German measles)
▪ MMR vaccine; STORCH
2. WEE, EEE (equine encephalitis viruses)
3. St. Louis encephalitis virus [arbovirus]
Term
Flaviviruses
Definition
Hepatitis C virus (HCV)(chronic)
Dengue fever virus [arbovirus]
Yellow fever virus [arbovirus]
West Nile virus!!! [arbovirus
Term
Coronaviruses
Definition
ssRNA, enveloped, + sense, nonsegmented
Members cause: common cold, enteric disease; myocarditis, pneumonia, SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)
Term
Retroviridae
Definition
Enveloped, ssRNA, +sense, non segmented
REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE
HIV
AIDS
HTLV I – T-cell leukemia; (ATL)
HTLV II – hairy cell leukemia; B cells
Term
Enteroviruses (Enteric picornaviruses)
Definition
1. Polio virus vaccines (IPV-inactivated or OPV-oral, attenuated)
2. Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infectious SHORT TERM
Term
Non-enteric picornavirus
Definition
Human rhinoviruses = Common cold
Term
Caliciviruses
Definition
Norwalk agent, acute gastroenteritis

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