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Definition
| Causes lyme disease! Exception to chromosome and plasmid structure. Possesses linear DNA and plasmids; can also have circular plasmids |
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Plasma encoded Virulence factors of:
Clostridium tetani
Straphlococcus aureus
E. Coli |
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Definition
Tetanus neurotoxin
Exfoliative toxin (scalded skin syndrome)
Enterotoxin (diarrhea) |
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Term
| Acinetobacter calcoaceticus |
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Definition
| Naturally competent bacteria for transformation |
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Term
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Definition
| This is to seperate getting virulence from a plasmid vs. a prophage that gives virulence (lysogenic conversion of a bacterial cell to a pathogenic lysogen) |
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Term
Lysogenic converseion toxins in:
Vibrio Cholerae
E. coli
Clostridium Botulinum
Streptococcus pyogenes |
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Definition
cholera
shiga-like toxin
pyrogenic toxin |
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Definition
| Used in the hospital experiment to study circulation |
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Term
Neisseria gonorrhoeae -
Type?
how it antigen switches |
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Definition
Gram negative diplococcus
20 genes shuffles around for pilin by having promotors at different places |
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Term
borrelia recurrentis
Type?
Disease?
Mechanism for antigenic switching? |
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Definition
Spirochete
"relapsing fever"
keeps shuffling genes via cassette mechanism |
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Term
Plasmodium falciparum
Type?
Disease?
Mechanism? |
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Definition
Protozoan
Malaria
variable surface glycoproteins (PfEMP) on RBC, keeps hiding from immune system |
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Term
Trypanosoma brucei
type?
Disease?
Mechanism? |
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Definition
Protozoan
African sleeping sickness (b/c transmitted by a fly)
Variable surface glycoproteins and recurring infections |
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