WGU Microbiology C453 Objective Assessment Study Guide March 2019

WGU Microbiology C453 Objective Assessment Study Guide March 2019

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Alteration of a metabolic pathway

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Alteration of a metabolic pathway

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bypasses a reaction inhibited by antimicrobial agent that occurs in other sulfonamide resistant bacteria. These organisms have acquired the ability to use ready made folic acid from their environment, no longer need to make it from PABA

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Double stranded RNA viruses

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during infection dsRNA is transcribed to mRNA, produces protein necessary to ensure replication and encapsidation Example: reoviridae

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Hyphae

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loosely organized mass of threadlike structures located in the body of the fungus, can form long extended filaments, can regrow from fragments that have broken off allowing some fungi to survive and spread.

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Single stranded DNA viruses

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example: parroviridae

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Ascomycota

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Produces sac-like structure that releases spores during sexual reproduction. Have a central pore. Examples: sac-fungi, yeast

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Basidomycota

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Have hyphae aggregated to form mycelia & have club shaped sexual structures called basida Reproduce sexually Examples: mushrooms, cryptococcus, toadstools, ruts, smuts

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Alcohols

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Mode of action: denature proteins when mixed with water, dissolves membranes Uses: disinfects skin and aerosols

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Hemlinths

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worm-like organisms, living in/feeding on hosts, receiving nourishment and protection while disrupting host's absorption causing weakness and disease Examples: flukes, tapeworms, roundworms

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Diseases caused by protozoa

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amoebic dysentary, malaria, sleeping sickness, toxoplasmosis

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Function of Pili & how are they used to promote infection?

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cause cells to clump, enhance colonization on surfaces of cells and other organisms. Attaches 2 cells, furnish a pathway for transfer of DNA

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How do enveloped viruses gain their envelope?

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acquired after they are assembled in a host cell as they bud, or move through, one of several membranes

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Zygomycota

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produces spores though conjugation, sexually or asexually. can be carried by air currents Example: bread molds, rhizopus

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Function of endospores

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helps organism survive, survives adverse environmental conditions for long-periods of time

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Positive sense single-stranded RNA viruses

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RNA genomes ready for immediate translation during infections by host's ribosomes examples: piconavindae, togaviridae, flavivirdae, retroviridae

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Negative sense single stranded RNA viruses

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other RNA genomes that have to be converted into proper form to be made into proteins Examples: paramyxovirdae, rhabdoviridae, orthomxyoviridae, filoviridae, buonyaviridae

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Dimorphic

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the ability of an organism to alter it-s structure when it changes habitats. Examples: histoplasma, bread molds, athlete's foot, sac fungi, club fungi, fungi imperfecti

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Fungi

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eukaryotic, decomposers, non-motile, gain nutrition through absorption

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Double stranded DNA viruses

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example: adenoviridae, herpesviridae, poxviridae, papoviridae, hepdaviviridae

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ALkylating Agents

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Mode of action: disrupt structure of proteins & nucleic acid. Used to disinfect/sterilize inanimate objects that would be harmed by high temperatures Example: Formaldehyde

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Basic characteristics of a virus

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tiny, non-living, requires host, invades and replicates inside living cell containing DNA or RNA

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Protozoa

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-one celled organisms -have a nucleus -live in H2O or as parasites

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