complete Solutions (Graded A+)
Attachment - Answers Microbes use adhesions to attach to host surface/tissue
Listeria - Answers Bacterium that uses adhesions to enter the host
Attachment factors - Answers Pili, outtermembrane proteins, lipoteichoic acid, fibronectin binding
proteins
Fibronectin - Answers Protein on the host connected to integrins on the extracellular matrix
Fibronectin binding proteins - Answers Microbial proteins that bind to fibronectin
Entry - Answers Pathogens invade the host by inducing phagocytosis or transcytosis
Transcytosis - Answers Pathogens enter one side of a cell and exit from the other side
Streptococcus agalatiae - Answers Bacterium that crosses the Blood Brain Barrier to infect the spinal
fluid, nervous system, and brain
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae - Answers Bacterium that crosses the epithelial cell to proliferate and spread
Protein secretion systems - Answers Mechanisms used by bacteria to secrete proteins
Gram positive bacteria - Answers Sec-dependent protein secretions
Gram negative bacteria - Answers Type 1-4 secretion systems
Type 3 secretion system (T3SS) - Answers System that injects proteins directly into the cell
Salmonella - Answers Bacterium that uses T3SS to enter the cell and prevent phagosome/lysosome
fusion
Enteropathogenic E coli. (EPEC) - Answers Bacterium that uses T3SS to attach to the host cell
Tir - Answers Protein from EPEC that enters the host via T3SS and becomes a receptor
Intimin - Answers Protein from EPEC that binds to the Tir receptor
Iron sequestration - Answers Host binds iron using transferrin, ferritin, and lactoferrin
Siderophores - Answers Bacterial molecules that steal iron bound to transferrin
Lipocalin 2 - Answers Host protein that binds to siderophores and keeps iron away from bacteria
Bacterial transport proteins - Answers Proteins that take host iron binding protein to the surface of
bacteria