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Most bacteria are not pathenogenic; indeed that are - ANS Beneficial
Acid fast stain if red - ANS acid fast
Acid fast stain if green - ANS NOT acid fast
Spore stain if red - ANS endospore
Spore stain if green - ANS veg (vegetables are green)
Plasmids allow "swapping' of genes and this can result in - ANS antibiotic resistance
groups of various bacteria come to live as a colony; difficult to treat. - ANS biofilms
Waterpipes, contact lens cases, catheters, VAP ventilators - ANS where biofilms form
/Streptococcus pneumonia/
/Haemphilus influenza/
/Klebsiella pneumonia/
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, have what feature that make them more virulent? - ANS Capsule
Pseudomonas aerugenosa, is a deadly, ubiquitus bacteria lives in soil. It has a thinner, less
tightly bound glycocalyx called a - ANS slime layer
isotonic solution - ANS same number solutes in and out. don't move.
hypotonic - ANS Fluid moves into cell. can withstand 300x difference (bec of cell wall)
hypertonic solution - ANS dessication occurs, cell membrane can pull away from cell wall
Staph. aureas is normal epidermal flora, but can cause food poisoning. How? - ANS makes
enterotoxins
Exotoxins - ANS made by bacteria, eg. Botulism
Endotoxins - ANS part of cell wall
Cidal - ANS outside temperature range; denatures proteins
Enzymes=>proteins=>amino acids. How can we denature and thus control bacteria -
ANS disrupt environment chemicals, temperature, pH
Prokaryotes lack - ANS true nucleus
Nature of microorganisms - ANS reproduce rapidly
can be grown quickly in larg populations in lab
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