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Who is often credited as the first person to observe microorganisms using a microscope?
Who is often credited as the first person to observe microorganisms using a microscope?
- Semmelweis
- van Leeuwenhoek (correct)
- Akshamsaddin
- Louis Pasteur
Which individual's work paved the way for later scientists to explore the microbial world?
Which individual's work paved the way for later scientists to explore the microbial world?
- Akshamsaddin
- Louis Pasteur
- van Leeuwenhoek (correct)
- Semmelweis
Who was a pioneer of antiseptic procedures and worked as an obstetrician in Vienna?
Who was a pioneer of antiseptic procedures and worked as an obstetrician in Vienna?
- Semmelweis (correct)
- Akshamsaddin
- van Leeuwenhoek
- Louis Pasteur
Who claimed that diseases, like plants and animals, have 'invisible seeds'?
Who claimed that diseases, like plants and animals, have 'invisible seeds'?
Who pioneered antiseptic surgery with the use of carbolic acid?
Who pioneered antiseptic surgery with the use of carbolic acid?
Who observed higher patient mortality in doctor-run clinics than midwife-run clinics?
Who observed higher patient mortality in doctor-run clinics than midwife-run clinics?
Who developed postulates to establish a causal relationship between microbes and disease?
Who developed postulates to establish a causal relationship between microbes and disease?
Who disproved spontaneous generation and developed techniques for vaccine production?
Who disproved spontaneous generation and developed techniques for vaccine production?
Which scientist demonstrated that microbes can cause disease by isolating a fungus that killed silkworms?
Which scientist demonstrated that microbes can cause disease by isolating a fungus that killed silkworms?
What is the resolution limit of light microscopy due to visible light's physical constraints?
What is the resolution limit of light microscopy due to visible light's physical constraints?
Which microscopy technique observes cell structure details by directing electrons through or scattering them within the specimen?
Which microscopy technique observes cell structure details by directing electrons through or scattering them within the specimen?
What distinguishes gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria through crystal violet, iodine, alcohol, and safranin?
What distinguishes gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria through crystal violet, iodine, alcohol, and safranin?
Which staining technique detects mycobacteria with high mycolic acid concentrations and uses carbol fuchsin and harsh washes?
Which staining technique detects mycobacteria with high mycolic acid concentrations and uses carbol fuchsin and harsh washes?
What type of staining involves using a single dye?
What type of staining involves using a single dye?
Which microscopy technique uses fluorophores to excite and detect light at different wavelengths, providing powerful cellular component visualization?
Which microscopy technique uses fluorophores to excite and detect light at different wavelengths, providing powerful cellular component visualization?
What is the basis for evidence of the two-domain system in microbiology?
What is the basis for evidence of the two-domain system in microbiology?
Which technique is used to improve contrast in microscopy?
Which technique is used to improve contrast in microscopy?
What is the calculation for total magnification in a light microscope?
What is the calculation for total magnification in a light microscope?
What is the purpose of using oil with the 100X lens in a light microscope?
What is the purpose of using oil with the 100X lens in a light microscope?
Which type of microscopy involves illuminating the sample with light that does not pass directly through the objective lens?
Which type of microscopy involves illuminating the sample with light that does not pass directly through the objective lens?
What distinguishes Bacteria from Archaea according to the text?
What distinguishes Bacteria from Archaea according to the text?
Which technique is used to detect unique proteins in microbes?
Which technique is used to detect unique proteins in microbes?
What are the two classified shapes of bacterial cells mentioned in the text?
What are the two classified shapes of bacterial cells mentioned in the text?
What is the most conserved component of LPS (lipopolysaccharide)?
What is the most conserved component of LPS (lipopolysaccharide)?
Which type of bacteria have an outer membrane with porins allowing passage of AAs and simple sugars?
Which type of bacteria have an outer membrane with porins allowing passage of AAs and simple sugars?
What is the basic structure of LPS (lipopolysaccharide)?
What is the basic structure of LPS (lipopolysaccharide)?
What are the groupings of prokaryotes after binary fission according to the text?
What are the groupings of prokaryotes after binary fission according to the text?
What are the different transport systems for molecules across the bacterial cell membrane mentioned in the text?
What are the different transport systems for molecules across the bacterial cell membrane mentioned in the text?
What is the structure of peptidoglycan mentioned in the text?
What is the structure of peptidoglycan mentioned in the text?
Who coined the term 'virus' to describe a filterable infectious agent?
Who coined the term 'virus' to describe a filterable infectious agent?
What is the physical structure of a virion?
What is the physical structure of a virion?
What is the smallest virus known?
What is the smallest virus known?
How was smallpox eradicated?
How was smallpox eradicated?
Which of the following is true about latent infections?
Which of the following is true about latent infections?
Where do DNA viruses often replicate?
Where do DNA viruses often replicate?
What is the function of a virion?
What is the function of a virion?
Which type of microscopy observes cell structure details by directing electrons through or scattering them within the specimen?
Which type of microscopy observes cell structure details by directing electrons through or scattering them within the specimen?
What distinguishes acute infections from persistent infections?
What distinguishes acute infections from persistent infections?
What is the role of cytopathic effect (CPE) in viral infection?
What is the role of cytopathic effect (CPE) in viral infection?
What is the classification criterion for enveloped viruses?
What is the classification criterion for enveloped viruses?
What can some viruses contribute to by integrating their genetic material into the host cell's DNA?
What can some viruses contribute to by integrating their genetic material into the host cell's DNA?
What distinguishes eukaryotic cells from prokaryotic cells?
What distinguishes eukaryotic cells from prokaryotic cells?
What method inhibits microbial growth and extends shelf life?
What method inhibits microbial growth and extends shelf life?
What is a strain in microbiology?
What is a strain in microbiology?
How are prokaryotes identified?
How are prokaryotes identified?
What aids in prokaryote identification?
What aids in prokaryote identification?
What methods are used to classify species and strains?
What methods are used to classify species and strains?
What is the purpose of chemical preservatives in microbial preservation?
What is the purpose of chemical preservatives in microbial preservation?
What is the key characteristic of biofilms?
What is the key characteristic of biofilms?
How can prokaryotes be classified?
How can prokaryotes be classified?
What aids in distinguishing different strains of microorganisms?
What aids in distinguishing different strains of microorganisms?
Which microorganism is responsible for causing a fatal brain infection and is found in warm freshwater?
Which microorganism is responsible for causing a fatal brain infection and is found in warm freshwater?
What type of bacteria can grow with or without oxygen?
What type of bacteria can grow with or without oxygen?
Which enzyme breaks down hydrogen peroxide?
Which enzyme breaks down hydrogen peroxide?
What is the intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni, a blood fluke causing schistosomiasis?
What is the intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni, a blood fluke causing schistosomiasis?
Which organism causes gastrointestinal illness through waterborne transmission?
Which organism causes gastrointestinal illness through waterborne transmission?
What type of bacteria have different temperature and pH preferences?
What type of bacteria have different temperature and pH preferences?
Which organism causes candidiasis and is multidrug-resistant?
Which organism causes candidiasis and is multidrug-resistant?
What causes ascariasis and is transmitted through contaminated food/water?
What causes ascariasis and is transmitted through contaminated food/water?
What is the enzyme that converts superoxide radicals into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen?
What is the enzyme that converts superoxide radicals into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen?
What organism causes toxoplasmosis and is transmitted by contaminated food or cat feces?
What organism causes toxoplasmosis and is transmitted by contaminated food or cat feces?
Which type of bacteria cannot survive in the presence of oxygen?
Which type of bacteria cannot survive in the presence of oxygen?
What is the difference between prevalence and incidence?
What is the difference between prevalence and incidence?
What is the case-fatality rate?
What is the case-fatality rate?
What distinguishes common/single-source epidemics from propagated epidemics?
What distinguishes common/single-source epidemics from propagated epidemics?
What defines a pandemic?
What defines a pandemic?
Which type of vaccine contains killed pathogens?
Which type of vaccine contains killed pathogens?
What does sterilizing immunity prevent?
What does sterilizing immunity prevent?
Which term describes the transfer of genetic material between bacterial cells?
Which term describes the transfer of genetic material between bacterial cells?
What do seropositive individuals have produced specific antibodies to?
What do seropositive individuals have produced specific antibodies to?
What do purified antigens (toxoids/subunit vaccines) necessitate the use of?
What do purified antigens (toxoids/subunit vaccines) necessitate the use of?
What does virulence indicate in a microorganism?
What does virulence indicate in a microorganism?
What is the function of genomic islands?
What is the function of genomic islands?
What is the function of prophages in bacteria?
What is the function of prophages in bacteria?
What allows herd immunity to occur?
What allows herd immunity to occur?
How did Vibrio cholera acquire genes allowing it to cause disease?
How did Vibrio cholera acquire genes allowing it to cause disease?
What distinguishes primary pathogens from opportunists?
What distinguishes primary pathogens from opportunists?
What is the function of pathogenicity islands?
What is the function of pathogenicity islands?
Which type of toxins affect the nervous system?
Which type of toxins affect the nervous system?
What is the function of B subunits in AB toxins?
What is the function of B subunits in AB toxins?
Which term refers to proteins that activate a large number of T cells?
Which term refers to proteins that activate a large number of T cells?
What causes 'Scalded Child Syndrome'?
What causes 'Scalded Child Syndrome'?
Which major project aimed to identify major organisms in the human microbiota?
Which major project aimed to identify major organisms in the human microbiota?
What are the five major bacterial phyla dominating the gut microbiota?
What are the five major bacterial phyla dominating the gut microbiota?
What is the main function of commensal microbiota?
What is the main function of commensal microbiota?
What is the role of germ-free mice in microbiota studies?
What is the role of germ-free mice in microbiota studies?
What is dysbiosis associated with?
What is dysbiosis associated with?
How does colonization resistance protect the host?
How does colonization resistance protect the host?
What is the purpose of fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) in gastrointestinal disease treatment?
What is the purpose of fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) in gastrointestinal disease treatment?
What is gene richness in a microbial community?
What is gene richness in a microbial community?
What is anabolism in microbial metabolism?
What is anabolism in microbial metabolism?
How does exposure to environmental microbes impact immune system development?
How does exposure to environmental microbes impact immune system development?
What is the main function of direct colonization resistance?
What is the main function of direct colonization resistance?
What did the study by Ridaura et al. demonstrate about gut microbiota?
What did the study by Ridaura et al. demonstrate about gut microbiota?
What are pathobionts in the context of gut microbiota?
What are pathobionts in the context of gut microbiota?
What is the term for the natural habitat where a pathogen lives?
What is the term for the natural habitat where a pathogen lives?
What type of transmission occurs person to person via air, physical contact, ingestion, or vector?
What type of transmission occurs person to person via air, physical contact, ingestion, or vector?
What do prospective, cross-sectional, and retrospective studies aim to do in epidemiology?
What do prospective, cross-sectional, and retrospective studies aim to do in epidemiology?
What type of epidemics stem from exposure to a single source?
What type of epidemics stem from exposure to a single source?
What is the term for diseases transmitted from animals to humans?
What is the term for diseases transmitted from animals to humans?
What are the first-line defenses against pathogens?
What are the first-line defenses against pathogens?
Which type of immunity is immediate and non-specific?
Which type of immunity is immediate and non-specific?
Which type of studies determine risk factors in epidemiology?
Which type of studies determine risk factors in epidemiology?
What influences disease epidemiology in terms of pathogen and host characteristics?
What influences disease epidemiology in terms of pathogen and host characteristics?
What is the term for the transfer of genetic material between bacterial cells?
What is the term for the transfer of genetic material between bacterial cells?
What role do natural, transmission, and terminal hosts play in pathogen life cycles?
What role do natural, transmission, and terminal hosts play in pathogen life cycles?
Which type of microscopy observes cell structure details by directing electrons through or scattering them within the specimen?
Which type of microscopy observes cell structure details by directing electrons through or scattering them within the specimen?
Study Notes
Bacterial Cell Structures and Transport Processes
- Technique using fluorescent compound tagging via antibodies to detect unique proteins in microbes
- Bacterial cell shapes classified as cocci (spherical) and bacilli (cylindrical), with examples like E. coli, listeria, and salmonella
- Groupings of prokaryotes after binary fission, including diplococcus, long chains, cubical packets, and grapelike clusters
- Different transport systems for molecules across the cell membrane, including facilitated diffusion, active transport, and protein secretion
- Gram-negative bacteria have an outer membrane with porins allowing passage of AAs and simple sugars, while gram-positive bacteria have a thick peptidoglycan cell wall
- Peptidoglycan structure consisting of NAG-NAM chains and wall peptides forming glycan chains and tetrapeptide chains
- Basic structure of LPS (lipopolysaccharide) including Lipid A, core polysaccharide, and O antigen, which can cause symptoms characteristic of bacterial infection and help bacteria evade the immune system
- Lipid A is the most conserved component of LPS and is recognized by the immune system
- O antigen helps identify bacterial species or strains and varies in number and type of sugar molecules
- Core polysaccharide is a unique pattern of sugars between Lipid A and O antigen
- Bacterial transport processes include diffusion, passive transport, active transport, and facilitated transport
- Prokaryotes use a variety of secretion systems for active movement of proteins out of the cell, such as extracellular enzymes and external structures
Microbial Pathogens, Microorganism Characteristics, and Control Methods
- Candida auris and albicans cause candidiasis, with C. auris being multidrug-resistant.
- Acanthamoeba keratitis is a protozoan causing eye infection, often linked to contact lens use.
- Cryptosporidium is a protozoan causing gastrointestinal illness through waterborne transmission.
- Toxoplasma gondii causes toxoplasmosis, transmitted by contaminated food or cat feces.
- Various tapeworm species are transmitted through ingesting undercooked meat.
- Ascaris is a roundworm causing ascariasis, transmitted through contaminated food/water.
- Naegleria fowleri is an amoeba causing fatal brain infection, found in warm freshwater.
- Schistosoma mansoni is a blood fluke causing schistosomiasis, with a freshwater snail as an intermediate host.
- Psychrophile, psychrotroph, mesophile, thermophile, hyperthermophile, neutrophile, acidophile, alkalophile, halophile, and halotolerant bacteria have different temperature and pH preferences.
- Facultative anaerobes can grow with or without oxygen, while obligate aerobes require oxygen and obligate anaerobes cannot survive in its presence.
- Catalase is an enzyme that breaks down hydrogen peroxide, and superoxide dismutase converts superoxide radicals into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen.
- Sterilization eliminates all microbial life, disinfection reduces pathogens on surfaces, pasteurization treats food and beverages, decontamination reduces microbial populations, sanitization lowers microbial levels to meet health standards, and preservation inhibits microbial growth.
Microbial Toxins and Human Microbiota
- Exotoxins are proteins released by living bacteria that can harm the host, while endotoxins are lipopolysaccharides present in the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria.
- Neurotoxins affect the nervous system (e.g., Botulinum toxin, Tetanus toxin), enterotoxins affect the intestines (e.g., Cholera toxin, Enterotoxigenic E. coli toxins), and cytotoxins damage or kill host cells (e.g., Diphtheria toxin, Shiga toxin).
- Effector molecules exert specific effects on cells, including toxins, while exotoxins are produced and released by bacteria into the environment, and endotoxins are part of the bacterial cell wall.
- AB toxins have B subunits responsible for binding to host cell receptors and A subunits responsible for toxic activity, and they enter host cells through receptor-mediated endocytosis.
- "Scalded Child Syndrome" is caused by exfoliative toxins produced by Staphyylococcus aureus, targeting a skin protein, leading to skin peeling.
- Superantigens are proteins that activate a large number of T cells, for example, toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 produced by S. aureus causing toxic shock syndrome.
- Chronic inflammation can lead to tissue damage due to the release of reactive oxygen species and proteolytic enzymes, and antibodies, in some cases, can contribute to damage.
- Bacteria avoid host defenses through capsule formation, antigenic variation, biofilm formation, and mimicry.
- Terminology related to pathogenesis includes ID50, incubation period, prodromal symptoms, convalescence, carriers, virulence, virulence factors, opportunistic infections, symptoms vs. signs, infection vs. colonization, primary pathogen, primary infections, and secondary infection.
- The Human Microbiome Project aimed to identify major organisms in the human microbiota, determine associations between microbiota changes and diseases, and develop tools for microbiota studies.
- The gut harbors a vast and diverse microbial community, with trillions of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and archaea.
- The five major bacterial phyla dominating the gut microbiota are Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, and Verrucomicrobia, and their relative abundance can shift in response to environmental cues.
Epidemiology and Immunity: Key Concepts
- Endemic diseases are constantly present in a population, while an outbreak is a higher than expected cluster of disease cases over a specific time.
- Reservoir is the natural habitat where a pathogen lives, and a vector is a living organism that can carry and transmit a pathogen.
- Contact tracing involves aggressively tracking down individuals exposed to a contagious disease to prevent further spread.
- Vertical transmission occurs from pregnant woman to fetus or mother to infant during childbirth, while horizontal transmission occurs person to person via air, physical contact, ingestion, or vector.
- Mechanisms of spread include fomites, droplet transmission, and droplet nuclei, and natural, transmission, and terminal hosts play different roles in pathogen life cycles.
- Prospective, cross-sectional, and retrospective studies predict, identify associations, and compare actions following an outbreak, respectively.
- Pathogen and host characteristics such as virulence, dose, immunity, and age influence disease epidemiology.
- Descriptive studies collect data, analytical studies determine risk factors, and experimental studies involve cause and effect studies.
- Common-source epidemics stem from exposure to a single source, while propagated epidemics indicate contagious disease spreading in the population.
- Many emerging human infectious diseases have a zoonotic origin, transmitted from animals to humans.
- Human, environmental, and microbial factors contribute to the emergence of diseases, and scenarios can be classified based on various factors.
- First-line defenses are physical and chemical barriers, innate immune responses are immediate and non-specific, and adaptive immune responses are specific and involve B and T lymphocytes.
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