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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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acid-fast bacteria that is pathogenic?
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prions
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Infectious proteins that cause several brain diseases: scrapie in sheep, mad cow disease in cattle, and Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease in humans
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cilia
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what is not a virulence factor in bacteria?
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bacillus anthracis
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G+ spore forming rod that has an amino acid capsule?
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transglycosylation
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procss of forming a glycosidic bond between polysaccharide units ?
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Gram -
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what type of bactria contains B-lactam?
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periplasmic space
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where is beta-lactam stored and stashed in G-?
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E.coli
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what is the number one caus of UTI's
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Lipoteichoic acid ; Braun Lipoporteins
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__________ is to gram positive as _______ is to gram negative
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Transpeptidation
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formation of peptide cross-links between muramic acid residues in peptidoglycan synthesis
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Staphylococcus aureus
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a form of staphylococci that commonly infects wounds and causes serious problems such as toxic shock syndrome or produces food poisoning and lacks a periplasmic space
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waxes
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cell walls that contain which of the following provide the best protection from drying?
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Cephalosporins
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-Structurally and functionally similar to penicillins
-Broad-spectrum antibiotics that can be used by most patients that are allergic to penicillin
-Broad-spectrum antibiotics that can be used by most patients that are allergic to penicillin
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Penicillin
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antibiotic (bacterial drug)
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endospores
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which stain makes use of malachite dye?
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Treponema pallidum
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causes syphilis
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Mycobaterium
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acid fast mycolic acid
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monoderm
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gram positive bacteria is also known as?
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diderm
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gram negative but no LPS/LOS is also known as?
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Streptococcus pneumoniae
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50% of the CAP that require hospitalization are due to?
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Capsular polysaccharide
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immunogen in the vaccine that is against streptococcus pnumoniae
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Streptococcus
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leading cause of flesh eating bacterial infections
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candida albicans
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facilitated by the formation of hypahe
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porin proteins
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facilitate the passage of small hydrophillic molecules to and from the periplasmic space