Virus
Two basic shapes of viruses
What are helical and icosahedral?
Makes up the cell wall of bacteria
what is peptidoglycan
2 monophyletic groups of marine protists: one causes red tides, bioluminescent tides, and forms a endosymbiotic relationship with Coral. The other is photosynthetic, has a calcium carbonate test, and its remains constitute the bulk of limestone cliffs (which used to be the sea floor)
Dinoflagellates and Foraminiferans
Material that makes up the cell wall of a fungus
What is Chitin?
the dominant generation in Bryophytes
Gametophyte
outermost structure of an enveloped virus
what is a phospholipid envelope?
have a thick wall of peptidoglycan, stain purple in a gram stain, and are easier to treat with antibiotics
What are gram-positive bacteria?
The organ that Plasmodium travels to first after it has been transferred to a human by an Anopheles mosquito.
What is the liver?
Highly carcinogenic toxin produced by Aspergillus.
Aflatoxin B1
3 components of a vascular bundle
Structural fibers, Xylem, & Phloem
Quiscent viral replication seen in DNA viruses and retroviruses where the viral genome is irreversibly incorporated into the host genome.
What is the lysogenic cycle?
Horizontal gene transfer via a bacteriophage
Reproductive mechanism utilized by Plasmodium wherein multiple fissions take place. With Malaria, this causes RBCs to burst and release the multiple protists inside which causes the symptoms of fevers and chills.
What is Schizogany?
Fungus that is causing a mass extinction of amphibians
What is Chytrid fungus?
another name for the microgametophyte generation
pollen
a naked/noneveloped virus enters the cell via ______________ and exits the cell via ___________________
endocytosis; bursting
1. The microorganism must be present in every case of the disease and absent from healthy individuals.
2. The putative causative agent must be isolated and grown in pure culture.
3. The same disease must result when the cultured microorganism is used to infect a healthy host.
4. The same microorganism must be isolated again from the diseased host.
What are Koch's Postulates
The names of two apicomplexan parasitic protists
What are Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium
Fungal class known for arbuscular mycorrhizae
What is Glomeromycota?
The names of the haploid reproductive plant cells. Including those that exhibit heterospory.
What are egg, sperm, spores, megaspores, and micropores
Baltimore Classification for +ssRNA viruses which include Sars CoV, Yellow Fever, Rhinoviruses, West Nile, Equine Encephalitis, and Hepatitis A,C, & E.
What is Class IV?
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria (gram stain and shape) featured in Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria
What are gram-negative rods/bacilli?
The names of three protists and the diseases they cause-- vectored by the kissing bug, the tse tse fly, and the sand fly.
Trypanasoma cruzii (Chagas disease)
Trypanasoma (African sleeping sickness)
Leishmania (Leishmaniasis)
Unicellular fungus involved in the fermentation of beer, bread, and wine
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
4 poisonous plants:
1) relaxes muscles. used to hunt, in surgeries, and to treat tetanus
2) traditionally used to treat diabetes. Contains Vinblastine (used to treat hodgkins lymphoma) and Vincristine (used to treat Leukemia)
3) Has a medicinal lipid-soluble portion and a poisonous water-soluble portion.
4) Deadly Nightshade. Contains a compound that dilates the eyes.
What are Curare, Rosy Periwinkle, Castor Bean, and Bella Donna?