Binary Fission
Bacterial Growth
Portals of Entry
Virulence Factors
Endotoxins
100
Filamentous temperature sensitive proteins that interact and are essential for cell division
What is divisome
100
The change in cell number or cell mass per unit time
What is growth rate
100
Flu and cold viruses are transmitted in this way
What is indirect contact (hand-to-hand; hand-to-eye)
100
This is used to measure the virulence of a pathogen
What is lethal dose (LD50)
100
A neurotoxin that stops the release of glycine and causes spastic paralysis
What is tetanus
200
Protein that forms a ring around the center of the cell and defines the cell-division plane
What is Fts Z
200
The time required for a doubling to occur
What is generation time
200
Sexually transmitted diseases are transmitted in this way
What is direct contact
200
Enzyme that breaks down hyaluronic acid and is known as the spreading factor
What is hyaluronidase
200
An A-B enterotoxin that results in massive water loss through the secretion of chloride and bicarbonate ions into the lumen of the intestines
What is cholera
300
These proteins are most abundant at the cell poles in order to prevent cell division at the poles
What is MinC & MinD
300
This phase occurs when a microbial population is inoculated into fresh medium, and growth does not take place immediately
What is lag
300
The rabies virus is transmitted in this way
What is animal bite or scratch
300
Enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin
What is coagulase
300
A neurotoxin that blocks the release of acetylcholine on the presynaptic terminal and results in flaccid paralysis
What is botulinum
400
Penicillin binds to this protein and blocks its activity
What is Fts I
400
During this phase, the number of cells doubles every generation time
What is exponential or log
400
Lyme disease and bubonic plague are transmitted in this way
What is vector
400
Enzyme that catalyzes plasminogen to plasmin
What is fibrinolysin
400
A cytotoxic, A-B toxin that causes edema and impairs macrophage functioning which results in apoptosis of the target cell
What is anthrax
500
This substance provides the energy for the inward growth of wall materials that separates the daughter cells from each other
What is GTP
500
This phase occurs when an organism growing exponentially on lactose is inoculated onto a fresh medium of glucose
What is exponential or log
500
Transmission that involves the puncturing of the skin or mucous membranes
What is parenteral
500
Staphylococcus aureus produces this and it causes the lysis of white blood cells
What is leukocidins
500
DAILY DOUBLE: The virus that inserts its DNA into the DNA of Corynebacterium diphtheriae so that the bacteria produces the diphtheria toxin
What is phage beta
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