Taylor/Hibbs Lectures

Introductions

100

This Italian researcher disproved spontaneous generation for animals

Francesco Redi

200

The severity of a microbe's infection

Virulence

300

Any living vehicle of infection

Vector

400

This German researcher developed a series of rules to prove a microbes causes disease

Robert Koch

500

These microbes can cause disease, but only if the immune system compromised

Opportunistic pathogens

Bacterial Basics

100

These bacteria must live within host cells

Rickettsias and chlamydias

200

Bacteria reside within this kingdom

Monera

300

This form of HGT involves the direct exchange of plasmids between cells

Conjugation

400

These bacteria have two membranes containing LPS

Gram negative

500

These bacteria are unaffected by penicillins due to their cell wall structure

Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma

Lack cell wall

Bacteria Structures

100

Mycobacteria are characterized by this cell wall characteristic

Mycolic acid (acid fast)

200

Bacteria that form this structure are capable of going dormant in harsh environments

Endospores

300

This respiratory mechanism uses nitrogen or sulfur as a final electron acceptor

anaerobic respiration 

400

These large genetic regions are intrinsically unstable and possess many virulence factors

Pathogenicity islands

500

Bacteria use this communication technique to determine how many neighbors are in an area

Quorum sensing

Viruses and More

100

This viral component is present in some but not all viruses

Envelope

200

Flu A is capable of this process where the envelope accpets spikes from other viruses in the same host

Antigenic shift

300

This fungal infection can undergo Y->M shift and is most common in the Ohio/Mississippi river valleys

Histoplasmosis

400

This stage of a protozoan life cycle is considered the mature feeding stage

Trophozoite

500

These intestinal worms are equipped with suckers and hooks to attach to host walls

Cestoda (tapeworms)

Other

100

This hepatitis virus has dsDNA and can cause chronic infections

Hepatitis B virus

200

This organization defines emerging disease with consideration for risk categories

NIAID (NIH)

300

The connections between environmental and human health is central to what concept

One health

400

This is the greatest risk factor for HAIs

Duration of hospital stay

500

This G+ coccus can infect any site and should never be dismissed as contamination

Staphylococcus aureus