Ch. 11 – Parasites – Flashcards

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+ sense RNA
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it can act like mRNA (mR. Positive)
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- sense RNA
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must form DNA, then t DNA, then mRNA
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Steps for copying RNA
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for - sense: DNA, t DNA,mRNA then follow steps for + sense

+ sense mRNA, tRNA, tRNA has Amino Acids, AA's form Proteins, w/ enzymes
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If RNA has an envelope it is NOT
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negative
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RNA envelope when it enters a cell
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is lost
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Prophage
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viral DNA inserted into host DNA
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Heterotroph
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needs to eat
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Autotroph
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can make its own food
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Prokaryote
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bacteria cells
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Eukaryote
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non bacteria cells
complex cells
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Pathogen
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Parasite that causes disease
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3 types of parasite
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helminth (worm), arthropod (insect), protozoa
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Ectoparasite
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lives ON the body
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Endoparasite
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lives IN the body
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Obligate parasite
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must live off another
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Facultative parasite
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can live w/ or w/o another
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Permanent Parasite
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stays w/ host for life
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Temporary parasites
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dine and dash
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Accidental parasites
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didn't mean to eat you, prefers a different host
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Hyperparasitism
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irony, revenge
A parasite on a parasite
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Vector
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carries and transfers a disease/parasite
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Mechanical Vector
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host is not part of its life cycle
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Biological Vector
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parasite completes part of its life cycle in the host
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Definitive Host
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Harbors a parasite while it reproduces
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Intermediate Host
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Harbors a parasite during any stage other than reproduction
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Reservoir Host
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carries parasite only for transmission, no part of its life cycle
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Encycstment
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parasite forms a spore-like outer covering

easier to destroy than endospores
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Antigen (2 meanings)
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cell surface marker

anything foreign (if disease causing= pathogen)
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Phagocytes
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parasites that go into brain cells
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4 parasite defenses
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encycstment
changing antigens
producing chemicals that distract antibodies
going into the brain (through eyes/nose) /invading host cells
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Are protists obligate or facultative?
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obligate
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Protists need a mechanical or biological vector?
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biological
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Protists are Eukaryotic or prokaryotic?
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eukaryotic
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Saprophyte
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live off dead organic material

(are still heterotrophs)
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Fungi are multi or uni cellular?
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They can be either (most are multi)
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Can fungi produce endo-spores?
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no, only Bacillus and Clostridium can
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gram + means
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large peptidoglycan layer in the cell wall can pick up crystal violet
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gram - means
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no peptidoglycan layer in the cell wall

picks up safranin
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Hyphae
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branch off fungus
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Thallus
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body of fungus
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All the hyphae together form:
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mycelium
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Septa
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walla which separate hyphae
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Chitin
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fills fungus cell walls
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Each section of Hyphae between septa has:
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spores
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If a hyphae of a fungus is infected it will:
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close the pores in the septa and let that section die off
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Fungi reproduce:
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sexually and asexually
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Asexual reproduction in fungi involves:
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budding
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Sexual spores in fungus are produced by:
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the fusion of two gametes
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Dimorphisim
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the ability of an organism to alter its structure when it changes habitats

(changing between multi-cellular and uni-cellular)
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Fungi are classified according to:
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the sexual stage in their life cycles

Location of growth
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Lysosome
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organelle in infectious fungi

release enzymes which eat through the walls of other cells
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Mycoses
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Fungal infections
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Superficial mycoses
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skin, nail, hair
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Subcutaneous mycoses
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skin and below

can spread to lymph
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Systemic Mycoses
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deep, in organs
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Opportunistic
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only causes disease in an already compromised host

or if it lacks competition
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Aflotoxin
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fungal toxin found on moldy nuts/grains
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2 types of helminths
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flatworms

roundworms
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Taenia
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intestine
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