Agglutination Test In Microbiology – Flashcards
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| Common Symptoms |
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| Rash, fever, muscle aches, respiratory involvement & swollen lymph nodes |
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| Oncovirus |
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| Linked to certain cancers |
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| Capsid |
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| Outer virus shell; all have. Constructed of repeating structures know as capsomeres (small protein clusters). |
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| Helical virus |
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| Rod-shaped capsomeres arranged into hollow discs. (Ex: tobacco mosaic virus) |
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| Polyhedral virus |
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| Capsomeres are arranged in equilateral triangles that fit together to form a spherical structure. (EX: coranavirus) |
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| Complex virus |
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| Have a polyhedral head, helical tail, & attachment fibers. (EX: bateriophage) |
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| Viral Envelope |
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| On majority of viruses. Surrounds capsid. Aid in attachment of virus to host cell. |
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| Nucleic Acid |
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| In ALL viruses. Can be DNA or RNA. Mutates body/host cells. |
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| Bacteriophage Model |
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| Adsorption, penetration, replication, assembly, release. |
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| Animal virus model |
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| Adsorption, Penetration, uncoating, replication & assembly, Release |
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| Adenoviridae |
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| Common cold |
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| Poxviridae |
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| Smallpox & cowpox |
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| Prion |
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| Protein w/ no nucleic acid. Results in brain function degeneration. |
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| Scapie |
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| Sheep |
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| Kuru |
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| Human (canibals) |
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| Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
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| Humans |
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| Mad cow disease |
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| Cattle, 30 yr activation time |
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| Chronic wasting disease |
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| Deer, elk, moose |
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| Viroid |
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| Single-stranded, circular RNA molecule lacking a protein coat. Only infect plants |
