Bacteria surface associated and secreted virulence factors

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Only ________ bacteria have virulence factors

pathogenic

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Surface associated bacteria virulence factors aid bacteria in avoiding what?

innate and adaptive defenses

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What antiphagocytic factors to bacteria have

  • capsules

  • M protein of strep

  • Protein A staph


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________ is induced by stress

capsule synthesis

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What adherence and colonization factors do bacteria have

  • M protein

  • mycoplasmatacae

  • pili


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Mycoplasma species adhere animal cell surface by the specialized attachment organelle on the cell wall what is it called?

mycoplasmatacae

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In order to be successful in infecting organisms bacteria have adapted in order to bypass and colonize these respective tissues what are they?

  • skin

  • mucous membrane

  • meniges


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The mucous membranes are preferentially infected with what type of bacteria?

facultative intracellular bacteria

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Another way bacteria avoid host detection is through _______________ what are the 2 types of bacteria that partake in this method

  • intracellular parasitism

  • facultative intracellular bacteria

  • obligate intracellular bacteria


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How do obligate intracellular bacteria avoid immune reactions within their site of propagation:

  • cytosol

  • phagosome

  • phagolysosome


  • membrane lysis

  • inhibition of acidification and lysosomal fusion

  • resistance to lysosomal digestion


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What obligate intracellular bacteria propagate in the cytosol

Rickettsia

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What facultative intracellular bacteria propagate in the cytosol

listeria monocytogenes

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What obligate intracellular bacteria propagate in the phagosome

  • Ehrilichia

  • Anaplasma

  • Neorickettsia

  • Chlamydia


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what facultative intracellular bacteria propagate in the phagosome

  • brucella

  • salmonella

  • mycobacterium


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What obligate intracellular bacteria propagate propagate in the phagolysosome

Coxiella

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what facultative intracellular bacteria propagate propagate in the phagolysosome

Yersinia pestis

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How do pathogenic bacteria avoid animal immune defense/clearance?

  • intracellular parasitism

  • genotypic variation

  • phenotypic variation


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Genotypic variation implies __________ of already present antigens

recombination

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What bacteria participate in genotypic variation in order to avoid host immune system

  • borrelia

  • bovis


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Moraxella bovis participates in genotypic variation through its _________

pilin variation

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phenotypic variation implies the ability to choose when to ___________ a specific surface antigen (turn on and off)

express

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As soon as ________ cross the _______ they interact with __________ to release proinflammatory cytokines

  • endotoxins

  • epithelial barrier

  • macrophages


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In small quantities ____ can be immunostimulatory and beneficial

endotoxins

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what other systems can LPS activate

  • complement system

  • mast cells

  • hageman factor


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Exotoxins have to cellular sites of action what are they?

  • outside the cell

  • within the cell


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What are the two modes of action for exotoxins

  • kill cells

  • dysregulate cells


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What are the 5 types of exotoxins

  • hemolysin

  • leukotoxin

  • protein synthesis inhibitor

  • enterotoxin

  • neurotoxin


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Which of the 5 exotoxins act from outside the cell and kill cells

  • hemolysin

  • leukotoxin


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Which of the 5 exotoxins acts from inside the cell and kills cells

protein synthesis inhibitor

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Which of the 5 exotoxins acts from inside the cell and only dysregulates the cell

  • enterotoxin

  • neurotoxin


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exotoxins that act within the cell have an _______ structure in which the ____ part will deliver the toxin into the cell

  • AB

  • B


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Hemolysins ________ erythrocytes and _________ cells

  • lyse

  • phagocytic


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What bacteria hemolysins alpha, gamma, and delta toxin produce a complete zone of hemolysis on blood agar

S. aureus

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S.aureus hemolysins _______ toxin degrades the sphingomyelin of the erythrocyte membrane

beta

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_________ is a bacteria hemolysin that works best in oxygen poor environments and binds to _________

  • Streptolysin O

  • cholesterol


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Leukotoxins are similar to hemolysin but specifically only target _________

phagocytic cells

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what bacteria leukotoxin is active against neutrophils and macrophages

S. aureus

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_______ of Corynebacterium is a protein synthesis inhibitors through inhibition of ____________

  • diphtheria toxins

  • elongation factors


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_____ of pseudomonas is a protein synthesis inhibitors through a similar mode of inhibition as ________

  • exotoxin A

  • diphtheria toxin


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____________ of salmonella and shigella is a protein synthesis inhibitors through inactivation of ____________

  • cytotoxins

  • 60s ribosomal subunits


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Enterotoxins generally cause ________

watery diarrhea

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What enterotoxin causes diarrhea thorough activation of cAMP

cholerae

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What enterotoxin causes diarrhea thorough activation of cAMP but is sensitive to heat

heat labile E.coli(LT)

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What enterotoxin causes diarrhea thorough activation of cGMP and is heat resistant

heat stableE.coli(ST)

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Neurotoxins generally cause _________

paralysis

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Botulism neurotoxin causes ________ paralysis

flacid

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tetanus neurotoxin causes __________ paralysis

stiff

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Botulism causes flaccid paralysis through inhibition of __________ which is a ________ neurotransmitter

  • acetylcholine

  • stimulatory


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Tetanus causes stiff paralysis because it inhibits ________ which is a _______________ neurotransmitter

  • glycine

  • inhibitory


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Tetanus toxin tends to target the ________ while botulism targets the _________

  • CNS

  • LMN


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What is the only bacteria type that can produce an endotoxin

gram negative bacteria

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between exotoxin and endotoxin which are able to resist inactivation procedure

endotoxin

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between exotoxin and endotoxin which has a greater potency

extotoxin

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Endotoxins are __________ neutralized by antibodies while exotoxins are ________ neutralized

  • partially

  • completely


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How do the listed bacterial extracellular enzymes aid in the disease process

  • hyaluronidase

  • lipase

  • calmodulin


  • spreads bacteria through connective tissue

  • lyse animal cells

  • stops ciliary movements


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________ compete with other cells for iron essentially making them weaker

siderophores

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Superantigens are powerful antigens that non-specifically activate _______ which causes severe ___________

  • T cells

  • inflammation


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The type 3 secretion system evolved from _______ while the type 4 secretion system evolved from _______

  • flagella

  • sex pili


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Type III or Type IV secretion system  secretes bacterial molecules directly into animal cell ________ to manipulate animal cells to colonize effectively and/or cause damage on animal cells.

cytoplasm