Virus, Bacterial Diseases, and Important People List

variola

small pox

Herpes Simplex 1

fever blisters

Herpes Simplex 2

genital herpes

Varicella zoster

chicken pox

Herpes Zoster

shingles

Epstein Barr Virus

mono

Hepatitis B

Serum hepatitis

Human Papilloma

warts

Influenza virus

flu

Marbillivirus

measles or rubeola

Rhabdovirus

rabies

coronavirus

common cold

rubivirus

rubella

HIV

aids

HTLV 1

adult T-cell leukemia

HTLV 2

hairy-cell leukemia

enterovirus

polio

hepatitis A

infectious hepatitis

rhinovirus

most common cause of common cold

rotavirus

severe infantile diarrhea

Strep throat

streptococcus pyogenes; may spread to other areas of the body and cause scarlet fever and rheumatic feverPnue

pneumonia

commonly a secondary bacterial infection

diphtheria

corynebacterium diphtheria; toxins produced by a phage in the bacterium produces most of the symptoms

pertussis

whooping cough - bordetella pertussis; large amounts of mucus is prodouced and causes the whooping sound when coughing

tuberculosis

mycobacterium tuberculosis

staph food poisoning

food handlers, dairy foods, bakery goods, meats, potato salad

salmonella

birds and domestic fowl - chicken

clostridium

improperly canned foods

e. coli

fecal-contaminated water or food

vibrio

seafood

tetanus

clostridium tetanii - lockjaw

rheumatic fever

strep pyogenes - antibodies mistakenly attack body tissues

toxic shock

staph aureus produces toxins which cause symptoms

plague

yersinia pestis; rodents to man

rickettsial diseases

rocky mountain spotted fever - tick bites

lyme disease

borrelia burgdorferi - ticks to deer and white-tailed mouse

urethritis

manipulations of the urinary tract or contamination with fecal

gonorrhea

neisseria gonorrhea

syphilis

treponema pallidum

leprosy

mycobacterium leprae

anthrax

bacillus anthracis

scarlet fever

beta hemolytic toxin producing strep that contains a temperate phage

pinkeye

haemophilus aegyptius

otitis media

middle ear infections

dental caries

strep species adhere to surface of tooth and cause dental plaque

anton van leeuwenhoek

father of microbiology; first microscope

tyndall

physicist, box with glycerin, heat stabile and heat liable

robert koch

linked microbe to the disease it caused

lister

used disinfectant and techniques in surgery

holmes

noticed problem in hospitals

semmelweis

solved problem, instituted handwashing

pasteur

pasterization

koch postulates

final evidence of microbe

isolate microbe

inoculate healthy subject

reisolate agent from subject

atomic number

number of protons

mass number

protons and neutrons

atomic weight

average mass number of all isotopic forms

isotopes

atoms with same number of protons but different number of neutrons

molecular formula

symbol of element H2, O2

structrual formula

shape, bonding, and arrangement H-H O=O

isomers

same molecular formula but different structural fomula

culture

growth of microbes on nutrient medium

culture media

prepared food material that microorganisms are grown

pure culture

one kind of bacteria

inoculation

transfer of microbes into media

colony

dissociated macroscopic aggregation of a single species

aseptic technique

measures to prevent contaminents

contaminant

any undesirable microbe that is associated with a culture or other material

incubation

time spent in incubator

incubator

cabinet used for the incubation of microbes in which the temperature is controlled

colonial morphology

form, elevation, margin

cellular morphology

cocci, bacillus, spiral

heterotroph

organic matter; get carbon from another organism

autotroph

carbon dioxide; use carbon to build their own food

phototroph

photosynthetic

chemotroph

oxidize chemical compounds

Photoautotroph

use sun and carbon dioxide to make organic compounds

chemoautotroph

bacteria; oxidize inorganic compounds and carbon dioxide to make organic compounds

chemoheterotroph

oxidize organic compounds to make ATP

symbiosis

close nutritional relationship

mutualism

both organisms benefit

commensalism

one benefits other is unharmed

parasitism

one benefits other is harmed

synergism

many things working together; not dependent on one another

antagonism

some are inhibited/destroyed by something else; normal body flora fighting for nutrients