Bacteria — Flashcards

Flashcard 91: Compare the antigenicity of exotoxins and endotoxins.

Answer: exo - high antigen response endo - low antigen response

Flashcard 92: Whate are the modes of action of bacterial exotoxins?

Answer: too many to list, wide variation

Flashcard 93: Whate are the clinical effects of bacterial exotoxins?

Answer: too many to list, wide variation

Flashcard 94: Compare the toxicity of exotoxins and endotoxins.

Answer: exo - higher toxicity endo - lower toxicity

Flashcard 95: Where do the genes for bacterial endotoxins reside?

Answer: bacterial chromosome

Flashcard 96: How can Treponema be visualized microscopically?

Answer: dark field microscopy with flourescent antibody stain

Flashcard 97: spore

Answer: resistance to dehydration, heat, chemicals

Extra: keratin, dipicolinic acid, peptidoglycan

Flashcard 98: flagellum

Answer: motility

Extra: protein

Flashcard 99: pilus/fimbria

Answer: mediate adherence to host cells, formation of sex pilus

Extra: glycoprotein

Flashcard 100: capsule

Answer: protects against phagocytosis

Extra: polysaccharide