Bacteria — Flashcards

_____ is a major structural component of bacterial cell walls, consisting of the two sugars N-acetylglucosamine (NAG) and N-acetylmuramic acid (NAM)

Clostridium perfringens binds _____, resulting in watery diarrhea due to destruction of tight junctions

_____ is a facultative intracellular bacterium that can live in intestinal cells

Rickettsia are described as having a(n) _____

Hint: shape

Yersinia spp. secretes _____, which cause macrophage/neutrophil dysfunction by inhibiting phagocytosis and cytokine production

Which component of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is present in virulent strains? _____

What food source is associated with Staphylococcus aureus food poisoning? _____

IgA exists as a(n) _____ held by a J chain when secreted

Toxin B from Clostridioides difficile causes _____ (cytoskeleton disruption), thereby causing pseudomembranous colitis and diarrhea

Which toxin of Listeria monocytogenes lyses vacuolar membranes within host cells? _____