Novel anti-biofilm therapies — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Which pigment produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa functions to generate ROS that kill competing microbes?

Answer: Pyocyanin

Flashcard 2: _____ is a coagulase-negative Staph that has the ability to synthesize extracellular polysaccharide matrix (biofilm).

Answer: Staph epidermidis

Flashcard 3: Streptococcus pneumoniae virulence factors are an anti-_____ and IgA protease

Answer: phagocytic polysaccharide capsule

Flashcard 4: Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces _____, which generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) to kill competing microbes

Answer: pyocyanin

Flashcard 5: A bacteria's _____ wall can be a target for the immune system and antibiotics

Answer: cell

Flashcard 6: Staphylococcus epidermidis forms a protective _____ that allows it to colonize prosthetic devices

Answer: biofilm

Flashcard 7: What proteins cross-link peptidoglycan on bacterial cell walls?_____

Answer: Penicillin binding protein transpeptidases (PBPs)

Flashcard 8: glycocalyx

Answer: mediates adherence to surfaces

Extra: polysaccharide