Unit 2 Study Guide
Bio 2420 Intro to Microbiology
R. Rohde
After completing Chapter 5, you should know:
1.
Explain the following terms:
a. Mycelium
g. trophozoite
b. Hyphae
h. cyst
c. Yeast
i.
vector (arthropods)
d. Spores
e. Dimorphic
f. Mold
2.
Explain the basis for the
classification of the terrestrial fungi; name the medically important groups and identify
examples of each.
3.
Distinguish between the
opportunistic mycoses.
4.
Identify the 4 major groups of
protozoa and explain the basis for their classification. Name some diseases caused by
members of each group.
5. Discuss the control and treatment of eukaryotic microbes.
After completing Chapter
6, you should know:
1.
Diagram and explain the major structural
components of a virus.
2.
Define the following terms:
a. bacteriophage f. virion
b. cytopathic effect
g. viroid
c. latency
h. prion
d. lysogeny
i.
oncogenic
e. naked virus
3.
Describe the classification of animal
viruses.
4.
Explain the lytic cycle through which viruses
replicate.
5.
Describe diagnosis, control, and treatment of
viral diseases.
1.
Define the following terms:
a. sterilization
d. preservation
b. disinfection
c. antisepsis
2.
Distinguish between the use and meaning of
-cide and -stasis.
3.
Describe the action of moist heat on
microorganisms. Explain pasteurization,
boiling, and autoclaving.
4.
Explain the methods used to sterilize with
dry heat.
5.
Explain the two types of radiant energy used
in microbial control, how they control, and examples and
uses of
each.
6.
Describe the process of filtration, tell how
it can be used in sterilization, and state the conditions under
which it
would be the process of choice.
7.
Describe the action of cold, drying and
osmotic strength on microbes.
8.
Compare the following agents
(disinfectants/antiseptics) on relative effectiveness of killing or inhibition
of
microbes, means of application, susceptible organisms, and methods of killing.
a.
phenolics
d. aldehydes
b.
halogens
e. surfactants
c.
alcohols
f.
heavy metals
After completing Chapter
12, you will be able to:
1.
Define the following terms:
a. antibiotics
f.
synergism
b. synthetic drugs g. antifungal
c. selective toxicity h. antimycobacterial
d. narrow vs. broad spectrum i. antiparasitic
e. competitive inhibitor j. antiviral
2.
What determines if a microbe is drug
resistant? What is the difference between
natural and acquired resistance?
3.
List examples of antibiotics that have the
following modes of action:
a. cell wall synthensis inhibition
d. nucleic
acid synthesis inhibition
b. cell membrane disruption
e. folic
acid synthesis inhibition
c. protein synthesis inhibition
4.
Why is drug resistance a major and urgent
problem in our society?
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