Transcript Microbiology

Microbiology
“scientific study of microorganisms
and their effect on other living
organisms”
Naming Microorganisms
• staphyl = “clustered together”
• coccus = “shaped like a sphere or ball”
• aureus = “a golden-yellow color”
• Staphylococcus aureus
Classification
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Kingdom
Division or Phylum
Class
Order
Family
*Genus
*Species
Staphylococcus aureus
• genus = Staphylococcus
• species = aureus
• italics : not English
• genus: abbreviated e.g. S. aureus
Categories of Cells
• Eukaryotic (“True Nucleus”)
– nuclei and cytoskeleton
– DNA within the nucleus
• Prokaryotic (“Before Nucleus”)
– no nuclei and no cytoskeleton
– DNA float “freely”
– Bacteria and cyanobacteria
Divisions
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Bacteriology
Rickettsiology
Virology
Protozoology
Mycology
Bacteriology
• “science that studies bacteria”
Bacteria
• “a prokaryotic one-celled microorganism of
the Kingdom Monera, existing as free living
organisms or as parasites, multiplying by
binary fission and having a large range of
biochemical properties”
• pathogenic
Mycoplasmas
• “bacteria of the Mycoplasma genus that are
found in humans and have no cell wall; the
smallest free-living organisms presently
known being intermediate in size between
viruses and bacteria”
• double-stranded DNA
Chlamydia
• “a large group of nonmotile, gram negative
intracellular parasites”
• replicate in cytoplasm of host cells
• use host’s ATP (Adenosine triphosphate) for
energy
Rickettsiology
• “area of science that studies Rickettsia”
Rickettsia
• “a genus of gram-negative, pathogenic,
intracellular parasitic bacteria”
• rod-shaped, sphere-shaped, change shape
• reproduce within host cell
• “arthropod vectors”
• tetracycline
• sulfonamides encourage growth
Virology
• “the study of viruses and viral diseases”
• Virus: “one of a group of minute infectious
agents, with certain exceptions (e.g. pox
viruses) not resolved in the light microscope,
and characterized by a lack of independent
metabolism and by the ability to replicate only
within living host cells”
• rod-shaped, spherical, polyhedral, tad-pole
Virion
• individual particle that consists of nucleic acid
(the nucleoid), DNA or RNA (not both), and a
protein shell (capsid)
• viruses do not have ATP
Groups of Viruses
• bacterial, animal, and plant
• classified according to:
– origin: reoviruses (respiratory and enteric)
– mode of transmission: arboviruses
– manifestations: polioviruses, poxviruses
– geographic location: coxsackievirus
Prion
• “small proteinaceous infectious agents
(particles) which almost certainly do not have
a nucleic acid genome and thereby resist
inactivation by procedures that modify nucleic
acids”
• do not contain DNA or RNA
• spongiform encephalopathies
• eg: scrapie, mad cow, Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Protozoology
• “science that deals with the study of
protozoa”
Protozoa
• “one celled organisms of the Kingdom
Protista- most are unicellular although some
are colonists”
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“first animals”
most abundant
“normal flora”
Classified: shape and method of motility
Flagellates
• smallest
Amoebae
• “ooze about”
Sporozoans
• no locomotory extensions
• bending, creeping, and gliding
• parasitic
• “apical complex”: penetration
Ciliates
• largest protozoa
• “hair-like” projections
• eat other protozoa and bacteria
Mycology
• “the branch of science concerned with the
study of fungi”
Fungus (Funig)
• “a group of diverse and widespread unicellular
and multicellular organisms, lacking
chlorophyll, usually bearing spores and often
filamentous”
• categories: yeasts, molds, dimorphic
• saprophytes
Human Fungal Diseases
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categorized by the level of tissue penetration
1) superficial mycoses
2) cutaneous mycoses
3) subcutaneous mycoses
4) systemic mycoses
Opportunistic Fungal Diseases
• suppressed immune systems
• secondary infection due to treatment for
original disorder
• can be fatal and difficult to manage