Things that make you sick!
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Transcript Things that make you sick!
Things that make you sick!
Viruses, Bacteria, and Fungi!
Oh, my!
Vocabulary
Pathogen--infectious agent (germ); a
microbe such as a virus, bacterium,
prion, or fungus that causes disease in
its animal or plant host
Mutagen--is a physical or chemical
agent that changes the genetic material
Vocabulary
Carcinogen--any substance that is an
agent directly involved in causing
cancer
Resistance--is a type of drug resistance
where a microorganism is able to
survive exposure to an antibiotic caused
by genetic mutation in bacteria
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Transmission--how diseases spread
from person or object to another
Carrier--is a person or other organism
that has contracted an infectious
disease, but who displays no symptoms
Vector--is any agent (person, animal or
microorganism) that carries and
transmits an infectious agent
Methods of Transmission
Contact with an infected person
– Touching, hugging, kissing
Contact with a contaminated object
– Cups, door knobs, lockers
Contact with an infected animal
– Ticks, dogs, mosquitoes
Contact with environmental sources
– Food, water, soil
Pathogens
Parasite--An organism that lives in or on
a host and causes it harm
– Worms, mites, ticks
Pathogens
Bacteria are only considered pathogenic if
they form a parasitic relationship with a host
organism
Cells are contained within a cell membrane
but lack membrane bound organelles
Genetic material is present as single, circular
chromosome
Treated with antibiotics
Common Bacterial Shapes
Cocci--Sphere
shaped
Bacilli--Rod shaped
Spirillum--Spiral
shaped
Pathogens
Virus--a small infectious agent that can
replicate only inside the living cells of
organisms
Viral infections in animals provoke an immune
response that usually eliminates the infecting
virus
Vaccines are used to stimulate the immune
system to recognize invading viruses
Common Viral Structures
Genetic material--DNA or RNA, usually
RNA
Protein coat--Protects the virus
Membrane envelope--Surrounds the
virus
Membrane proteins--Attaches to host
cells and is host specific
Common Viral Structures
Viral Replication
Viruses reproduce by attacking and
taking over a cell’s normal cell division
Pathogens
Fungi are eukaryotes that have cell
walls, are heterotrophs that feed by
absorbing their food, and use spores to
reproduce
– Includes yeast, molds, and mushrooms
Fungi Usages
Drugs--produces antibiotics
Food--yeast in bread, cheese culture
Bioremediation--breaks down materials
Pathogenic--skin infections (ringworm,
athlete’s foot)
Common Fungi
Pathogen
Protists are organisms that cannot be
classified as animals, plants, or fungi
Animal-like protists are called protozoan
– Amoeba
– Paramecium
Parasitic protozoan feed on cells and
body fluids
Protists