Study Guide for Bibliography - Microbiology | BIOL 2230, Papers of Microbiology

Download Study Guide for Bibliography - Microbiology | BIOL 2230 and more Papers Microbiology in PDF only on Docsity! BIOL 2230 REEDER PATHOGEN REPORT General Information: Typed on unlined paper including a table of contents and bibliography with each page initialed. Each report is an individual effort by each student (no teamwork!). Information required for each organism: A. Bacterial Organisms: 1) Scientific Name: Staphylococcus epidermidis Mycobacterium leprae 2) Description (morphology, Gram reaction or Acid fastness, motility, culture characteristics and optimum temperature for growth) * coccus occurring singly or in pairs * Gram positive * nonmotile * colonies are circular, smooth and opaque; blood agar colonies show beta hemolysis; broth cultures are turbid, becoming clear and characterized by a yellowish ring and sediment * 37oC * facultatively anaerobic 3) Portal of Entry and Incubation Period * inhalation or ingestion of.... * in 7 to 10 days * insect bites (vectors such as.....) * sexual intercourse 4) Pathogenicity and Symptoms: * normal flora of the ....; opportunist * invasive or noninvasive * typhoid fever: systemic infection originating in the gastrointestinal tract involving intestinal inflammation; enters the blood and travels.... * common infections are.... * severe infections include....characterized by.... * acute or chronic features * toxins involved * carrier state (if applicable) 5) Treatment * Penicillin treatment of infections * Vaccine of heat-killed phase 1 organisms 6) Other comments * Endemic to the Mississippi Valley * hemolysis type (streptococcus) * coagulase type (staphylococcus) * historical background * wild animal populations serve as the reservoir for..... B. Fungal Organisms 1) Scientific Name(s) * Histoplasma capsulatum 2) Description (morphology, culture characteristics, and optimum growing temperature) * yeast or diphasic type 3) Mycoses Category: * superficial, cutaneous, subcutaneous, systemic, or opportunistic 4) Portal of Entry: 5) Pathogenicity and Symptoms: * Blastomycosis seen as.... 6) Treatment: 7) Other comments: * geographical distribution * high incidence with AIDS patients C. Viral Organisms 1) Virus Name and/or Group: * Rubella (German measles); a togavirus (arbovirus); 2) Nucleic Acid Type: * DNA or RNA 3) Portal of Entry: * arthropod vector involved such as the mosquito * sexual intercourse * inhalation of....... 4) Pathogenicity and Symptoms: 5) Treatment: 6) Other comments: * HIV: highest incidence in homosexual males followed by .... * HIV: susceptibility to opportunists such as Candida albicans, .... D. Protozoans: 1) Scientific Name: * Giardia lamblia 2) Taxonomy & Descriptive Classification: * hemoflagellate, * amoebas, * ciliate, * sporozoan, * locomotion by ... * Phylum Apicomplexa (haemosporina) 3) Morphology of Life Cycle Stages (detailed): * Trophozoite is a pear shaped flagellate.... * cyst is.... 4) Infective Stage For Humans and Portal of Entry: * Ingested cyst ... via contaminated ... * Vectors, if involved, are ... tsetse fly, etc...