Mmb - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Developed smallpox immunization using cowpox agent - Answer-Edward Jenner Sought a "magic bullet" to destroy pathogens & not host - Answer-Paul Ehrlich Discovered penicillin - Answer-Alexander Fleming Pioneered aseptic surgery, Prevented surgical infections by using mists of phenol - Answer-Joseph Lister Father of Epidemiology (Cholera in London) - Answer-John Snow Pioneered asepsis by discovering that hand washing prevented streptococcal infections in obstetric patients - Answer-Ignaz Sem...

Virulence: mycolic acid in cell wall causes slow growth, protection from lysis once bacteria are phagocytized, capacity for intracellular growth, resistance to Gram-staining, detergents, many antimicrobial drugs, and dessication - Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Unique properties: grows very slowly, can live within macrophages, tuberculin skin test--positive when red swelling appears, BCG vaccine is used in countries w/ lots of TB cases, effective on 80% of children and 20-50% of adults, cord fact...

Virulence: mycolic acid in cell wall causes slow growth, protection from lysis once bacteria are phagocytized, capacity for intracellular growth, resistance to Gram-staining, detergents, many antimicrobial drugs, and dessication - Answer-Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Unique properties: grows very slowly, can live within macrophages, tuberculin skin test--positive when red swelling appears, BCG vaccine is used in countries w/ lots of TB cases, effective on 80% of children and 20-50% of adults, ...

An acid-fast pathogen; over one-third of the world's population is infected; caseous necrosis is a hallmark of disease; MDR, XDR, BCG, and DOTS apply to this organism. Mycobacterium tuberculosis The most common cause of non-nosocomial urinary tract infections, usually in women; also the cause of the life-threatening disease known as hemolytic uremic syndrome. Escherichia coli Brainpower Read More Causes a life-threatening disease in individuals experiencing crowded and stressful livin...

MMB CFRE Domain 2 Securing the Gift Exam

Objective of oil immersion lens Correct Answer-100X Resolving power becomes _____ as magnification of the objective lens _______ Correct Answer-Greater, increases The light microscope can distinguish two points that are at least _____ um apart Correct Answer-0.2 What is used to sterilize heat sensitive liquids? Correct Answer-Filtration The streak plate technique uses spatial dilution (Increases the space b/t organisms) to create Correct Answer-pure colonies The component of MacCo...

Developed Small Pox immunization A. Leeuwenhoeck B. Pasteur c. Snow D. Jenner E. Redi F. Flemming G. Ehrlich H. Lister I. Kock J. Semmelweiss Correct Answer-D Sought Magic Bullet A. Leeuwenhoeck B. Pasteur c. Snow D. Jenner E. Redi F. Flemming G. Ehrlich H. Lister I. Kock

Aristotle Correct Answer-Life can arise from nonliving matter, if that matter contained pneuma (vital heat). Van Helmont Correct Answer-Mice could arise from rags and wheat kernels left in an open container for 3 weeks. Other than that observation he was a remarkable scientist and the founder of pneumatic chemistry. Francesco Redi Correct Answer-One of the first experiments to refute spontaneous generation. Flies do not spontaneously generate from raw meat. John Needham Correct Answer...

Developed smallpox immunization using cowpox agent Correct Answer-Edward Jenner Sought a "magic bullet" to destroy pathogens & not host Correct Answer-Paul Ehrlich Discovered penicillin Correct Answer-Alexander Fleming Pioneered aseptic surgery, Prevented surgical infections by using mists of phenol Correct Answer-Joseph Lister Father of Epidemiology (Cholera in London) Correct Answer-John Snow Pioneered asepsis by discovering that hand washing prevented streptococcal infection...

Carolus Linnaeus Correct Answer-system for naming plants and animals and grouping similar organisms together Carl Woese Correct Answer-o 3 Domains: Eukaryotes, Bacteria, Archaea o started sequencing rRNA, saw that 16S RNA has to be highly conserved, found that there are 3 domains of life o the phylogenetic tree is based on Woese's rRNA analysis Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Correct Answer-o made and looked through microscopes o Father of Microscopy Aristotle Correct Answer-spontaneous gene...