Microbe Mission B/C

[yang573]

1a. What are obligate intracellular parasites?
1b. Name two cellular examples.
1c. For the two examples, describe how they enter a host cell.

[The48thYoshi]

1a. What are obligate intracellular parasites?
1b. Name two cellular examples.
1c. For the two examples, describe how they enter a host cell.

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1a. Obligate intracellular parasites are microbes that can not reproduce outside of a host cell
1b. I believe rickettsia and chlymidia
1c. Rickettsia are arthropod borne and chlamydia is sexually transmitted?

What is the disease mechanism of Dutch Elm

[yang573]

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1a. Obligate intracellular parasites are microbes that can not reproduce outside of a host cell
1b. I believe rickettsia and chlymidia
1c. Rickettsia are arthropod borne and chlamydia is sexually transmitted?

For 1c, I was looking for how the bacteria enter a host cell. Specifically Rickettsia and Chlamydia induce phagocytosis but avoid destruction within the cell.

What is the disease mechanism of Dutch Elm

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The two pathogenic species of [i]Ophiostoma[/i] germinate in the xylem and steal nutrients from the host tree.

[The48thYoshi]

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1a. Obligate intracellular parasites are microbes that can not reproduce outside of a host cell
1b. I believe rickettsia and chlymidia
1c. Rickettsia are arthropod borne and chlamydia is sexually transmitted?

For 1c, I was looking for how the bacteria enter a host cell. Specifically Rickettsia and Chlamydia induce phagocytosis but avoid destruction within the cell.

What is the disease mechanism of Dutch Elm

Answer (Click to Show Hidden Text)

The two pathogenic species of [i]Ophiostoma[/i] germinate in the xylem and steal nutrients from the host tree.

For my question, I has looking for

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The fungus resides in the xylem and the tree kills itself when it blocks its own xylem tissue to prevent the fungus from spreading

Your turn

[allopathie]

I'll jump in: what are five specific (think molecular) adaptations of hyperthermophilic archaea?

[whythelongface]

I'll jump in: what are five specific (think molecular) adaptations of hyperthermophilic archaea?

I did have to Google some of this but oh well, the more you know, the more you know!

1. Heat-stable enzymes (eg. polymerases)
2. High levels of saturated FAs in membrane
3. Ether instead of ester linkages
4. Many HSPs
5. Tetraether monolayers

Okay, I had to search a lot of this up... archaea are hard...

[NeilMehta]

I'll jump in: what are five specific (think molecular) adaptations of hyperthermophilic archaea?

I did have to Google some of this but oh well, the more you know, the more you know!

1. Heat-stable enzymes (eg. polymerases)
2. High levels of saturated FAs in membrane
3. Ether instead of ester linkages
4. Many HSPs
5. Tetraether monolayers

Okay, I had to search a lot of this up... archaea are hard...

New question, I guess:
list all of the different types of RNA

[Alex-RCHS]

New question, I guess:
list all of the different types of RNA

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Ribosomal RNA (rRNA), Messenger RNA (mRNA), tranfer RNA (tRNA).

[whythelongface]

Small interfering RNA (siRNA) should also be included, but it's kind of moot.

[Alex-RCHS]

Small interfering RNA (siRNA) should also be included, but it's kind of moot.

Good point. There's really a lot of different RNA types though: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RNAs