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Microbial Pathogenicity, Epidemiology, Genetics, and Biotechnology: Study Guide

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Bacterial Pathogenesis

Introduction to Pathogenic Toxins

Exotoxins Cause Damage to the Host

Endotoxin Causes Damage to the Host

Exotoxins vs. Endotoxin Review

Introduction to Avoiding Host Defense Mechanisms

1) Hide Within Host Cells

2) Avoiding Phagocytosis

3) Surviving Inside Phagocytic Cells

Introduction to Epidemiology

Introduction to Chain of Infection

Reservoirs of Infection

Disease Transmission

Horizontal Disease Transmission

Colonization of Susceptible Host

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Healthcare-Associated Infections

Symbiotic Relationships

Introduction to Microbial Genetics

Introduction to Mutations

Methods of Inducing Mutations

Mutant Detection

The Ames Test

Introduction to DNA Repair

DNA Repair Mechanisms

Horizontal Gene Transfer

Bacterial Transformation

Transduction

Introduction to Conjugation

Conjugation: F Plasmids

Conjugation: Hfr & F' Cells

Genome Variability

CRISPR CAS