Microbial Deck

During the course of the semester, you will develop your own “Deck of Microbes”.

While there will be differences between individual student cards, there are some fundamental information that should be on everyone’s cards.

You should NOT put this off until the end of the semester!  It will be an ongoing project that should not consume vast amounts of time at any one time.  The complete deck is due Week 15.  You are encouraged to submit it earlier!

When students approach card preparation in the right frame of mind, the design and production of the cards becomes a significant component of the learning process.  Once the cards are prepared, they provide an important means to prepare for the Course Final Exam.  After this course ends, these cards will also be useful in other courses and professional endeavor.

You will be tested on these organisms in the course Final Exam.

Maximum total point value for the entire deck = 100

Front of card

ORGANISM NAME [SCIENTIFIC NAME – must be expressed appropriately]

Drawing (USE COLOR IF APPROPRIATE)

[USE CARD COLOR TO CODE FOR ORGANISM TYPE]

1. RED and PURPLE FOR GRAM-NEG AND GRAM-POS BACTERIA; GREEN FOR FUNGI; BLUE FOR PROTOZOA;  WHITE  FOR  HELMINTHS; YELLOW FOR  VIRUSES.  The goal is to use some sort of system that works for you!

Back of card

Include the following information that is relevant and distinguishing!

SUGGESTIONS:

Nickname – if there is one

Common infection type

Rout of transmission

Prevention strategies

Treatment

Other SIGNIFICANT information

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You are welcome to use your textbook as your resource, but if you would like additional information, there are many excellent websites.  To access resources, click on the following links:

BACTERIA: Todar’s Online Textbook of Bacteriology; scroll down to see a list of human bacterial pathogens.

Microbe World

Centers for Disease Control

Grading Criteria:

• All organisms included
• Front of card contains scientific name of organism, properly expressed and a drawing of the organism
• Distinguishing information
• Logical organization / Thoughtful arrangement of information
• Submitted by due date

Organisms:

BACTERIA

1. Staphylococcus aureus (skin infections)
2. Streptococcus pyogenes (throat and skin infections)
3. Salmonella spp.
4. EHEC Escherichia coli
5. Vibrio cholera
6. Clostridium tetani
7. Clostridium perfringens
8. Clostridium difficile
9. Bacillus anthracis
10. Borrelia burgdorferi
11. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
12. Bordatella pertussis
13. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
14. Treponema pallidum
15. Mycoplasma pneumoniae (walking pneumonia)

FUNGI

16. Pneumocystis carinii
17. Candida albicans (thrush, vaginitis, systemic)
18. Tinea sp.(ringworm)

PROTOZOA

19. Giardia lamblia
20. Trichomonas vaginalis
21. Cryptosporidium spp.
22. Plasmodium spp.
23. Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis
24. Toxoplasma gondii

HELMENTHS

25. Taenia solium and Taenia saginata (use 1 card)
26. Entrobius vermicularis
27. Necator americanus
28. Dirofilaria immitis

VIRUSES

29. Flavivirus West Nile
30. Rabies virus
31. HSV (cold sores and genital herpes)
32. Varicella zoster virus (chickenpox and shingles)
33. Human immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
34. Rhinovirus (common cold)
35. Human Papillomavirus (warts)
36. Epstein-Barr virus (mono)
37. Poliovirus
38. Ebola