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Microbiology Exam 2 Study Guide: Genetics, Classification, Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes, Viruses, and Disease Principles

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Introduction to Microbial Genetics

Introduction to Mutations

Horizontal Gene Transfer

Bacterial Transformation

Transduction

Introduction to Conjugation

Introduction to Taxonomy

Scientific Naming of Organisms

Members of the Bacterial World

Introduction to Archaea

Introduction to Eukarya

Introduction to Viruses

Introduction to Bacteriophage Infections

Animal Viruses: 1. Attachment to the Host Cell

Animal Viruses: 2. Entry & Uncoating in the Host Cell

Animal Viruses: 3. Synthesis & Replication

Animal Viruses: DNA Virus Synthesis & Replication

Animal Viruses: RNA Virus Synthesis & Replication

Animal Viruses: Antigenic Drift vs. Antigenic Shift

Animal Viruses: Reverse-Transcribing Virus Synthesis & Replication

Animal Viruses: 4. Assembly Inside Host Cell

Animal Viruses: 5. Release from Host Cell

Acute vs. Persistent Viral Infections

Viroids

Prions

Characteristics of Infectious Disease

Stages of Infectious Disease Progression

Koch's Postulates

Introduction to Epidemiology

Introduction to Chain of Infection

Reservoirs of Infection

Disease Transmission

Horizontal Disease Transmission

Colonization of Susceptible Host

Factors Influencing Epidemiology

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Healthcare-Associated Infections

Epidemiological Studies