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Eukaryotes of microbiology

Slime mould

Microbiology Mnemonics

Medically Important Bacteria: Clasification

Medically Important Bacteria: Clasification

Medically Important Fungi

Cysteine Growth Requirements

MICROBIOLOGY MNEMONIC

BoyFriend Lost Penis

B rucella

F rancisella

L egionella

P asteurella

or….

The four sisters “Ella” worship in the “cystein” chapel

Brucella

Francisella

Legionella

Pasteurella

Gram Negative Aerobic Rods Mnemonic

MICROBIOLOGY MNEMONIC 

BRUno, FRANCISco & COnstantine are BORing PSEUDO LEGIONnaires

Brucella sp 

Francisella tularensis 

Coxiella burnetti

Bortedella pertusis

Pseudomona aeuroginosa

Legionella pneumophila

To all my microbiology studiers out there. I found this video when I was studying for the virology block of my micro class, and this + sketchy micro was an absolute GODSEND. If you’re struggling with remembering the structures and families of the viruses or prefer flow charts over big tables, CHECK THIS DUDE OUT. I could listen to him talk viruses to me all day. 

Here’s a look at how I implemented it into my First Aid (pages 148, 150).

Hope someone finds this helpful!

This one’s about bugs

Guys, I love ID. I really hope I get to do an ID rotation on Medicine. If you remember, I once posted the mnemonic I swear by for viruses. Well here is the bacteria counterpart. Also your micro mantra should be: sketchy is life. Love Andrew like I do (this part’s not the mantra, I just love Andrew).

Let me know if you have any questions or need clarification. This is a perfect example of a “not aesthetically pleasing tumblr study post” because sometimes your handwriting sucks and you aint got that kinda time in my life for pretty arrows and banners and I just wanna finish this shit so I can leave the library when will Step 1 even be over why is this my liiiiiife

Another Harry Potter Mnemonic (yayyy!!!)

So, whenever I read about this fungi Sporothrix schenckii I think about Bellatrix Lestrange… geti it? 

Sporothrix - Bellatrix

That evil deatheater that killed Sirius Black. But they actually got it wrong in the movie, she doesn’t “Avada Kedavra” him, she just knocked him through that veil where you could hear death people….

Ok, enough with the Harry Potter fact.

To diagnose an infection from Sporothrix schenckii, you have to see this cigar shaped yeasts (from the pus of the lesions), which are the tissue form of the fungi. 

So to remember this, just picture:

“Bellatrix Lestrange smoking a cigar”

(Sporothrix: cigar shaped yeast in pus)

Biochem enzymes MNEMONIC

“ABC” enzymes

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“TLC For Nancy” (TLCFN) Coenzymes & Cofactors

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Thiamine PyroPhosphate -TPP- requiring enzymes (B1)

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Pirydoxine (B6) coenzyme

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Cyanocobalamine (B12) coenzyme

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Succynil CoA source: “VOMIT”

Hepatitis Viruses Mnemonic

P residential   H onor  F ree  D.C.

Virus & Lab

A = P icornavirus, naked capside, RNA, anti-HAV-IgM

B = H epadnavirus, enveloped, DNA, anti-HBc IgM, HBsAg, HBeAg

C = F lavivirus, enveloped, RNA, anti-HVC ELISA

D = D efective, enveloped circular RNA, anti-HDV ELISA

E = C alcivirus, naked capsid, RNA, -

It’s Medical Mnemonics Monday!

Renal Papillary Necrosis is a form of nephropathy characterized by coagulative necrosis of the renal medullary pyramids and papillae.  

Causes of Papillary Necrosis can be remembered by the mnemonic “POSTCARDS”.

P yelonephritis

O bstruction of the urogenital tract

S ickle cell disease

T uberculosis

Chronic liver disease,

A nalgesia /A lcohol abuse,

R enal transplant rejection

D iabetes mellitus

S ystemic vasculitis

Check out the list of the previous Medical Mnemonics here.

CYSTIC FRIBROSIS

G511D mutation: missense mutation, Glycine replaced by Aspartate.

Only 5% of pts with CF have this mutation.

Defective channel opening or gating.

IVACAFTOR: new drug, acts directly in the CFTR channel, opens it up. First drug that afects the ethiology :)

Trade name: Kalydeco

DNA viruses Mnemonic

NOT MINE!!!! This brilliant mnemonic was created by the youtuber 100lyric. Here are the videos explaining this super useful visual aid:

“Easy ways to remember DNA viruses”

“Easy ways to remember DNA viruses part 2”

I just recreated the drawing she made and added a couple of things, to remember detaiIs better. 

All DNA viruses are ds except Parvovirus = the viruses that have 2 lines, are double stranded. 

All DNA viruses are linear except Polyomavirus, Papilomavirus, Hepadnavirus= Not drawn with straight lines (Polyoma, Papiloma: circular; Hepadna: semicircular)

All DNA viruses are icosahedral except Poxvirus= that’s why is in a different color (green). This virus is a complex, diamond shape virus.

All DNA viruses replicate in the nucleus except Poxvirus = that’s why I drew something inside the diamond shape virus, to represent the DNA-dependant RNA polymerase.

Like I said, this is NOT MY MNEMONIC! But it helped me a lot, and now it’s so easy for me to remember this viruses! Please, go subscribe to her channel, is amazing!!!! 100lyric

And If you need a mnemonic to remember RNA viruses, click here and here.

Hope this helps! 

Antibiotics: Protein Synthesis Inhibitors

Protein Synthesis

Formation of Initiation Complex (tRNA in P site)

aa incoorporation (tRNA in A site, aminoacyl-tRNA)

Formation of Peptide Bond (peptidyltransferase)

Translocation

MNEMONIC: “ALi  eSTá  Cuasi  MAL”

* Inhibit 1: “ALi”

A minoglycosides

Li nezolid

* Inhibit 2: “eSTá”

S treptogramins

T etracyclins

* Inhibit 3: “Cuasi”

C loramphenicol

* Inhibit 4:  "MAL"

M acrolides

A minoglycosides

L incosamides

MORE MIXED MNEMONICS

More mixed mnemonics

Immunosupressants Drug Mnemonic

Bc everything’s better when I study with Harry Potter references.

I’m reposting it, because I love this chart

My revised pnemonic for ADP ribosylation A-B toxins

Boring     and      serious      people score high in usmle…

Bordetella pertussis and B.cereus  increases   cAMP by inhibiting Gi

Cool    and     Vibrant   people  also score high…

E. coli  and Vibreo cholerae increases cAMP by  activating Gs

Exception: Please please please remember that  Bacillus anthracis has an edema factor which it self acts as adenylate cyclase…. no ADP ribosylation involved..so hence  cAMP level increases.

Neisseria meningitidis is a Gram-negative diplococcus that is one of the most common causes of bacterial meningitis. Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges that protect the brain and spinal cord that can be caused by bacteria and viruses. N. meningitidis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.

Chlamydia trachomatis conjunctivitis in a newborn (ophthalmia neonatorum) Conjunctivitis is usually bilateral and occurs during the second week after delivery. Infection occurs from contamination of the eyes on passage through an infected endocervical canal. Chlamydia trachomatis pneumonia also commonly occurs at the same time.

Bacterial strain X is resistant to Ampicillin and sensitive to Gentamycin. Bacterial strain Y is resistane to gentamycin and sensitive to Ampicillin. Bacterial strain X and Y are grown in mixed culture in medium without antibiotics, then the culture is plated on medium containing both ampicillin…