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Microbiology Final Study Guide

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Pathogen

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any organism capable of causing disease in its host

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Jenner

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first inoculation

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Semmelweiss

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linked handwashing to disease

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Hook

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named cells

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Koch

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anthrax

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Ehrlich

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father of chemotherapy

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Pasteur

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pasterization

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Pasteur

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rabies incoluation

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Lister

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used carbon acid in surgery

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What are the four organic compounds

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Alcohol, aldehyde, ketone, organic acid

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enzymes

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protein catalyst that controls the rate of chemical reactions in cells

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denaturization

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disruption of hydrogen bonds an other weak forces that maintain the structure of a globular protein

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wet mount

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technique in which a drop of fluid containing microorganisms is place on a slide

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smear

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thin layer of liquid specimen spread out on a microscopic slide

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stain

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molecule that can bind a structure and give it color

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Why is a gram stain important?

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Determines type of antibiotic may be effective due to cell wall construction

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coccus

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spherical

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bacillus

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rod-shaped

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spirillum

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wavy or spiral

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staphylo

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clusters

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strepto

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chains

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diplo

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pairs

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tetra

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four cells in a cube

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sarchina

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eight cells in a cube

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Gram positive

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lot of peptidoglycan and is sensitive to antibiotics

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Gram negative

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thin layer of peptidoglycan and less sensitive to antibiotics

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endospore

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resistant, dormant structure that can survive adverse conditions

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endotoxin

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toxin incorporated in gram-negative bacteria cell walls and released when bacteria dies

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L forms

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irregularly shaped naturally occurring bacteria with defective cell walls

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denaturization of enzymes

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loses normal shape; cannot form enzyme-substrate complex

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Lag phase

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adapt to new environments and getting ready to divide

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log phase

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period of greatest cell division: exhibits most typical size and shape

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stationary phase

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population remains the same: some cells form while the same amount dies

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decline phase

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more and more cells die

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Physical growth

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pH, temperature, oxygen concentration, moisture, hydrostatic pressure, osmotic pressure, and radiation

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Nutritional

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carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, phospherus, trace elements, and vitamins

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streak plate

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bacteria are lightly spread over the same surface of agar plates, results in isolated colonies

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defined synthetic medium

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contains known specific kinds and amount of chemical substances

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complex medium

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reasonably familiar materials but varies slightly in chemical composition from batch to batch

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natural media

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bacteria and other things growing together in oceans, lakes, and soil & living and dead organisms

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selective media

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encourages growth of some organisms but suppresses growth of other organisms

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differential medium

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observable changes (color, pH)

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mutagen

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agent that increases rate of mutations

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transformation

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change in an organisms characteristics because of transfer of genetic information

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transduction

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transferring genetic material by DNA being carried by bacteria-phages

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conjugation

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genetic material change but the donor and recipient must have contact & transfers much larger quantities of DNA

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nucleic acid

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DNA

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capsid

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protein subunit that surround nucleic acid

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enveloped viruses

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bilayer membrane outside their capsid

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naked virus

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no bilayer membrane outside of capsid

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spikes

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projections extending from viral envelope

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viral specificity

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specific kinds of cell a virus can infect whether a virus can or cannot attach to a cell

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prion

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exceedingly small infectious particle consisting of protein without any nucleic acid

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parasite

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an organism that lives at the expense of another organism

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host

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thing that a parasite attaches to

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definitive host

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harbor parasite while it reproduces sexually

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reservoir hosts

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infected organism that make parasites available for transmission to other hosts

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helmiths

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worms

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scolex

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head end of tapeworm

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progliottid

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body components mainly of reproductive organs of both sexes

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hyphae

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a long, threadlike structure of cells in fungi

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Platyhelminthes

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flatworms that live in or on hosts

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nematodes

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roundworms that live in the intestine or circulatory system of hosts

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What percent of alcohol is most effective

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70%

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what all affect the effectiveness of antimicrobial agents

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time, temperature, pH, & concentration

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Agents kill by what means

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chemical and physical

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antibiotic

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chemical substance produced by microorganisms which has the capacity to inhibit the growth of bacteria

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superinfection

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invasion by replacement microflora

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zone of inhibition

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clear area that appears on agar in the disk diffusion method

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pathogen

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parasite capable of causing disease in a host

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contamination

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presence of microorganisms on inanimate objects or surfaces of skin and mucous membranes

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infection

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multiplication of a parasitic organism, usually microscopic, within or upon the host's body

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virulence

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degree of intensity of the disease produced by a pathogen

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sign

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disease characteristic that can be observed by examining the patient

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symptom

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disease characteristic that can be observed or felt only by the patient, pain or nausea

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sequelae

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aftereffect of a disease

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endemic

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disease that is constantly present in a specific population

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epidemic

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disease that has a higher than normal incidence in a population over a relatively short period of time

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pandemic

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epidemic that has become world wide

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virulence factors

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characteristics that improve the chance of successful host invasion and infection

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CDC

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Center of Disease Control

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nosocomial infections

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infection acquired in a hospital or other medical facility

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top nosocomial infections

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Staphlococcus aureus, E. coli, streptococcus

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sites of nosocomial infections

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urinary tract, surgical wounds

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adaptive (specific) immunity

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mount defense against particular infectious agents by responses to that agent

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innate (nonspecific) immunity

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immunity exists in an organism because genetically determined characteristics

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B cells

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lymphocytes that are processed and mature

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T cells

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cells in thymus that undergo differentiation into thymus-derived cells