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Microbe Attributes
Three attributes of a microbe and there sub attributes
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 4
01/23/2012

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Term
Infectivity
Definition
1)Entrance
2)Establishment
3)Portal of exit
4)Transmission mechanism
Term
Entrance (Infectivity)
Definition
portal of entry
Term
Establishment (Infectivity)
Definition
Multiplication
Term
Factors involved in establishment
Definition
1)suitable environment
2)resist host defense
3)produce metabolic products harmful to host
Term
portal of exit
Definition
How the organism gets out
Term
Transmission mechanism (infectivity)
Definition
How the organism spreads
Term
Modes of infection
Definition
1) invasive
2) non-invasive
Term
invasive
Definition
Organism moves around
Term
non-invasive
Definition
organism doesn't move but the products it produces does.
Term
Pathogenicity
Definition
ability to produce a disease
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Virulence
Definition
degree of pathogenicity
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Factors of virulence
Definition
morphological features (capsules, pili, etc.)
Term
Capsule
Definition
effects phagocytosis
Term
pili
Definition
allows an organism to attach
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