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Microbes
For Exam 1
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
05/15/2008

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Term
Acetic Acid
Definition

Acetobacter aceti

 

A. aceti

Term
Cyanobacteria
Definition

Anabaena azollae

 

A. azollae

Term
Only pathogenic Bacillus. Associated with cattle & bioterrorism (zoonoces)
Definition

Bacillus anthracis

Term
soil organism, very common, large rod
Definition

Bacillus subtilis

 

B. Subtilis

Term
Microbial insecticide
Definition

Bacillus thuringiensis

 

B thuringiensis

Term
Tetanus
Definition

Clostridium tetani

 

C. tetani

Term

Pathogenic diptheria

Definition

Corynebacterium diptheriae

 

C. diptheriae

Term
aoemebic dysentary, mantazuma's revenge (protozoa)
Definition

Entamoeba histolytica

 

E. histolytica

Term
Traveler's diahreah
Definition

Escherichia coli

 

E. coli

Term

Yogurt organism

Definition

Lactobacillus bulgaricus

 

L. bulgaricus

Term
an Archaebacteria, produces CH4
Definition
Methanobacterium
Term
TB
Definition

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

 

M. tuberculosis

Term
Walking pneumonia
Definition

Mycooplasma pneumoniae

 

M. pneumoniae

Term
Fungi (blue cheese)
Definition

Penecillium roqueforti

 

P. Roqueforti

Term
Beer brewing (Denmark)
Definition

Saccharomyces carlsbergensis

 

S. carlsbergensis

Term
fungi- the common baker's yeast
Definition

Saccharomyces cervisiae

 

S. cervisiae

Term
typhoid fever, discovered by ___
Definition

Salmonella typhi

 

S. typhi

 

Koch

Term
Round organism, we're covered with it
Definition

Staphylococcus epidermis

 

S. epidermis

 

 

Term
Sour milk organism
Definition

Streptococcus lactis

 

S. lactis

 

Term
Strep Throat
Definition

Streptococcus pyogenes

Term
severe diahrreah
Definition

Vibrio Cholerae

 

V. Cholerae

 

Term
The plague
Definition

Yersinia Pestis

 

Y. Pestis

Term
Causes Rocky Mountain Spooted Fever *tick
Definition

Rickettsia ricketsii

 

R. ricketsii

Term
Causes most common STD (is an eye infection in India/ Africa)
Definition

Chlamydia trachomatis

Term
Gonorreah
Definition

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

 

N. gonorrhoeae

Term
Lime Disease (tick)
Definition

Borrelia burgdorferi

 

B. burdorferi

Term
spiral, curved, syphillis
Definition

Treponema pallidum

 

T. pallidum

Term
causes cavities, has a sticky capsule to adhere to teeth
Definition

Streptococcus mutans

 

S. mutans

Term
root nodules of plants (nitrogen) symbiotic bacteria, increase yield
Definition

Rhizobium leguminosarum

 

R. leguminosarum

Term

Used to make erythromiacen (anti-biotic)

Definition

Streptomyces erytheus

 

S. erythreus

Term
can grow in plane fuel, used for bioremediation
Definition

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

 

P. aeruginosa

Term
Has a red pigment, can be used in bioterrorism research
Definition

Serratia marcescenes

 

S. marcescenes

Term
Leprosy
Definition

Mycobacterium leprae

 

M. leprae

Term

EBV

Definition
Epstine Bar Virus: mononucleosis
Term
HSV I
Definition

oral, is a latent virus (cold sores, fever blister)

Term
HSV II
Definition
genital herpes
Term

Variola Virus

Definition
small pox
Term
HAV
Definition
Hepatitis A: fecal-oral
Term
HBV
Definition
found in blood and semen, predisposes to liver cancer
Term
HCV
Definition
Post-transfusion Hepatitis
Term
rhino virus
Definition
cold
Term
west nile virus
Definition
caused by mosqiotes biting infected birds then humans.
Term
Avian Flu virus (H5N1)
Definition
Bird flu
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