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| each of us has ___ relationships with countless microorganisms |
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| the nature of microbial diseases |
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| the study of the occurrence and spread of diseases within groups of humans, and the methods by which we can limit the spread of pathogens within society |
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| three primary types of symbiosis: |
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| mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism |
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| a relationship between two organisms where both members benefit from their interactions. |
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| T/F. some mutualistic relationships provide such important benefits that one or both of the parties cannot live without the other. |
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| a type of relationship where one member of the relationship benefits without significantly affecting the other |
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| a type of relationship where an organism derives benefit from its host while harming it. |
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| Any parasite that causes a disease is called a ___. |
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| bacteria in the human colon is an example of a ___ relationship |
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| staphylococcus on the skin is an example of a ____ relationship |
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| tuberculosis bacteria in the human lung is an example of a ___ relationship |
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| even though many parts of your body are ___ environments - that is sites that are free of any microbes - other parts of your body shelter millions of mutualistic and commensal symbionts. |
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| the microbes that colonize the surfaces of the body without normally causing disease constitute the body's ____ |
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| normal microbiota aka normal flora aka indigenous microbiota |
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| two types of normal microbiota |
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| resident microbiota and transient microbiota |
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| ____ remain a part of the normal microbiota of a person throughout life |
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| ____ remain in the body for only a few hours, days, or months before disappearing. |
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