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| What is clinical microbiology? |
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| The study of microorganisms involved in human disease |
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| T/F. In a bacterial cell, the nuclear membrane is present. |
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| What is the term morphology used to describe? |
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| External appearance of the cell, colony, or other item |
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| What is the most commonly used stain in the clinical laboratory? |
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| What is the function of the cytoplasm? |
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| Metabolism and Replication |
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| What are fimbriae which lengthen and are involved in DNA transfer during conjugation called? |
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| What can a colony be described as? |
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| A clump of a few million identical bacteria originating from the same bacterium. |
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| The study of microorganisms, bacteria, viruses, molds, yeast, protozoa, and parasitic worms |
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| What did Louis Pasteur do? |
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1) Disproved spontaneous generation
2) Proved the value of attenuated vaccines
3) Developed sterilization techniques |
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1) Developed techniques for isolating pure cultures
2) Improved staining methods and dyes |
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| What did Semmelweis and Lister do? |
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| Introduced aseptic techniques into medicine and surgery |
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| Developed a differential staining technique |
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| What did Iwanowski and Beijerinck do? |
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| Recognized viruses as being smaller than bacteria |
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| What did Ehrlich and Fleming do? |
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| Introduced chemotherapy and antibiotics into the treatment of disease |
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| What is a Serogroup (serological group)? |
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| Possession of a major antigen that may be common to more than one genus or more than one species; usually designated by capital letters |
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| What is a Serotype (serological type)? |
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| Possession of a specific antigen that is common to only very limited, closely related organisms; usually designated by numbers |
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| What color is a Gram-positive? |
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| What color is a Gram-negative? |
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| What is the shape of Coccus (pl. = cocci)? |
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| What is the shape of Bacillus (pl. - bacilli)? |
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| What is the shape of Spirochete or spirillum? |
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| spiral or corkscrew shape |
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| What is the shape of Pleomorphic? |
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| a single organism or species having various distinct forms |
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| What is the shape of Coryneform (or diphtheroid)? |
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| What is the arrangement described as division on one plane perpendicular to the short axis of the chain or "picket fence"? |
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| The cytoplasm is made up of approximately how much water? |
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| Where are Mesosomes found? |
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| What is the site of the "O" antigen and Lipid A? |
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| A highly resistant dehydrated resting form (metabolically dormant) |
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| What is the function of the Capsule? |
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| To resist phagocytosis and environmental conditions, to "hide" surface antigens and to assist in attachment |
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| polar tuft of two or more |
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| distributed around entire cell |
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