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| Microbes that are a disease causing organisms |
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| Cell surface markers composed of both carbohydrate and lipid molecules are known as |
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| A ______ is a guide that directs the user through a step by step process to identify a microbe. |
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| is a part of the Gram-negative cell wall that can produce fever, inflammation, and shock when it is released into the bloodstream. |
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| The DNA double-helix is held together by ______ bonds |
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| Paired structures composed of tubulin that play a role in Eukaryotic mitosis are known as ______ |
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| The type of organelles found only in Eukaryotic cells |
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| Carl Woese and his colleagues proposed the ______, a taxon that replaces the Kingdom. |
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| The reserve deposits of starch or other compounds found in many prokaryotic cells |
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| Any molecule that speeds up a chemical reaction. |
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| SYN: immunization. Derived from Latin name cowpox virus |
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| The sum of all chemical reactions within an organism |
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| Robert Koch discovered the cause. A disease of animals that can be spread to humans. |
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| a chemical reaction in which a water molecule is a reactant. |
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| Prokaryotes that grow best under acidic conditions |
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| A substance that binds to a dye and makes it less soluble |
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| Environmental Microbiology |
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| Organisms such as bacteris that can convert atmospheric nitrogen into nitrate are studied in____________. |
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| The prescence of a _________ enables bacterial and plant cells to resist the effects of hypotonic solutions. |
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| Bacterial viruses that can be used to help classify diferent groups of bacteria |
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| Hand washing prevents disease transmission |
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| Bacteria can live without oxygen |
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| use of chemicals to treat diseases such as bacterial infections |
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| in a ______ solution, an animal cell can gain so much water that it may burst. |
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| The semi-liquid matrix of the nucleus |
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| a structural molecule found in Eukaryotic cytoskeletons, flagella, cilia, and centrioles |
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| Eukaryotic cells use a process to obtains liquids form their environment |
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| staining procedure that uses a single basic dye |
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| the monomer of a nucleic acid |
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| a type of glycocalyx that is firmly attached to the cell |
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| process of immobilizing organisms on a glass slide though application of heat or chemicals |
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| The folding of a polypeptide into a three-dimensional shape |
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| Cell that contains a nucleus |
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| Anchors the bacterial flagellum in the cell wall |
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| organism makes own food using solar energy |
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| six-carbon suger used for energy in cells |
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| Eukaryotic. Single celled. “First/little animal”. Locomotion. Typically live freely in water but some live inside animal hosts where they can cause disease. Pseudopodia, cilia, and flagella. |
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| Prokaryotic, lack nucleus. Unicellular. Cell walls composed of polysaccharide, Peptidoglycan. Reproduce asexually. Live singly or in pairs, chains, clusters in habitats that contain sufficient moisture |
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| organisms too small to be seen without a microscope |
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| Prokaryotic, lack nucleus. Unicellular. Cell walls lack Peptidoglycan, composed of other polymers. Reproduce asexually. Extreme environments. No archea are known to cause disease. Live singly or in pairs, chains, clusters in habitats that contain sufficient moisture |
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| Eukaryotic. Contain nucleus that composed of genetic material surrounded by a distinct membrane. Have Cell Wall. Not photosynthetic. Obtain food from other organisms- Heterotrophic. Molds and Yeast. |
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| Eukaryotic. multicelluar, reproduce by sexual and asexual spores. Penicillium Chrysogenum. Fungi |
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| Eukaryotic. reproduce asexually some sexual spores. Fungi. Ferment grape juice into alcohol. |
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| Photosynthetic- make own food from carbon dioxide and water using energy from the sunlight. Unicellular or multicelluar. Seaweed and kelp. Categorized based on pigment, storage products and composition of cell wall |
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| "Poison" Can reproduce only by using a host cell. Smaller than the smallest prokaryote. Not visible by light microscopy. Acellular obligatory parasites composed of small amounts of genetic material surrounded by a protein coat. Not an organism not living. |
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| First to discover the bacterial world through a single lens mircroscope. “Beasties” aka Microorganisms. |
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| Pasteurization. Fermentation. Put spontaneous generation to rest. |
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| Method of isolation. Agar gel derived from red seaweed. Hypothesized that a bacterial colony arises from a single bacterial cell. |
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| Red meat isolated from flies didn’t develop maggots |
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| Beef gravy reinforced the idea that microbes could arise from nonliving. Discovery of enzymes in yeast. |
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| Antiseptic Technique- PHENOL |
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| Concept of cleanliness. Nosecomeal infections in hospitals |
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| Infection control and Epidemiology |
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| Field of Immunology- the study of the body’s defense against specific pathogens |
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| Field of Chemotherapy “Chemical Therapy” |
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| Gram Stain. Gram Positive (purple) and Gram Negative (pink) separate bacteria into two large groups |
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| inserting a missing gene or repairing a defective one in human cells |
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| favored the theory of spontaneous generation |
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| Leeuwehoek described microorganisms as |
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