Fungi
Fungi have this type of cell
What is Eukaryotic?
East African sickness is caused by
What is Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense?
Highest level of control for microorganisms; process of destroying all life forms, including endospores
What is sterilization?
Microbes that can only survive in an environment devoid of oxygen are called
What are obligate anaerobes?
The kingdom where bacteria are found
What is Monera?
Tinea pedis is commonly known as
What is athlete's foot?
Malaria is spread by
What is the Anopheles mosquito?
Lowest temperature at which all microorganisms are killed in 10 minutes
What is thermal death point?
These bacteria can adapt to differing sources of nutrition
What is facultative?
Which scientist discovered penicillin by accident in 1928
Who is Alexander Fleming?
Fungal disease that mimics bacterial meningitis
What is fungal meningitis (Cryptococcus neoformans)?
Causes amebic dysentery
What is Entamoeba histolytica?
Process by which microbial growth is inhibited on living tissue to prevent infection
What is antisepsis?
Organisms that survive on dead or decaying organic matter are called
What are saprophytes?
Staphylococci are understood to have what sort of arrangement
What are clustered, round bacteria?
Thrush is a fungal infection affecting what body part
What is the tongue?
Resists chlorination like giardiasis
What is Cryptosporidiosis?
This form of nonionizing radiation controls growth by damaging the cell's genetic material
What is ultraviolet light (UV)?
Organisms that require little free oxygen (2-10%)
What is microaerophilic?
Smallest free-living organism
What are Mycoplasma?
Filamentous fungi that are multicellular and often saphrophytes
What are molds?
African sleeping sickness by what
What is the Tsetse fly?
This form of control does not kill vegetative cells or endospores, but it inhibits further growth of microorganisms
What is cold?
One organism gains some benefit while the host is left unharmed
What is commensalism?
A disorganized glycocalyx that's not attached to the cell wall if often referred to as what
What is slime mold?