Bacteria Anatomy
Small, circular piece of DNA apart from the larger chromosomal DNA
What is a plasmid?
Class of antibiotics that interferes with bacterial cell wall synthesis
What are penicillins?
Chemical compound - part protein, part sugar - that makes up the cell wall
What is peptidoglycan?
Method technique used to test antibiotic sensitivity
What is Kirby Bauer?
The process by which bacteria asexually reproduce
What is binary fission?
Term used to describe bacteria due to the absence of a nucleus or membrane bound organelles
What is prokaryotic?
Cell structure that is affected by the mechanism of tetracyclines
What are ribosomes?
Color of gram positive bacteria after gram staining
What is purple?
Area around the antibiotic paper disk with no bacterial growth
What is zone of inhibition?
A virus that infects bacteria
What is a bacteriophage?
Cellular structure used for movement
What is flagella?
Term used to describe antibiotics that can be used to kill a variety of bacteria
What is broad spectrum?
Found only in gram negative bacteria, which aids in protection against antibiotics
What is outer membrane?
Used to demonstrate that an antibiotic is effective and bacteria growth is not affected by a paper disk
What is a control disk?
Process by which a bacterial cell obtains new genes via taking up a naked DNA from the environment
What is transformation?
Term used to describe the bacterial genome
What is nucleoid?
Class of antibiotics that interferes with cytoplasmic enzymes and inhibits the formation of folic acid
What are sulfonamides?
Toxic lipopolysaccharides located in the outer membrane of gram negative bacteria
What are endotoxins?
Lab methods used to ensure that contamination of specimens does not occur
What is aseptic technique?
Process of bacterial recombination that involves the transferring of a plasmid via a pilus
What is conjugation?
Protective cell covering found only in gram negative bacteria
What is a capsule?
Class of antibiotics that block DNA replication from occurring
What are fluoroquinolones?
Stain that causes the purple color during gram staining
What is crystal violet?
The antibiotic disk that the bacteria is the most sensitive to
What is disk E?
Process of bacterial recombination that involves the transferring of genetic material via a bacteriophage
What is transduction?