Chapter 1 - Introduction to Microbiology
What is Species
When a patient collection swab is placed in suitable media, prior to incubation
What is Innoculation?
Flagella arrangement with single flagellum on one end of the bacterial cell
What is monotrichous?
Substance that Fungi cell walls are composed of
Viruses capable of causing genetic changes that raise the risk of developing cancer
What Staphylococcus in Staphylococcus aureus represents
What is Genus
Color a Gram-Positive bacteria shows under the microscope?
What is purple?
Correct description for 2 neighboring bacterial cocci
What is diplococci?
Type of organism that contains 2 different structural stages: cyst/dormant or trophozoite/active
What is a Protozoan?
Name the type of virus that have an enzyme that allows them to convert RNA to DNA
What are Retroviruses?
Type of cell with a nucleus
What is a Eukaryotic cell?
Most suitable incubation temperature for MOST bacteria (mesophiles)
Function of fimbriae
What is adhesion to host cells?
Structure found on Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum that synthesizes proteins using RNA
What are ribosomes?
What is cell burst/lysis?
What is Family?
Type of microscope used in BIO-125 Laboratory
What is a compound light microscope?
Structure some bacterial cells can form in order to survive many years in a dormant state
What is a bacterial endospore?
Main purpose for fungal spores
What is reproduction?
Term that describes viruses infecting specific tissues within a host
What is Tropism?
Two Kingdoms that have prokaryotic cells
What are Bacteria and Archaea?
Structure found only in Gram-negative cell walls that helps bacteria cause disease
What are lipopolysaccharides?
Name a component of the cell membrane in eukaryotic cells
What is a phospholipid bilayer?
The characteristic of a virus which limits its species-specific ability to cause disease
What is a host range?