Of Influenza A, B, or C, the serogroup that is the most virulent and most likely to be pandemic
What is Influenza A?
100
Step on a rusty nail and you may need a booster shot to keep from getting lockjaw, caused by this microbe
What is Clostridium tetani?
100
According to the CDC. hand-washing for at least this length of time is the most important tool for hospital infection control
What is minimum of 20 seconds
100
Period during culturing when bacteria adapt themselves to growth conditions; they are not mature and are not dividing, but enzyme production and RNA synthesis is taking place so they are not dormant
What is the lag phase?
100
This is the name given to a single flagellum attached to a bacterium, as in Vibrio cholerae
What is monotrichous?
200
This group encompasses the H1N1 strain (bird flu)
What is Influenza A?
200
This bacterium has subterminal spores and releases the most potent neurotoxin known to man; it could be used for anything from bioterrorism to cosmetic procedures
What is Clostridium botulinum?
200
When culturing for Brucella, how long should blood cultures be incubated before discarding?
What is 30 days?
200
Period characterized by cell doubling, with population increasing at a logarithmic rate
What is the log phase (or exponential growth phase)?
200
This word describes multiple flagella arising from the same localized point on the bacterial cell wall, such as in Helicobacter and Campylobacter
What is Lophotrichous?
300
the etiological agent of Q Fever, that may also be used for bioterrorism
What is Coxiella burnettii?
300
The four media types required by CAP regs for anaerobic culture procedures
What is CDC Anaerobic Blood Agar, PEA or CNA, Bacteroides Bile Agar, and KV Laked Blood Agar?
300
According to the CDC, the length of the window period following exposure to HIV before lab tests can confirm infection
What is 2 weeks (earliest positive results) to 6 months?
The average time to detect a positive is 25 days, and 97% of cases will be positive by 3 months.
300
Culture period during which the dividing bacteria begin to deplete available nutrients and accumulate toxic waste products so that the population is more or less a constant value
What is the stationary phase?
300
This describes the condition of having two flagella, one each on opposite ends of the bacterial cell, allowing the cell to rapidly change direction depending on which flagellum is active
What is Amphitrichous?
400
self-limiting acute viral liver disease, results from impure food or water and close contact with infected persons, more prevalent in areas of poor sanitation
What is Hepatitis A?
400
branching GPB that causes granulomatous lesions often mistaken for malignancy, oral infections result in "lumpy jaw" and have "sulfur granules" in a tissue sample
What is Actinomyces israelii?
400
up to 30 years, the longest latency period after exposure until this disease could develop
What is the prion causing Creukzfeld-Jacob Disease (CJD), the human form of Mad Cow Disease?
400
The period when bacteria run out of nutrients or accumulate lethal toxic byproducts
What is the death phase?
400
This describes the condition of multiple flagella projecting in all directions, such as with E. coli
What is Peretrichous?
500
viral liver disease transmitted through blood and body fluids, can become chronic and result in cirrhosis or liver cancer, an effective vaccine is available
What is Hepatitis B?
500
pleomorphic GNBs that are mircroscopically spindle-shaped or have bizarre forms, cause periodonal disease, skin ulcers, lung/pleural infections, acute pharyngitis, or Lemierre's syndrome (the "forgotten disease")
What is Fusobacterium ssp?
500
How long anthrax spores can remain viable in the soil after contamination with an infected animal -- choose from two weeks, one year, or >50 years
What is >50 years, total endpoint unknown, but has been proven to survive for seven decades
500
The time of day when bacteria enter into a state of arrested development