Microbial Life
The first to observe single-celled microbes
What is Antonie van Leeuwenhoek?
The staining reagent that binds to components of the bacterial cell wall and can be removed by an alcohol
What is Gram's crystal violet?
Must be supplied from the environment
What is essential nutrients?
Organism that REQUIRES very high pressure to grow
What is piezophile/barophile?
Infectious proteins that are not degraded by autoclaving
What is prions?
A suspersized bacteria
What is Thiomargarita namibiensis?
The smallest distance by which two objects can be separated and still be distinguished
What is resolution?
The fixation of carbon dioxide into organic colecules
What is autotrophy?
Growth above 65 degrees celsius
the killing and removal of pathogens from inanimate objects
What is disinfection?
A tool used by Florence Nightinggale to show the deaths of soldiers to various causes
What is polar area chart?
Light is projected at the sample from an angle, resulting in a dark background with illuminated cells
What is dark field microscopy?
What is group translocation?
What is anaerobe jar?
Conan the bacterium
What is Deinococcus radiodurans?
The theory that living creatures could arise without parents
What is spontaneous generation?
A slide prepared without fixation and viewed quickly before the sample dries
What is wet mount?
A culture that favors the growth of one organism over another
What is selective media?
Adaptive response that occurs due to a rapid increase in temperature
What is heat shock response?
Treatment at 63 celsius for 30 minutes
What is Low-Temp-Long-Time pasteurization?
The criteria for establishing a causative link between an infectious agent and a disease
What is Koch's postulates?
150 micrometers
What is the resolution of the human eye?
A division where one parent cell splits into two equal daughter cells
What is binary fission?
The mechanism by which an alkaliphile can decrease internal pH
What is Na+/H+ antiport?
Filtration mechanism for the sterilization of air
What is Laminar flow biological safety cabinets?