study of the interaction of organisms with their environment
What is ecology?
100
anything you need a microscope to see such as bacteria, viruses, and etc
What is a microbe?
100
lag , exponential , stationary , death
What are the growth phases ?
100
when bacterial cells pick up free DNA
What is transformation?
100
substance that can destroy the envelope of a virus
What is soap and/or alcohol
200
relates to the peel of the orange and the inside of an orange
What is the biosphere?
200
the slime layer or sugar layer that is outside the cell
What is the glycocalyx?
200
cold lovers , survives in the fridge
What is a psychrophile?
200
study of heredity
What is genetics?
200
when the dose selects for a specific target. For example : the therapeutic dose damages bacteria and not the host but a toxic dose would damage the host.
What is selective toxicity?
300
thunderstorms generate oxides of this and it accounts for 1/3 of its presence in soils
What is nitrogen?
300
chemical that makes up the cell wall (protein-sugar wall)
What is peptidoglycan?
300
bacteria can tolerate a certain condition but growth rate may be reduced
What is a tolerant microbe?
300
moves DNA or protein into the cell with high voltage
What is electroportation?
300
the "first" antibiotic discovered in 1896
What is penicillin?
400
study of microbes in the formation and treatment of fuel and mineral resources
What is geomicrobiology?
400
permeability barrier, protein anchors, and energy conservation
What is the function of the cytoplasm?
400
an antimicrobial that can be applied to a living tissue (such as iodine or alcohol)
What is an antiseptic?
400
insertion of a normal gene into cells to correct a specific genetic disorder caused by a defective gen
What is gene therapy?
400
selective to bacteria ; wont hurt human cells
What is a magic bullet?
500
most complex chemical mixture mankind needs
What is food?
500
tests for mycobacterium ; used specifically because of the wax coat
What is Acid Fast Staining ?
500
cells lyse and release toxins that might be harmful to the human body
What is bacteriolytic ?
500
lytic cycle and lysogenic cycle during transduction
What is phage?
500
when the bacteria and human both benefit from a microbe