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This bacteria contains a thick layer of peptidoglycan in the cell wall.
Gram positive.
What is the name for the protein shell of a virus?
Protein capsid.
Bacillus means?
Single rod.
The hardest microbe to destroy.
Prions.
They are misfolded proteins that need to be denatured with high temperatures (rather than be killed).
Synthetic drugs.
This bacteria stains pink.
Gram negative.
DNA dependent RNA polymerase is used to create what?
DNA is transferred using the?
Pilus.
What is more difficult to inactivate, enveloped viruses or nonenveloped viruses?
Nonenveloped viruses.
The outer layer of the protein capsid is more difficult to destroy than an envelope itself.
The mold that generates the antibiotic penicillin.
Penicillium.
This bacteria contains teichoic acid.
Gram positive.
What type of virus is HIV?
Positive single-stranded RNA.
Streptococcus means?
Chain of cocci.
What biosafety level does this describe?
Microbes are not known to cause disease in healthy hosts and pose minimal risk to workers and the environment.
BSL-1
An example of an antibacterial drug that targets cell membranes.
Neosporin.
Causes pores in a cell's membrane.
This bacteria is resistant to lysozymes.
Gram negative are resistant due to the outer membrane protecting the cell wall.
This virus is unstable and tends to make inaccurate gene copies.
Influenza virus.
Bacteria are around _ micrometers in length.
8.
Tuberculosis is an example of which biosafety level?
BSL-3.
Microbes produce lethal symptoms through respiratory transmission.
Antifungal drugs target this in a cell's membrane.
Ergosterol.
A steroid alcohol found in the cell membrane of fungal cells (acts similarly to cholesterol).
This is the only gram positive bacteria known to contain LPS.
Listeria monocytogenes.
Gram negative bacteria contian LPS as a major surface molecule for stimulating immune response.
Is reverse transcriptase a good target for anti HIV drugs?
Yes. These drugs inhibit the transcriptase, taking away the ability to revert back to DNA.
NAG and NAM stand for?
N-acetylglucosamine.
N-acetylmuramic.
An example of a microbe that can be killed by pasteurization.
Salmonella.
Mycobacterium.
Listeria.
etc.
Mutation of chromosomal genes is a common form of?
Drug resistance.