What is the term for an abnormal condition that causes suffering?
100
Transduction
What is the gene transfer mechanism that involve phages?
100
Polymerase
What is the enzyme responsible for adding nucleotides to a DNA or RNA strand?
100
Codon
What is a set of 3 nucleotides to be read for assigning an amino acid to a growing polypeptide chain?
100
70% or greater similarity in DNA hybridization experiments
What is a criteria required for organisms to be called the same species?
200
Morbidity
What is the term given to the proportion of manifestation of adverse effects or symptoms caused by a disease?
200
Transformation
What is the form of gene transfer that involves indirectly taking up genetic material from the environment
200
DNA-DNA Hybridization
What technique can be used to compare two organisms to determine if they are the same species? What is a technique where the DNA of two different organisms is denatured and allowed to hybridized when cooled?
200
mRNA
What is the name of the RNA strand that is transported to the cytoplasm for processing?
200
species epithet
What is the second word in a species name called in the binomial system in microbiology?
300
Fomite
What is a contaminated inanimate object?
300
Clostridium
What is an example of an anaerobe?
300
Re-annealing
What is the term for the joining of denatured DNA strands after cooling of a PCR reaction?
300
Translation
What is the process by which proteins are synthesized according to the code in RNA?
300
Flagelum
What is an appendage used by bacteria for motility?
400
Droplet Nuclei
What is left behind when a droplet that is traveling through the air evaporates?
400
gene
what is a part of DNA that encodes for a functional protein
400
Rhodamine
What is a fluorescent label used in the fluorescent in situ hybridization technique?
400
Transcription
What is the process by which an RNA strand is synthesized according to the DNA code?
400
Serovariant
What is a strain with a particular antigenic property called?
500
Cryptosporidium parvum
What is a parasite that is transmitted via the fecal-oral route?
What is a protozoan that causes diarrheal disease called Cryptosporidiosis?
500
Bacterial competence
What is the bacterium's ability to take up DNA from its environment called?
500
16S rRNA
What is the gene target that is most commonly used for identifying bacteria?
500
Ribosome
What is the site of protein synthesis?
500
Salt requirement
What is an ecological characteristic used in the classification of bacteria?