ELISA
A quantitative in vitro test for an antibody or antigen in which an enzyme linked to an antibody reacts with a substrate to produce a color change
What is ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay)?
When bacterial cells get close enough to join pili and exchange their plasmids
What is conjugation?
The father and mother of the Smith family that we are following throughout the year.
Who is James and Judy?
This is the part of the auditory system that is responsible for converting mechanical energy into electrochemical energy.
What is the cochlea?
This term is used to describe something or someone that seems untrustworthy or questionable
What is the "sus"?
The antibody that binds to the antigen (e.g. Neisseria bacteria), AKA the first step in the ELISA process
What is primary antibody?
This is the protein factory inside the bacterial cell
What is the ribosome?
This member of the Smith family attends college and has recently recovered from meningitis.
Who is Sue Smith?
Typically the culprit of chronic otis media, these are the structures in the ears that are responsible for draining fluid from the fluid into the throat.
What are the eustachian tubes?
This term refers to those who possess a distinct and confident fashion sense, exuding sophistication and trendiness in their demeanor.
What is a "drip"?
A stepwise dilution of a substance in a solution. For example, a patient sample is diluted by a factor of 1/10 in succession so that the last sample is 1/1,000,000,000th the concentration of the original sample.
What is a serial dilution?
These are the vectors that are needed to transfer DNA to bacteria during transdunction?
What is a bacteriophage?
This is the younger brother of Sue Smith.
Who is Mike Smith?
This is the normal threshold for human hearing.
What is 20-30 db?
This term refers to being angry, upset, bitter, irritated or annoyed. It generally comes with negative connotations. Not to be confused with how something tastes.
What is "salty"?
The substance to which the enzyme is attached in the ELISA test
What is secondary antibody?
Bacterial reproduction that involves cellular lysis and reabsorption.
What is transformation?
This is the only adult member of the Smith family who is deaf.
Who is Juanita Smith?
This type of hearing loss occurs when bone conduction is better than air conduction. Don't worry, it's typically not permanent.
What is conductive hearing loss?
This term is used to refer to anything that is high quality or excellent. Originally, it was used to describe the quality of "the Devil's lettuce".
What is "dank"?
This is what ELISA actually stands for...
What is Enzyme Linked Immunosorbant Assay
The material inside of the cellular wall that absorbs the crystal violet when gram staining.
What is peptidoglycan?
Sue Smith also suffers from this chronic, upper respiratory syndrome.
What is asthma?
This is the part of the inner ear that is responsible for balance and body position.
What is the vestibular system (semi-circular canals)?
Derived from the word “delusional” and is commonly used to describe individuals who exhibit peculiar or extreme behavior