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The study of microorganisms such as Influenza and Covid-19
What is virology?
Unicellular organism that possesses as cell wall; come in a variety of shapes & sizes
What are bacteria?
Inventor of the first microscope who viewed microbes in water and tooth plaque
Who is Antonie van Leeuwenhoek?
Fluid interior of the cell that contains different small cell structures such as DNA, proteins and ribosomes
What is cytoplasm?
Small round bacterial cells
What are cocci?
Toxins associated with both Gram-Positive & Gram-Negative bacteria
What are exotoxins?
Microorganism known to cause infectious disease regardless of host immune status
What is a Primary Pathogen?
The study of yeasts and molds
What is mycology?
Obligate aerobes that are difficult to decolorize and stain only with acid-fast stains
What are Mycobacteria?
Deliberate infection of a person with Smallpox
What is variolation?
3 external bacterial cell structures that help with attachment and motility
What are pili, fimbriae & flagella?
Small, rod-shaped bacterial cells
What are bacilli?
Toxins associated with the LPS in Gram-Negative bacterial cell walls
What are endotoxins?
Area of the body that has the largest population of normal flora
What is the colon?
The study of microorganisms such as Giardia spp or Trichomonas spp
What is parasitology?
Obligate intracellular organisms that contain DNA or RNA and are detected via serology testing
What are viruses?
Developed the Smallpox vaccine and published findings that gave rise to vaccination theory
Who is Edward Jenner?
2 distinguishing characteristics of the Gram-Positive cell wall
What are thick sheets of peptidoglycan & teichoic acid?
Spindle-shaped bacterial cells
What is fusiform?
Degree to which an organism is pathogenic
What is virulence?
3 sterile body sites
What are blood, CSF, joint fluid, urinary bladder & internal organs?
The study of Acid-Fast Bacilli (AFB) such as the causative agent of tuberculosis
What is mycobacteriology?
Organisms that are reliant upon a host and are commonly transmitted via contaminated food or water
What are parasites?
Defined the fermentation process and a method for killing bacteria in raw food products
Who is Louis Pasteur?
3 distinguishing characteristics of the Gram-Negative cell wall
What are outer membrane, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and periplasm?
Pairs of small round bacterial cells
What are diplococci?
Number of microorganisms required to cause infection
What is the infectious dose?
3 conditions that allow opportunistic pathogens to cause infection
Increase in susceptibility of host, damage to protective barriers, immune system deficiency, loss of normal flora
What is molecular/molecular diagnostics?
Free-living organisms that are similar to plants & are found in the environment
What are fungi?
Proved the Germ Theory of Disease and set the foundation for determining if an organism was pathogenic & the disease it caused
Who is Robert Koch?
4 components of the cellular envelope
What are Plasma Membrane, Cell Wall, Outer Membrane, Capsule
Name for bacterial cells arranged in clusters
What are Staphylococci?
Compound produced by bacteria that damages host cells and promotes infection
What is a toxin?
4 common types of HAI