What are drugs that are used to inhibit, reduce, or stop the growth of bacteria?
What is an antibiotic?
100
A form of asexual reproduction in which one cell (ie bacteria) divides to form two identical cells.
What is binary fission
100
non-photosynthetic organisms; include yeast, mold, mushrooms; serve as decomposers in the environment
What is fungi
100
reproductive cell in fungi
What is mold spores
100
passing of a pathogen causing communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a particular individual or group
What is transmission
200
Occurs when mutant bacteria survive and give rise to stronger bacterial populations
What is antibiotic resistance
200
Living organisms (such as bacteria, enzymes, fungi, viruses) or their products that can be hazardous to animal or human health if inhaled, swallowed, or otherwise absorbed into the body
What is contamination
200
) obtain food from other producers and consumers
What is heterotrophs
200
an organism that feeds on another individual known as the host
What is parasite
200
stimulate or restore the ability of the immune (defense) system to fight infection and disease
What is treatment
300
An agent that kills a virus or that suppresses its ability to replicate and, hence, inhibits its capability to multiply and reproduce
What is anti-viral
300
an abnormal condition, other than injury, that prevents the body from working as it should
What is disease
300
an organism that a parasite lives in or on
What is host cell
300
methods or activities that seek to reduce or deter specific or predictable problems
What is prevention
300
single-celled organism
What is unicellular
400
A type of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single organism, and inherit the genes of that parent only
What is asexual reproduction
400
protein that is a biological catalyst
What is enzymes
400
diseases caused by microscopic germs (such as bacteria or viruses) that get into the body and cause problems; not all are spread from person to person
What is infectious disease
400
a single-celled organism without a membrane bound nucleus
What is prokaryotic
400
drugs used to control and prevent the spread of viral diseases
What is vaccine
500
prokaryotic, single-celled organisms
What is bacteria
500
a mulit-cellular organism with membrane bound nucleus
What is eukaryotic
500
a basic science that explores microscopic organisms
What is microbiology
500
shell of a virus made of protein that encloses the genetic material (DNA) of the virus
What is protein coat
500
non-living particles composed of a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) and a protein coat