Diseases
An organism that causes cyclic fevers/chills, headache, fatigue - Severe: anemia, cerebral malaria, organ failure
What is Plasmodium falciparum (protozoan)?
Living things made of cells that carry out metabolism and reproduce on their own.
What is a cellular organism?
A measure related to the concentration of hydrogen ions (H⁺) in a solution.
What is pH?
Media designed to inhibit some microbes while allowing others to grow.
What is selective media?
A disease that is usually mild/asymptomatic; can also cause sore throat/fever and rarely results in meningitis or flaccid paralysis
What is Polio?
A unicellular eukaryote (often motile) that can be free-living or parasitic.
What is a protozoan (protozoa)?
The four macromolecule families (biochemicals) found in cells.
What are carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids?
A differential staining method that separates bacteria into two main groups based on cell envelope structure.
What is the Gram stain?
A disease transmited by respiratory droplets/aerosols, close contact. It is trated with supportive care ; and antivirals for high-risk; vaccines prevent severe episodes.
What is COVID-19?
A multicellular parasitic worm (examples include tapeworms and roundworms).
What is a helminth?
When a molecule has partial positive and negative regions because electrons are shared unequally.
What is polarity?
The process of growing microorganisms in or on nutrient media under controlled conditions.
What is culturing (culture)?
Is a disease that causes progressive CD4 decline → weakened immunity - Opportunistic infections when CD4 low
What is HIV/AIDS?
Not made of cells and cannot reproduce on its own; must use a host cell.
What is an acellular organism/agent (like a virus)?
The building blocks that are joined together to form polymers like proteins or nucleic acids.
What are monomers?
A visible cluster of cells that arises from one original cell (or a small group) on solid media.
What is a colony?