His staining method revealed that 2 different kinds of bacteria were causing pneumonia
Hans Christian Joachim Gram
100
Resolving power, or ability to distinguish two objects that are very close together
Resolution
100
What are the three domains that all living things can be classified
Bacteria, Archaea, Eucarya
100
The two magnifying lenses found in a light microscope are the
ocular and objective
100
is the most thoroughly studied of a group of antibiotics that interfere with peptidoglycan synthesis. It functions by preventing the cross-linking of adjacent glycan chains
Penicillin
200
He first observed microorganisms with his handcrafted microscopes
Antony Van Leeuwenhoek
200
Larger, more complex cells where many cellular processes take place in compartments
Eukaryotic Cells
200
The scientific name of an organism includes its _____?
Genus and Species
200
Are long protein structures responsible for most types of prokaryotic motility.
Flagella
200
Are analogous to proteins in prokaryotic cells that function in facilitated diffusion and active transport
Carriers
300
Described microscopical mushroom (common bread mold) in 1665
Robert Hooke
300
Is used to distinguish different groups of bacteria
Differential Staining
300
What is the system by which organism are named
Nomenclature
300
moves compounds against a concentration gradient and requires energy
active transport
300
____ this can be triggered by a brief exposure to heat or certain chemicals. Following such exposure, the endospores takes on water and swells
Germination
400
Scientist(s) that were involved in, among other things, investigating the idea of spontaneous generation?
Redi and Pasteur
400
Is a technique used to tag specific proteins with a fluorescent compound
Immunofluorescence
400
_____gain their energy from degrading organic materials and are found wherever organic materials are present
Fungi
400
How does the cell machinery know which polypeptides are to be secreted?
Signal Sequence
400
Anchors the LPS molecule in the lipid bilayer. This is the portion of the LPS molecule that the body recognizes as the sign of invading Gram-negative bacteria
Lipid A
500
The work of ______ was used to explain why others investigating spontaneous generation had obtained results that were opposite of those obtained by pasteur
Tyndall and Cohn
500
An enzyme found in tears,saliva, and many other body fluids
Lysozyme
500
_____ are a diverse group of microscopic, single-celled organisms that live in both aquatic and terrestrial environment. They are very complex organisms and generally much larger than prokaryotes
Protozoa
500
____ is a transport process that chemically alters a molecule during its passage through the cytoplasmic membrane.
Group Translocation
500
all surfaces of the human body are populated with characteristics communities of microorganisms collectively called ________