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Micro basics
Growth
There’s a fungus among us
Going viral
Odds and ends
100
The color of gram negative organisms after gram staining
What is pink (red)?
100
An organism that requires oxygen in order to grow
What is an aerobe?
100
A term that is used to describe fungi that can grow as yeast or molds.
What is dimorphic?
100
The protein coat of a virus
What is a capsid?
100
A substance that kills pathogens on living tissue
What is an antiseptic?
200
Bacteria that have a thick peptidoglycan layer in their cell wall
What are gram positives?
200
An organism that can grow with or without oxygen.
What is a facultative anaerobe?
200
The class of fungi that causes superficial skin infections
What is dermatophytes?
200
A virus that when immunized against also protects against Hepatitis D infection.
What is hepatitis B?
200
An integral part of the gram negative cell wall that can induce fever
What is endotoxin (LPS)?
300
Bacteria that have two membranes and a thin cell wall in between
What are gram negatives
300
Bacterial media that is selective for gram negative bacteria
What is MacConkey's agar?
300
A dimorphic fungus that causes lung and ocular infections primarily in the Mississippi River Valley
What is Histoplasma capsulatum?
300
Reactivation of a Herpes Zoster virus infection
What is shingles?
300
A gram negative coccus that causes an antibiotic resistant sexually transmitted disease and ophthalmia neonatorum
What is Neisseria gonorrheae?
400
A stain used to differentiate bacteria that have mycolic acid and waxy coats as part of their cell walls
What is acid fast stain?
400
Organisms that grow on Sabouraud agar
What are fungi?
400
The only fungus that may be part of the normal human flora
What is Candida?
400
A virus that can be immunized against by either the Salk or Sabin vaccine
What is poliovirus?
400
An organism for which there is a vaccine that will prevent cervical cancer
What is HPV?
500
A spirochete that can only be visualized with silver stain or immunoflourescence that causes a sexually transmitted disease.
What is Treponema pallidum?
500
Organisms that lack superoxide dismutase and catalase
What are anaerobes?
500
A skin and appendage infection caused by a fungus that sounds like a worm
What is tinea? (ringworm)
500
A virus that causes upper respiratory tract infections and is the most common cause of and viral conjunctivitis?
What is adenovirus?
500
A test that is used to differentiate the gram positive cocci into staph or strep
What is catalase?