Diseases
You have to be vaccinated against this virus every year!
What is the Flu?
These organelles produce proteins.
What are ribosomes?
This is the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.
What is SARS CoV-2?
Define microbiology.
What is the study of microbes?
This tool is used to look at small items such as cells or bacteria!
What is a microscope?
This viral disease causes extreme hydrophobia and tremors in infected patients.
What is rabies?
This parasite is responsible for causing malaria.
What is Plasmodium?
What do viruses infect?
What is all three branches of the tree of life (archaea, eukarya, bacteria)?
Define aseptic.
What is sterilized?
This method is used to isolate individual colonies on an agar plate.
What is streaking?
What outbreak occurred recently involving McDonald's Quarter Pounders?
What is E.coli?
Explain the Endosymbiotic Theory.
What is the theory that describes how organelles were originally prokaryotes that were engulfed by other prokaryotes and eventually specialized in a specific function?
Describe the parts that make up a virus.
What is: proteins and DNA/RNA?
Define antibiotics.
What is a medication/treatment that inhibits or kills bacteria?
This device is used to separate fluids of different densities.
What is a centrifuge?
This parasite is spread from Tsetse flies and affects the brain and CNS in later stages.
What is Trypanosoma brucei (Sleeping Sickness)?
This process involves the cell wrapping membrane extensions and forming vesicles to engulf large particles
What is phagocytosis?
This was the first virus to be discovered.
What is Tobacco Mosaic Disease?
Define and explain HAI.
What is a Hospital Aquired Infection?
This test is used to determine if a bacteria can hydrolyze urea.
What is a urease test?
This bacteria can be transferred from vector to host via a bite from an infected blacklegged tick.
What is Borrelia Burgdorferi? (Lyme disease)
Name one member of Archaeplastida.
What is: red algae (Rhodophyta), green algae, land plants, glaucophytes
Differentiate Baltimore Class I and II viruses.
Class I: double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), class II: single-stranded DNA (ssDNA)
Define mesophilic.
What is an organism that grows at moderate (20-45C) temperatures?
This type of agar is used to select for halophilic bacteria.
What is Mannitol Salt Agar?