Ch. 21
Bacterial cells in a blood sample.
What is bacteremia?
Group A Streptococci product that breaks down clots.
What is streptokinase?
Fungus living in large intestines.
What is Candida?
Pyelonephritis
What happens when bacteria invade the kidneys?
Fermented grain so it will be more appealing to livestock.
What is silage?
A group of species living together that have similar metabolic activities and play a similar role.
What is a guild?
Characteristic of Yersinia pestis.
What are buboes?
Virulence factor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that prevents neutrophils from gathering.
What cord factor?
Bacteria that grows on teeth.
What is Strep mutans?
MHA-TP test
What is the test used to diagnose syphilis?
What causes pasta to be nonperishable?
What is its low water content?
The location of greatest diversity of human microbes?
What are the intestines?
Primary infection with Epstein-Barr virus.
What is infectious mononucleosis?
Vaccine that protects against pertussis.
What is DTap?
Major symptoms of cholera are caused by this.
What is, activation of adenylate cyclase?
Chancre
What is the typical sign of pyphilis?
Fermenting fruit gives us this.
What is brandy?
Use of microorganisms to clean a polluted environment.
What is bioremediation?
Diagnostic sign of brucellosis.
What is a fever recurring at 24 hour intervals?
Diphtheria toxin kills cells by interfering with this.
What is protein synthesis?
Salmonella enterica serotypes become typhoid fever.
What is, when they enter the blood and are by engulf phagocytes?
Possible complication of untreated Neisseria gonorrhoeae in men.
What is sterility?
Food preservation process that sterilizes it.
What is gamma radiation?
Conversion of carbon dioxide into organic molecules.
What is carbon fixation?
Causes toxic shock.
What is Staph. aureus and Strep pyrogens?
Causes croup.
What is respiratory syncytial virus?
Most common childhood parasite in the US.
What is Enterobius vermicularis?
Possible risk for women using antibiotics.
What is a change in vaginal pH leading to candidiasis?
First substance produced by microorganisms to be used pharmaceutically?
What is penicillin?
Greenhouse gas produced by prokaryotes.
What is methane.