Microbe Match-Up
I am a unicellular organism that is smaller then a red blood cell and multiply by binary fission.
Bacteria
He create the Germ Theory of Disease.
Louis Pasteur
This bacterial structure enables the bacterium to be motile.
Flagella
This term refers to the intrinsic characteristics that enable a bacterium to be pathogenic.
Virulence factors
This is the practice and science of orderly classification of organisms into hierarchical units called taxa.
Taxonomy
Yeast, molds, and mushrooms belong to this type of organism.
Fungi
The Germ Theory of Disease refers to the discovery that some infectious diseases are caused by these.
Microorganisms
This bacterial structure is closely adherent to the cell wall and primarily functions to protect the bacterium from adverse environmental conditions.
Capsule
This virulence factor enables microorganisms to attach to host tissues and avoid being removed by the flushing action of body fluids.
Adhesin
These are the three parts of taxonomy presented in this unit.
Identification, nomenclature, and classification
I am not technically a cell. I contain nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat called a capsid.
Virus
This German physician's work proved that a specific microorganism caused a particular disease.
Robert Koch
Peptidoglycan provides rigidity to this bacterial structure.
Cell wall
Encapsulated bacteria are often resistant to this process of destruction by immune cells.
Phagocytosis
Put these bacterial classification levels in order from highest to lowest: species, family, genus, kingdom, class, phylum, order.
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
Unlike viruses, I am composed of an abnormally folded protein and contain no nucleic acid.
Prion
According to Koch's Postulates, the suspected microorganism must be isolated and grown in this.
Pure culture
This flexible structure is composed of phospholipids and proteins and functions in active transport of nutrients into the cell and elimination of waste metabolites.
Cytoplasmic membrane
I am the LPS of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. When bacterial cell walls are damaged, I can be released and cause an immune response.
Endotoxin
In the scientific name Bacillus subtilis, this word represents the genus.
Bacillus
Molds are multicellular and filamentous. Their cylindrical cells attach end-to-end to form these structures.
Hyphae
According to Koch's Postulates, after an isolated microorganism is injected into healthy susceptible animals, this must happen for the postulate to be fulfilled.
Same disease must occur
These fine, straight, hair-like appendages are also called fimbriae and are most common on Gram-negative bacteria.
Unlike endotoxins, I can be produced by either Gram-positive or Gram-negative bacteria. I am a highly antigenic protein and can induce production of protective antitoxins.
Exotoxin
According to the binomial system of nomenclature, a scientific name consists of these two parts. The first is capitalized and the second is not abbreviated.
Genus & species