Structures
Waived Tests
Stain Wet Mount
Pathogenic
Microorganisms
100
Coccus (pl. cocci)
What is round, appear alone or in pairs, chains, and clusters?
100
Strep A
What is a test for a contagious dz that is passed from one person to another and causes sore throat?
100
used to distinguish between grm+ and grm- organisms
What is the Gram stain?
100
pinworm, giardiasis, trichomonas, lice
What are parasites?
100
prokaryotic, single celled, reproduce rapidly and form colonies
What are bacteria?
200
bacillus (pl. bacilli)
What is rod shaped and can be arranged in pairs?
200
Influenza
What is caused by a virus that affect te respiratory tract?
200
hold on to the crystal violet becauseof the peptidoglycan layer in their cell wall
What are grm+ organisms?
200
forms endospores, grm+ bacillus, caused by Bacillus anthracis
What is Anthrax?
200
eukaryotic, lack chlorophyll
What are fungi?
300
spirillum (pl. spirilla)
What is spiral shaped microorganism that can be a gently curved rod or resemble a corkscrew?
300
results
What is only as good as the specimen that is collected?
300
will appear as red beaded rods and cause TB
What are acid-fast organisms?
300
causative agent of the plague
What is Yersinia pestis?
300
live in or on a host and derive nourishment from the host
What are parasites?
400
yeast
What are single cells that reproduce by budding?
400
scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, and glomerulonephritis
What are complications of strep throat?
400
done to view organisms in their living environment
What is a wet mount?
400
transferred to humans beings by flea bites
What is the bubonic plague?
400
consist of either RNA or DNA
What are viruses?
500
molds
What are made up of mycelium, tubelike structures called hyphae?
500
gradual change that influenza viruses undergo from one season to the next
What is antigenic drift?
500
an alkaline solution that breaks down protein material and shows hyphae as well as yeast
What is a potassium hydroxide (KOH)?
500
grm- bacillus, humans infected by bites from rabbits or ticks
What is Francisella tularensis?
500
the low level group and specific kind of names given to organisms
What are genus and species?