Bacteria
Experiments
Major Groups of Microorganisms
Vocabulary
Pathology
100
The three most common shapes of bacteria: spherical, rod, and this:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/spirillum_updated-5be08db6c9e77c002697c64a.jpg)
What is spiral?
100
This furry animal, made famous by Looney Tunes, was experimented on during the development of the rabies vaccine.
What is a rabbit?
100
These make up a large group of one-celled microorganisms; they can be good and bad.
What is bacteria?
100
This is a global disease outbreak when a new virus emerges in which people have no/low immunity and no vaccine.
What is pandemic?
100
This newly famous virus uses spike proteins to penetrate host cells and cause infection.
What is COVID-19/Coronavirus
200
Bacteria is one of these: organisms that are too small to be seen without using a microscope
What is a microbe?
200
Pathogens in milk are destroyed through this, named after the Louis Pasteur.
What is pasteurization?
200
This contains chlorophyll, as well as pigments that cause them to appear yellow-green, brown, or red.
What is algae?
200
Like the United States before 1776, a group of bacteria derived from the same mother cell is called
what is a colony?
200
This virus with types B, C, and D are spread by exposure to blood.
What is Hepatitis?
300
Through this process, one bacterium divides into two identical bacterial cells
What is binary fission?
300
This is the process of converting sugar to alcohol
What is fermentation?
300
Single-celled microscopic animals without a rigid cell wall.
What is protozoa?
300
objects or materials which are likely to carry infection, such as clothes, utensils, and furniture.
What are fomites?
300
This abbreviation stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a distinct strain of Staphylococcus aureus responsible for several difficult-to-treat infections in humans.
What is MRSA?
400
This is the most resistant form of bacterial life.
What is spores?
400
This is the staining process for separating bacteria using crystal violet dye, iodine solution, alcohol solution, and safranin dye.
What is Gram's Stain?
400
Plants, such as mushrooms, yeasts, and molds, that lack chlorophyll.
What is fungi?
400
This is the science of classifying organisms
What is taxonomy?
400
After stepping on a dirty piece of glass or nail you might be told to get a shot for this disease, also known as lockjaw.
What is Tetanus?
500
This bacteria requires oxygen to grow.
What is aerobes?
500
In 1928, this scientist discovered Penicillin by accident after leaving an uncovered Petri dish near an open window, contaminating it with bacteria-killing mold.
Who is Dr. Alexander Fleming?
500
Ultramicroscopic infectious agents that contain DNA or RNA.
What is viruses?
500
Bacteria that thrive best at high temperatures, between 40 C and 70 C are described as
What is thermophilic/thermophiles
500
This microorganism, famous for attacking the lungs of thousands during the 19th century, is used as a benchmark for the effectiveness of a surface disinfectant.
What is Tuberculosis?