Prokaryotes
This type of microorganism is classified by where it can be found.
What is archaea?
Genetic material surrounded by a capsid.
What is a virus?
The study of scientifically classifying different organisms.
What is taxonomy?
Which microorganism causes bread to rise?
Yeasts
The best name-that-tune team that lost in semi-finals yesterday...
Who are the Golden Girls?
These microorganisms can be found in areas like the dead sea.
What are halophiles?
Mosquitoes are considered to be this when passing on malaria to humans.
What is a vector?
The first tier in the classification of living things, there are six of them.
What is kingdom?
These are considered to be decomposers due to their ability to break down nutrients.
What is fungi?
The jelly-like substance that was used on the base of our petri dishes (used as gelatin-substitute in vegan baking).
What is agar?
Plant-like microorganism.
What is algae?
A disease caused by a microorganism is called this.
What is an infection?
Genus and species are used to name organisms.
What is binomial nomenclature?
When a virus infects and attaches itself to a bacteria.
What is a bacteriophage?
The only cause of cervical cancer stems from this infection.
What is HPV?
Is E. coli gram positive or negative?
Gram negative
When a virus causes a host cell to die and burst.
What is lysis?
These two kingdoms are the only prokaryotic ones.
What is bacteria and archaea?
When prokaryotes are in unfavourable environments they use this type of reproduction.
What is sexual reproduction?
What infection is easier to get once you've had it once before?
What is strep throat?
Examples are strepthroat, botulism, flesh-eating disease, pneumonia etc
What are harmful bacteria?
This medical practice causes the body to produce antibodies.
What is a vaccine?
Animal, Plant, Fungi and Protists
What are eukaryotes?
This type of virus can survive in the GI tract (heat, acidic, drying etc.)
What is a naked virus?
What infection did I get in Europe after walking around so much?
Athlete's foot ew!