______ is a method to stain bacteria based on the structure of their cell walls
What is gram staining?
An acellular parasite that carries either DNA or RNA
What is a Virus
He was the first to establish a method to sterilize milk
Who is Louis Pasteur
This term is defined as a disease that is restricted to a certain area of the world
What is endemic
This term means a testable statement based on careful observations
What is a hypothesis?
What are the two classes of microbes that are particularly hard to classify? (And are also disgusting and creepy)
What are Helminths and Protists
This organism infects and kills frogs on a huge scale
What is chytrid
These cellular organelles are thought to be descended from ancient prokaryotes
What are mitochondria and chloroplasts
This man is credited with performing the first successful vaccination
Who is Jenner
What are three types of immune cells?
What are Macrophages, killer T-cells, helper T-cells, B-cells, memory cells
Bacteria that do not need oxygen to grow are called this
What is Anaerobic
This gentleman discovered cells, calling them little boxes
Who is Robert hook
This term means a protein or a piece of a microbe that stimulates an immune response
What is an antigen
This strange snot-like organism can be multinucleated
What is a slime mold