Do it for the 'Gram'
Gelatinous substance obtained from seaweed that is liquid when heated and becomes solid when cooled; used in culture media.
What is Agar?
Fine particles suspended in air.
What is Aerosols?
Coughing up sputum and mucous from the trachea and lungs.
What is Expectoration?
Dish containing medium in which to grow microorganisms.
What is Petri Dish?
Liquid, semisolid, or solid substances containing nutrients needed to grow microorganisms.
What is Media?
Study of microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses.
What is Microbiology?
The rate of deaths.
What is Mortality?
Visible mass of bacteria formed on a culture medium by one bacterium growing and multiplying.
What is Colony?
Identification of the antibiotic of choice to treat an infection.
What is Sensitivity Test?
The rate at which illness occurs.
What is Morbidity?
Tube like filaments.
What is Hyphae?
Able to grow and function in the absence of oxygen.
What is Anaerobic?
Requiring oxygen for growth.
What is Aerobic?
An instrument that uses steam, dry heat, or chemicals at high pressure to kill possible contagious or infectious agents.
What is Autoclave?
Process of transferring microorganisms into or on a culture medium for growth.
What is Inoculation?
Pertaining to organisms that possess a true nucleus with a nuclear membrane and organelles.
What is Eukaryotic?
Mass of hyphae that some fungi produce.
What is Mycelium?
Asexual reproduction in which the cell split in half.
What is Binary Fission?
Requires specific nutrients and conditions for growth.
What is Fastidious?
Capable of forming pus.
What is Purulent?
Retaining the purple color of the stain used in Gram's method of staining microorganisms.
What is Gram-Positive?
Having the pink/red color of the counter-stain used in Gram's method of staining microorganisms.
What is Gram-Negative?
Component made of polysaccharides and peptides that gives rigidity to the bacterial cell wall.
What is Peptidoglycan?
Method of staining microorganisms that serves as a primary means of identifying and classifying bacteria.
What is Gram Stain?
Pertaining to unicellular organisms that do not have a true nucleus with a nuclear membrane.
What is Prokaryotic?