Microbial Life
The photosynthetic eukaryotes that lack true roots, stems, and leaves
What is algae?
The scientific study of how diseases are distributed in populations, and the factors that influence or determine that distribution
What is epidemiology?
The most critical monosaccharide
What is glucose?
The skilled microscopist who created the compound microscope and the first recorded descriptions of microorganisms.
What is Robert Hooke?
The sacculus of bacteria that provides structural support
What is peptidoglycan?
Bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses in/on the body, crucial for immunity and metabolism.
What is human microbiome?
Pathogens benefit by exploiting host resources, often at the host's expense, leading to illness.
What is parasitism?
The single-stranded nucleic acid that is involved in protein synthesis.
What is ribonucleic acid (RNA)?
The draper who was the first to observe single-celled microorganisms using a single-lens light microscope.
What is Antonie van Leeuwenhoek?
An additional layer possessed by many pathogenic bacteria that functions in immune evasion and resistance
What is capsule?
The sequencing of DNA straight from an environmental sample.
What is metagenomics?
A disease that persists at a moderate and steady level within a geographical area.
What is endemic?
The bonds formed between atoms using their outermost electrons.
What is primary chemical bonds?
The use of beams of negatively charged particles in a vacuum to make extremely detailed, high-magnification images.
What is electron microscope?
The component of the Gram negative outer membrane known to cause an intense inflammatory response in humans.
What is lipid A?
A set of criteria to prove that a particular bacterium caused a specific disease.
What is Koch's postulates?
What is microbial shedding?
The group of lipids composed of four fused rings that function in hormone & bile production
What is sterol?
The microscope that produces darker and more detailed images without using toxic stains.
What is phase contrast?
A structure unique to Gram-positive bacteria that functions like "rebar in concrete"
What is teichoic acid?
A method that allowed scientists to build a universal "family tree" for bacteria and archaea
What is 16S rRNA gene sequencing?
A measure of severity of disease caused by a pathogen
The use of the same targeting molecule to find a disease and treat it.
What is theranostics?
The application of fluorescent microscopy to identify pathogens, cancer biomarkers, and genetic abnormalities.
What is Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH)?
Energy-driven transport systems that actively expel toxic compounds from the periplasm.
What is efflux pumps?