A +/- symbiotic relationship.
What is parasitism?
Organisms that grow only in the absence of oxygen.
What are obligate anaerobes?
Diseases like lupus that cannot be transferred between people.
What are non-communicable diseases?
The solids that form in cheese-making.
What are curds?
This type of bacteria thrive in saltwater lakes.
What are halophiles?
Normal flora bacteria that take cause an infection when they get the chance.
What are opportunistic bacteria?
An object that is free of all microbes.
What is sterile?
This type of disease is transmitted by non-human animal reservoirs.
What are zoonotic diseases?
The type of fermentation used in cheese and yogurt.
What is lactic acid fermentation?
The most common soil bacteria genra.
What is Bacillus?
Pathogen of the skin that causes flesh-eating disease
What is Streptococcus pyogenes?
Disinfectants used on the skin.
What are antiseptics?
This type of transmission goes from mother to fetus.
What is vertical transmission?
The type of fermentation used in bread.
What is alcholic fermentation?
This is a symbiotic relationship between plant roots and fungi.
What are mycorrhizae?
Part of the respiratory system that has NO normal flora.
What is the lower respiratory tract?
The category of hospital instruments that come into contact with bodily tissues.
What are critical instruments?
This type of epidemiological study gathers demographic info about the affected population.
What is a descriptive study?
This bacteria can survive the canning process and causes botulism.
What is Clostridium botulinum?
This is the amount of oxygen required for bacteria to biodegrade waste in a water source.
What is BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand)?
The fungus that causes Ergot poisoning.
What is Claviceps purpurea?
The best method to sterilize strawberries.
What is Ionizing Radiation?
This was the first disease to be eradicated worldwide.
What is smallpox?
This type of food can be canned safely without using high pressure.
What are high acid foods?
In wastewater treatment, this stage encourages the growth of microbes to degrade organic material.
What is secondary treatment?