Human Microbes
Controlling Prokaryotic Growth
Epidemiology
Food Micro
Environmental Micro
100

A +/- symbiotic relationship.

What is parasitism?

100

Organisms that grow only in the absence of oxygen.

What are obligate anaerobes?

100

Diseases like lupus that cannot be transferred between people.

What are non-communicable diseases?

100

The solids that form in cheese-making.

What are curds?

100

This type of bacteria thrive in saltwater lakes.

What are halophiles?

200

Normal flora bacteria that take cause an infection when they get the chance.

What are opportunistic bacteria?

200

An object that is free of all microbes.

What is sterile?

200

This type of disease is transmitted by non-human animal reservoirs.

What are zoonotic diseases?

200

The type of fermentation used in cheese and yogurt.

What is lactic acid fermentation?

200

The most common soil bacteria genra.

What is Bacillus?

300

Pathogen of the skin that causes flesh-eating disease

What is Streptococcus pyogenes?

300

Disinfectants used on the skin.

What are antiseptics?

300

This type of transmission goes from mother to fetus.

What is vertical transmission?

300

The type of fermentation used in bread.

What is alcholic fermentation?

300

This is a symbiotic relationship between plant roots and fungi.

What are mycorrhizae?

400

Part of the respiratory system that has NO normal flora.

What is the lower respiratory tract?

400

The category of hospital instruments that come into contact with bodily tissues.

What are critical instruments?

400

This type of epidemiological study gathers demographic info about the affected population.

What is a descriptive study?

400

This bacteria can survive the canning process and causes botulism.

What is Clostridium botulinum?

400

This is the amount of oxygen required for bacteria to biodegrade waste in a water source.

What is BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand)?

500

The fungus that causes Ergot poisoning.

What is Claviceps purpurea?

500

The best method to sterilize strawberries.

What is Ionizing Radiation?

500

This was the first disease to be eradicated worldwide.

What is smallpox?

500

This type of food can be canned safely without using high pressure.

What are high acid foods?

500

In wastewater treatment, this stage encourages the growth of microbes to degrade organic material.

What is secondary treatment?