Antibiotics
This structure is essential for the bioactivity of penicillin.
Beta lactam rings
How bacteria reproduce.
Binary Fission
Inanimate object that can transmit a pathogen.
fomite
Use of chemical agents on skin or other tissues to remove or inhibit microorganisms.
Asepsis
The resistance mechanisms describes the function of β-lactamase
inactivation of antibiotic
Tetracycline interferes with protein synthesis through this structure.
30s ribosome
The time it takes 1 bacterium to become 2 bacteria.
Doubling Time or generation time
This type of toxin has cell-specific effects on host cells.
Chemical agents that inhibit the growth of bacteria on tissues or on objects in the environment.
Bacteriostatic
The phase in the course of infection marked by fever and other prominent and specific signs and symptoms.
Acute phase
Molecules that are structurally similar to, and compete with, naturally occurring metabolic intermediates.
Structural Analog
Flat period of growth while bacteria synthesize parts and enlarge.
Lag phase
The bacteria that causes the plague naturally resides in coyotes. Coyotes are an example of this.
Reservior
Heat treatment of liquids, like milk, that does not kill spores.
pasteurization
If pathogens enter the “wrong” this, they will not cause disease
portal of entry
Quinolones such as ciprofloxacin inhibit gyrases and topoisomerases, preventing this action by the cell.
DNA replication
The phase when bacteria are most susceptible to antimicrobial agents.
Exponential or logarithmic phase
Role of mosquitos in transmitting malaria from human to human.
Biological vector
Mechanism of action of halogens.
These microbes are able to grow in very dry environments
xerophiles
Biofilm
These organisms that grow best at a higher CO2 tension than is normally present in the atmosphere.
Capnophiles
Role of deli meat contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes causing food-borne illness.
Vehicle
Mechanism of action of ionizing radiation.
DNA damage
Many bacteria actively transporting drugs out of the bacterial cell is an example of this antibiotic resistance mechanism.
Efflux pumps