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Bonewit Chapt 20
Medical Microbiology- Karly Hayes
Question | Answer |
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Bacteria that have a rod shape | Bacilli |
Bacteria that have a round shape | Cocci |
A mass of bacteria growing on a solid culture medium that have arisen front he multiplication of a single bacterium | Colony |
Capable of being transmitted directly or indirectly from one person to another | Contagious |
The propagation of a mass of microorganisms in a laboratory culture medium | Culture |
A mixture of nutrients on which microorganisms are grown in the laboratory | Culture medium |
A test result denoting that a condition is absent when it is actually present | False-negative |
A test result denoting that a condition is present when it is actually absent | False-positive |
Extremely dlicate, difficult to culture, and involving specialized growth requirements. | Fastidious |
The process of becoming protected from a disease through vaccination | Immunization |
In microbiology, The act of placing a culture in a chamber (incubator) that provides optimal growth requirements fromt he multiplication of the organisms, such as the proper temperature, humidity, and darkness | Incubate |
The interval of time between the invasion by a pathogenic microorganism and the apperance of firs symptoms of the disease | Incubation period |
A disease caused by a pathogen that produces harmful effects on its host (also known as a communicable disease) | Infectious disease |
To introduce microorganisms into a culture medium for growth and multiplication | Inoculate |
The scientific study of microorganisms and their activites | Microbiology |
A membrane lining body passages or cavities that open to the outside | Mucous membrane |
Harmless, nonpathogenic microorganisms that normally reside in many parts of the body but do not cause disease. | Normal flora |
The natural ability of an organism to remain unaffected by harmful substances in its enviroment. | Resistance |
A morbid (secondary) condition occuring as a result of a less serious primary infection. | Sequela |
Material spread on a slide for microscopic examination. | smear |
A small sample or part taken from the body to show the nature of the whole. | Speciemn |
Bacteria that have a spiral or curved shape. | Spirilla |
In microbiology, the process of inoculating a culture to provide for the growth of colonies on the surface of a solid medium. Streaking is accomplished by skimming a wire inoculating loop that contains the specimen across the surface of the medium, using | Streaking |
a back-and-forth motion | Streaking |
An exotoxin produced by beta-hemolytic streptococci, which completely hemolyzes red blood cells | Streptolysin |
Easily affected, lacking resistance. | Susceptible |