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| Define Microbiology | Microbiology is the branch of biology that deals with microorganisms and their effects on other living organisms
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| Define Pathogenic | Disease Producing
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| How are microorganisms measured? | In microns
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| Give examples of microorganisms: | Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi, Protozoa, and Microscopic Algae
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| List the 2 groups of bacteria that gram stain divides: | Gram Positive and Gram Negative Bacteria
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| Gram positive microorgainsms stain what color? | Purple or Blue
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| Gram Negaive microorganisms stain what color? | Pink or Red
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| What does gram staining help to determine? | Gram staining helps to indentify the microorganism which can help determine which drug will be the most effective against the disease
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| How does bacteria reproduce? | Binary Fissin (asexual reproduction)
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| List the basic requirments bacteria needs in order to survive: | Warmth, Food, Water, Alkaline pH, Elimination of Waste, Oxygen, Subdued light or darkness.
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| Describe a spore: | A spore are highly durable, dehydrated cells with thick cell walls that are hard adn shell like.
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| What does Aerobic bacteria require in order to survive? | Oxygen
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| Define Microbacteria: | Mycrobacteria are aerobic, non-spore-forming, non-moving, rod-shaped organisms.
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| Microbacterium Tuberculois is responsible for which disease? | Tuberculosis
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| Microbacterium Leprae is responsible for which disease? | Leprosy
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| Give examples of Gram Positive Cocci: | Staphlococcus, Streptococcus, and Enterococcus
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| What is the persistant cause of healthcare aquired (nosicomial) infections? | Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
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| What is a prion? | An abnormal protein in the brain, leading to brain damage.
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| Give examples of diseases caused by prions: | CJD, variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (vCJD), Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome, fatal familial insomnia, kuru
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| Where are spirochetes found? | Water, sewage, soil, and decaying matter.
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| What is responsible for relapsing fever and Lyme Disease? | genus Borrelia usually transmitted by ticks or lice
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| What requires a living organism to survive? | Viruses
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| Give examples of viruses: | AIDS, rabies, smallpox, poliomyelitis, measles, fever blisters, influenza, herpes, hepatitis A, B, and C, and the common cold.
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| What is the health care worker most likely to be exposed to in the health care work enviornment? | Hepatitis C
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| What are single celled Microorganisms | Protozoa
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