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Microbiology The College Network Excelsior

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Microbiology is   the study of organisms too small to be clearly seen by the unaided eye (i.e., microorganisms)  
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Microorganisms studied are   viruses, bacteria, archaea, protozoa, algae, and fungi  
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Biotechnology   uses microbes to solve biological probs, produce lrg. quanities of useful items, & degrade toxic materials  
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gene therapy   replace defective gene(s) with a "normal" one  
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scientific method-   refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge  
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Hypothesis   An educated guess  
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek-   1st to make a microscope and observe animalcules. 1670's. He was more interested ion microscopes.  
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Animalcules   tiny rapidly swimming (tiny animals)  
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Edward Jenner 1790's   performed 1st vaccination small Pox Vaccine  
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Ignaz Semmels or Sir Jospeh Lister   1850-Ignaz promoted hand washing. 15 yrs later- Joe started using antiseptics and disenfecants in surgery & on wounds.  
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Louis Pasteur "Father of Microbiology"   produced vaccines for anthrax & rabies & 1850's-1880's discovered micobes cause fermintation & that spontaneous generation was false  
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Spontaneous generation   Idea that microbes develop without any cellular parentage  
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Robert Koch   1870's Dev Koch postulates  
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Koch postulates   The need to satisfy 4 requir in order to establish that an organism is the cause of disease  
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Agar   gelatin-like solidifying agent used in laboratory culture media  
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pure culture   is a method of multiplying microbial organisms by letting them reproduce in predetermined culture media under controlled laboratory conditions  
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Germ theroy of disease   Belief that microbes will grow in humans & are the cause of diseases that spread from person to person, town to town  
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Alex Fleming   early 20th century, Discovered agents that destroyed bacteria  
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Lysozyme enzyme   degrades bacterial cell walls  
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PCN   1st true antibiotic used to kill bacteria, gained popularity during WW 2  
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Bacteria differentiate bacterial types by a single gene variation Edit Nomenclature naming & classifying Edit taxonomy how many levels? naming & classifying of microbes   7 levels  
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levels of taxonomy   kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, & species  
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Binomial System 2 names   organism genus & species  
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Strain or Biovars (biological variants)   Organisms that have small differences but are still in the same genus & species  
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Serovars   similar organisms that differ immunologically  
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Strains   Any type of variation  
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Domain bacterial Kingdom divided into 2 domains   Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes  
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Prokaryotes   Pro-before Kary-nucleous,organisms have no nucleous-(Bacteria & Archae)  
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Eukaryotes   presence of true nucleus,everything else other than bacteria  
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Cyanobacteria colored bacteria   use sunlight to produce carbs & fix nitrogen from the air  
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Dark-field microscopy   Light is blocked out, so light reflected of the bacteria is seen  
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Staining improves   viablity, microbes seldom have color  
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Differential Staining Grams   stain uses 2 stains, causes diff types of bacteria to change into diff colors  
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Electron Microscopy, How many diff types   stain viruses with heavy metal & shine electrons on them, 2 types  
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transmission electron microscopy   the electrons pass thru the specimen, heavy metals pile up around the virus & scatter electrons& Leaves dark areas that reflect the outline, resolve down to 0point002  
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scanning electron microscopy   scattered electrons are detected & the objects surface is reconstructed by a computer& resolve to 0point02 microns  
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Medium   nutritious extract or mixture that will support the growth of microbes  
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polar   Positive charge at one end & negative charge at the other end  
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nonpolar   no charge  
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Acids   supply an excess of H+ ions  
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Bases   supply an excess of OH- ions  
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pH high   >8 basic  
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low   <6 acidic  
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neutral point   is 7  
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Macromolecules   large molecules  
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Proteins   a macromolecule functions-structural & transport  
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enzymes   are a majority of proteins,breakdown of food into smaller useful  
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Polysaccharides   A macromolecule, assembled by enzymes, Serve as structural function& provide strength  
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Nucleic Acid   A Macromolecule, a sugar-phosphate repeating structure  
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Codons   nucleic acis letter (3)  
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gene   A string of codons  
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DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid   A nucleic acid, will always have equal numbers of A & T and equal numbers of C & G  
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RNA   ribonucleic acid  
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chromosome   1000s of genes that make up a single piece of double stranded DNA  
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adenine   always opposed to thymidine  
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cytosine   opposed to guanine  
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mRNA messengar RNA   single stranded, has a sugar ribose, and has uridine, actual template for protein synthesis aka translation, the A,U,C,G's dont have to be equal  
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translation   protein synthesis  
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Lipids macromolecule   small & span the membrane of every cell,they provide a non polar boundry- keep contents in & keep unwanted material out  
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Sterols   a type of lipid useful as targets for antibiotic therapy of fungi because fungal & animal lipids vary  
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Cholesterol   contained by animl cells  
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Ergosterols   contained by fungi cells  
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How many bases of RNA are required to code for one amino acid   3  
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Major component used in baterial classification & identification   apperance  
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coccus   spherical shape  
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bacillus   rod shaped  
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spirochete   helical cell  
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comma shaped   vibrio  
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mono   single  
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diplo   two linked cells  
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tetra   four linked cells  
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strepto   means chain of cells  
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staphylo   means a cluster of cells organized like a cluster of grapes  
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organelles membrane   bound sacks that are smaller than a cell. Bacteria has none.  
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Bacteria replication & transcription occur   in cytoplasm  
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cytoplasmic membrane aka cell or plasma membrane   a structure that defines inside & outside  
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cell wall   Bacterias have these layers that confers rigidity & shape to the bacteria.  
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active transport   pumping mechanism that runs the cells energy resources.  
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plasmids   small pieces of DNA that often carry genes for highly specialized functions, for example, they may code for resistance to some commonly used antibiotics.  
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ribosomes   are the enzymes that perform translation, do vary between bacteria & eukaryotes.  
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granules aka inclusions   contained by many bacteria in the cytoplasm. usually provide an energy source.  
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peptidoglycan PG   a polysaccharide called glycan that is cross-linked to other polysaccharide molecules by short peptide bridges.  
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lysis   bacteria with damaged cell walls literally explode  
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capsule aka glycocalyx   a covering, usually a polysaccharide.  
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lipopolysaccharide (LPS)   a presence or type of capsule  
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cell envelope   all of the covering layers of a bacterium.  
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spores aka endospores   grow inside of the cell (spores)  
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proteinaceous   flagella organelle of motility  
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filament   major part of a flagellum. contains flagellin.  
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flagellin   long helical structures made of polymerized protein  
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filament   major part of flagellum. shaped like corkscrew & are normally longer than the entire cell.  
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Flagellin   long, helical structures made of polymerized protein.  
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hook   can bend, like universal joint  
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basal body hook is attached to this   . 2 to 4 rings mounted on a rod that secure the flagellum to the cell envelope.  
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chemotaxis   when bacteria is moving toward or away from something  
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random-biased walk   bacteria tries different random directions & only go a significant distance when they like what's happening.  
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pili (sex pilus) aka fimbriae   hairlike appendages on the external surface of bacteria independant of flagella.  
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fimbriae how many?   ans more specifically means seen in 100s per cell. attachment factors or holdfasts  
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colony   microbes that grow into visible clump of cells  
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Gram stain   differentiate between positive & negative  
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gram positive   bacteria w/ 2 layered cell envelopes  
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gram negative   bacteria with 3 layered cell envelopes, which is unique  
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Lps   is important to bacterial pathogens in escaping the hosts immune system  
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lipid   a aka endotoxin is a potent inducer of inflammatory reactions.  
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strepto   in chains like a necklace  
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staphylo   clustered like grapes  
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tetra   linking in fours  
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diplo   linking in cells of two  
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pleomorphic   can be more than shape  
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2 biologically active items that destroy a cell wall   lysozyme & PCN  
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Nuclei   the defining chara. of a eukaryote  
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mitochondria   energy production  
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endoplasmic reticulum   for the translation of proteins  
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golgi apparatus   for packaging material to be secreted  
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vacuoles   for food or storage  
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Bulk transport eukaryotes have this   an additional type of transport.  
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endocytosis   engulf a large molecule  
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exocytosis   secrete whole antibody molecules.  
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vesicle   a small membrane sac  
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ligand   general term for any type of molecule that a receptor binds to.  
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phagocytosis   one form of endocytosis. cell eating, useful for ridding the cell of debris  
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pseudopodia   false foot  
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lysosomes   digestive organelles filled with toxic chemicals & degradative enzymes.  
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phagocytes   one group of WBCs that travel to all parts of the body to clean up any problems.  
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Fungi   make up a large kingdom Eukaryotes and break down organic material into forms that are reuseable by other living things.  
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heterotrophic   fungi are this. cuz they use organic material made by other cells  
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symbiotic   some fungi are..this cuz they obtain nutrients from living cells without harming them  
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saprobes   most fungi are this cuz they obtain nutrients from dead organic material  
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fungi are generally classified   as molds, yeasts, or mushrooms  
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yeasts grow   as single roundish cells  
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molds grow   in hyphae, long chains  
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hyphae   "web". molds grow like this- in long chains of connected cells  
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hypae are divided   into 2 classes septate & aseptate  
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septate   cross walls separarting individual cells  
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Mycelia   fuzzy masses of hypae (mold)  
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Ergosterol   major lipid of fungi. humans have cholesterol  
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Chitlin   Polysaccharide that most fungi cells are made of.  
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3 groups of the kingdom of Protista   alage, protozoa, & slime molds  
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Algae   unicellular, can grow in large groups  
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Protozoa   unicellular, lack photosynthetic ability & use their organellas for moving & food gathering  
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Slime molds   grow on dead material & produce spores, some have flagella or pseudopodia (false feet)  
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Protozoan moves via   flagella, cillia, pseudopodia  
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Algaes role in marine life   use sun's energy to make organic material and oxygen. Are primary food source for ocean cretures  
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Algal cells are made of   cellulose  
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Algae obtains and uses sunlight via   through chlorophyll  
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protozoans classified & identified   via of the way they move and their locomation apparatus  
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cellular vs acellular   group of individual cells / plasmodium, a giant cell containing many nuclei  
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vector   carriers of pathogens, ie lice, mites, ticks, mosquitos  
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a pathogen to be transmitted via mosquito   pathogen must migrate to the salivary gland and replicate there.  
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tick-dermacentor andersoni   transmits rickettsia which causes Rocky mountain fever  
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Ixodes scapularis tick   transmits Borrelia burgdorferi which causes Lyme disease  
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Obligate intracellular parasites   incapable of replicating outside of a host-viruses  
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bacterial viruses   bacteriophages or just phages  
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viruses   THE simplest ORGANISIMS ON EARTH, defined as living cuz they replicate  
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bacteriophage penetrate   hosts walls via neddle like tube-they use this tube to propel and inject their nucleic acid  
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Capsomere   a viral protein that forms the coat around the viral nucleic acid  
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Capsid   protein shell made of capsomeres  
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nucleocapsid   capsid covering plus the nucleic acid  
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envelope   an additional covering made of membrane fromthe host cell & viral protein  
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virion   an intact viral particle with its appropriate coating layers  
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icosahedron   20 identical sides  
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envelope parts come from   membrane from host & attachment proteins are from the virus  
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7 steps in human virus   attachment, penetration, uncoating, nucleic acid replication, protein synthesis, self-assembly, release  
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prions   smallest replicating agents, have no DNA or RNA  
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kuru aka Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease   disease in which shaking occurs, tribes ate infected brain  
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scrapie   Kuru in sheep, cause it makes then scrap all their hide off  
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encephalopathy   prions folded protein destroys the hosts brain  
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Acidophiles   Bacteria that grow in acidic enviroments.  
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aerobes   Bacteria that grows in oxygen  
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alkalophiles   Bacteria that grows in alkaline enviroments  
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anaerobes   Bacteria that grows without the presence oxygen  
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antagonism   a mutual harmful relationship between organisms  
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autotrophs   Bacteria and other organisms that can use carbon dioxide from the air as a source of carbon.  
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auxotrophs   bacteria with mutations that disallow them from making a given vitamin, they acquire them from hosts  
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Carbon   Most abudant elemant in cells.  
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hetertrophs   require their carbon source in an organic form (sugar/aminao acid)  
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Fastidious organisms   organisms that require vitamins or similar nutrients  
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photoautotrophs   bacteria that is photosynthetic & can use energy in light  
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Halophiles   bacteria that can grow in high salt conditions  
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methanogens   bacteria that gets their energy from carbon dioxide & hydrogen to produce methane gas  
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chemoautotrophs   use minerals & gases from the sir, & derive energy from chemicals found in rocks.  
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liquid media   broth  
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to solidify miquid media   add agar  
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synthetic or defined media   bacterial culture that consists of media of known chemicals (ie sugar, vitamins)  
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brain-heart infusion broth   nonsynthetic or compulsive media  
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if we know what nutrients are needed & can add them to the heart-brain infusion   enriched medium  
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bood agar   medium generally used for the isolation of human pathogens from body sites,ex throat. (We add blood to the brain-heart medium if we don't know what nutrients are needed.  
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selective media   media allows certain kinds of bacteria to grow while not letting the other bacteria(s) grow.  
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differental media   allows different types of organisms, but colonies of one type of organism are differentiated by the color they produce as they metabolize the sugar.  
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bacteria to be identified   must be isoloated  
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brownian motion   molecules are always bouncing around off one another in this process  
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hydrostatic/osmotic pressure   pressure d/t h20 trying to reduce the chemical gradient  
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aerobes   bacteria grows in the presence of o2  
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Obligated aerobes   absolutely require o2 to grow in (baceris)  
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anaerobes   absenence of air-bacteria grows  
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facultative anaerobes   with or w/o o2 bacteria grows in  
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microaerophiles   require reduced o2 bacteria grows in  
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acidophilles   acidic enviroment bacteria grow  
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alkalophiles   bacteria that can grow in alkaline enviroments (high pH)  
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bacteria that can't grow w/o high concentration of salt   obligate halophiles  
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pshychrophiles   cold  
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mesophiles   warm (human pathogens)  
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thermophile   hot  
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extreme thermophile   boiling  
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can't grow but don't die @ high temp for short period of time   thermoduric  
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Synergism   Symbiotic relationship. Total growth of 2 or more arganisms is better than if they had just grew alone by themselves.  
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Mutualistic   symbiotic relationship. when both organisms need each other to live.  
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Commensalism   symbiotic relatioonship. when organism A helps Organ. B. But Organ. A neither affected good or bad.  
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Parasitism   Symbiotic realtionship where one is getting hurt and the other is thriving.  
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Antagonism   Symbiotic relationship in which both organisms are being hurt.  
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SIX most abudants elements in microbes   carbon, o2, nitrogen,hydrogen, phosphorus, & sulfar  
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SIX most abudant types of molecules in a living bacterium   h20,proteins,RNA,carbohydrates,lipids,DNA  
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Diffusion   Brownian motion, nutrient molecules are constantly moving, so they make contact w/bactrium.  
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Prevents a bacterial cell from rupturing   srength of the peptidoglycan  
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cell division & binary fisson   bacterial cells grow by dividing & forming 2 progeny cells that are equal to the original cell  
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generation   each division or doubling is called this  
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exponential growth   when bacteria double every constant period of time  
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lag phase   not moving. when placed from petri disk to broth. cells are adapting to the rich supply of nutrients in preparation of growth.30 to 60 minutes  
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log phase   second phase.cells start to multiply by doubling every approx 30 min. may be a few hours long but the time depends directly on nutrient availability  
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stationary phase   cells maintain cell number but aren't able to produce new cells or they are dying and replacing at the same rate.can be minutes to days this is due to nutrient depletion  
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decline phase or death phase   last phase. cuz the cells aren't receiving sufficient energy or nutrients to maintain viablity they die.  
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autolytic   they produce enzymes that cause their own lysis or breakdown  
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dilutions   this is how you can determine the number of viable cells in a culture.  
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akiquots   small samples of a culture  
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exponential growth   means that in every generation (or growth cycle) twice as many cells are formed.  
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CFU   colony forming unit. each viable cell that can grow into a colony on a petri dish  
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Turbidimetric assay   determines how many bacterial cells,living or dead, are present by use of a spectrophotometer. This number is different than CFU's because CFU only count viable cells.  
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anabolism   the use of energy & building blocks to make new cellular materials.  
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catabolism   hte breakdown of complex materials that use cells for making more cells  
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metabolism   all the chemical processes occurring in a cell  
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enzymes   protein catalysts that cells use to convert some molecules into others.  
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activation energy   refers to the amount of heat necessary to cause a chemical reaction.Enzymes can dramatically reduce the activation energy.  
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3 Major pathways of catabolism in organisms   Glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, & electron transport.  
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Glycolysis how many ATPs   2 ATPS are produced by....  
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TCA Cycle/electron transport how many ATPs   30 ATPS are produced by...........  
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Final electron acceptor in aerobic respiration   O2  
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2 possible final electron acceptors in anaerobic reaction   nitrate & sulfate  
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6 Commercially valuable products vis fermintation   cheese, yogurt, vinegar, acetone, butyl alcohol, beer & wine  
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DNA RNA & amino acids   types of macromolecules that require building blocks, or precursor molecules.  
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DNA   infomational molecule. tells cells what to do/ how to operate  
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RNA   translated into proteins, the real cell workers  
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Transcription   The process by which RNA polymerase uses a DNA template to produce mRNA  
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RNA polymerase   the enzyme responsible for transcription. aka used to produce the RNA copy of each gene  
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Operon   2 or more genes in a bacterial chromosome that are transcribed into one mRNA. Eukaryotic cells do not have operons  
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Translation   The process of rRNAs translating the mRNA codons into proteins by polymerizing the correet amino acids in th ecorrect order.  
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mRNA   A template for the coded genetic information in DNA to be translated into protein  
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ribosomes   enzymes that carry out the process of translation  
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codon   a nucleotide triplet that codes for a specific amino acid  
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Couple transcription & translation   the simultaneous synthesis of RNA & protein that occur in the cytoplasm of prokaryotes  
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A triplet of bases encodes..   Each triplet codon in mRNA codes for 1 amino acid  
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Griffith   demonstrated a gene transfer by showing that capsular production could be restored to a capsular mutant from dead, wild-type bacteria  
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Avery   showed that genes are made of DNA by showing that the bacterial substance that caused transformation was DNase sensitive.  
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Hershey & chase   confirmed that DNA is the genetic material  
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gene   the DNA coding material for a single protein  
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chromosome   a large circular molecule of several million base pairs of DNA that contains cellular genes  
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genome   the collection of all the genes in a cell  
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complementary DNA   DNA that will base pair w/another DNA molecule cuz it has A in place of every T, C in place of every g of the other molecule  
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gene amounts in bacterium & human cells   bacterium 5,000 and human=50,000  
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Prokaryotic cells   have haplois genomes  
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Eukaryotic cells   have diploid genomes  
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A disease that is most common in the Ohio Missi. River drainage area, is spread from bird poop, & is DX as a yeast in bronchoalveolar lavage washings is   HISTOPLASMOSIS  
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Feeding form of Giardia Lamblia   TROPHOZITE  
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Malarial Merozoites infect   RBCs  
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Parasite, damages the liver & have a life cycle stage in a snail is   FLUKE  
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Agents that causes swimming pool conjunctivitis & keratoconjunctivitis is   ADENOVIRUS  
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Alcohol in alcholic drinks is produced by   YEAST  
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this organism makes a natural pesticide   BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS  
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microbe shells are used to decontaminate water supplies   DIATOMS  
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Air forced through sewage to   HELP AEROBIC BACTERIA GROWTH  
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Actinomycetes as Nocardia & Streptomyces are commonly found here   SOIL  
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Produces the greatest amount of energy   ELECTRON TRANSPORT  
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double stranded DNA virus has 40% G+C, then it has ___% A   30  
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All viruses   are intracellular,contain nucleocapsid,either RNa or DNA but not both  
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specific chara. of heterotrophs is that they   OBTAIN CARBON FROM ORGANIC COMPOUNDS  
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Most important advantage of solid media over broth is   SPECIFIC COLONIES TO BE ISOLATED  
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sterilization indicates   AN ABSENCE OF LIFE  
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detergents primarily act on microbes by   DISOLVING THE LIPID MEMBRANES  
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the beta lactam ring of PCNs is destroyed by   B LACTAMASE  
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Antibiotic for TB   ISONIAZID  
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Antiherpes Rx   ACYCLOVIR  
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Antiviral that acts to stop uncoating is   AMANTADINE  
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Spread via aerosols   PNEUMONIC PLAGUE  
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Opsonizatioin is enhanced by   ANTIBODIES  
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Legionnaire's disease source   WATER COOLING TOWERS  
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Bacteria that have lost the ability to grow on a specific sugar   AUXOTROPHS  
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PCN Antibio. theraphy will be most effective against   STAPH & STREP  
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Mycobacteria are usually hard for the host to overcome cuz   HAVE A WAXY CELL WALL  
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principal cell killed by HIV   T HELPER OR CD4  
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Varicella zoster virus is cause of   chicken pox  
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Hep B   DESTROYS LIVER CELLS  
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Kaposi's sarcoma is associated with infection by the   HIV  
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virus that contains reverse transcriptase   HIV  
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a protein that causes a given gene or operon to start expressing is called   INDUCER  
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Zoonotic transmission is observed for   SALMONELLOSIS  
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Infected woman is more likely that an infected man to miss recognizing this symptom   CHANCRE  
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a bacterial process of recombination that requires cell to cell contact   CONJUGATION  
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First proved the germ thery of disease   KOCH  
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Bacterial motility is produced by   FLAGELLA  
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A bacterium that only grows in the absence of oxygen   OBLIGATE ANAEROBE  
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Rapid growth of bacteria occurs in this phase   LOG PHASE  
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How do Cyanobacteria obtain their energy   PHOTOSYNTHESIS  
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Spontaneous changes in genes occurs because of   MUTAGENESIS  
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Component of the bacterial cell wall gives it its rigidity   PEPTIOGLYCAN  
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The most important cellular organelle in the destruction of a pathogen is the   LYSOSOME  
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Parts of bacterial flagella   basal body, flagellin, hook  
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Janssen, Hans & Zaccharias   invented first compound microscope  
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Hooke   (1665) Looked at cork via microscope Coined the word cell. Set the foundation for cell theory.  
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cell theory   states all living things are composd of cells  
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Van leeuwenhoek   1670's & 80's first to observe & describe living microbes-"animalcules". His homemade microscope magnified a specimen up to 200-300x.  
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Linnaeus   1735 developed a classification system-binomial nomenclature  
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binominal nomenclature   classification system (genus name+species name)  
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spontaneous generation   states living matter can appear out of no where  
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Francesco REDI   1660s first to present evidence spontaneous generation false. cloth covered jars. Poor guy was ignored.  
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John NEEDHAM   1740s showed proof spontaneous generation was true. he boiled nutrient solutions, yet when cooled stuff grew.  
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Lazzaro SPALLANZANI   showed that NEEDHAMS experiments where BS. that u seal the boiled flasks and nothing can grow. that there where stuff in the air.  
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Jenner   1789 first vaccine (cow pox)  
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Semmelweis   1840s first to suggest doctors wash their nasty hands  
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Louis Pasteur   developed the swan neck flask. disproved sponatenous generation. showed microorganisms are everywhere. put aseptic technique in the running stages.  
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Jospeh LISTER   1860s disinfectants to clean surgical dressings and instruments.  
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Koch   One organism-one disease. First to establish pure-culture technique and to use agar as a growth medium. (koch postulates)  
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Ehrlich   Syphillis  
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Fleming   PCN  
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Domagk   Sulfa  
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5 Kingdoms   Monera,Protista,Fungi,& Animalia  
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Microorganisms- all this kingdom   Monera (bacteria & cyanophytes)  
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one meter is ____ feet   3.28ft is ____meter  
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resolution   refers to the ability to tell the diff of adjacent objects or structures as seperate & discrete entities  
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resolving power   of a microscope indicates the size of the smallest objects that can be clearly observed.  
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