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| Aerobic | microorganism that needs O2 to survive |
| Anaerobic | microorganisms that are sensitive to and can be destroyed by the presence of O2 |
| Anmensalism | two dissimilar organisms existing together with no effect to each other |
| Antibiosis | association between two dissimilar organisms that is harmful to one or both |
| Autotroph | organism capable of using simple inorganic matter as nutrients |
| Commensalism | two species existing together, one benefiting the other not effected. |
| Communicable | organism that is transmitted from one individual to another directly or indirectly |
| Concommunicable | organism that is not transmittable |
| contamination | 1. invasion of infection or disease producing organism 2. presence of a microorganism in an otherwise sterile environment. |
| Heterotroph | organism capable of using organic matter to survive |
| Infection | inflammation caused by multiplication of pathogenic microorganisms |
| Inflammation | Bodies response to injury, specific tissue response to stress by living agents, electrical, chemical, or mechanical trauma, evidenced by dilation, fluid exudation, accumulation of wbc or any combination of the three. |
| microbe | a pathogenic organism |
| microbiology | the study of living organisms to small to be seen by the naked eye with he aid of a microscope. |
| microorganism | organism so small -can only be seen under a microscope |
| mutalism | two dissimilar organisms existing together, each benefiting from the association and unable to survive with out it. |
| nosocomial infection | infection acquired with in the hospital |
| parasite | organism that lives on or in another organism and benefits from but does not benefit the host |
| Pathogen | disease producing |
| Pyrogenic | fever producing inflammatory process |
| Saprophyte | organism that lives on dead organic matter |
| Symbiosis | two dissimilar organisms existing together |
| synnecrosis | 2 dissimilar organisms existing together to the detriment of both |
| Taxonomy | science of classifying living things |
| vegetative cell | metabolically active form of bacterium in which reproduction can occur |
