Question | Answer |
viral hepatisis is | viscerotrophic |
microorganisms that borrow ribosomes from host cell | virus |
which is not motile | cocci |
what will kill spores | autoclaving |
microorganism that requires oxygen to live | aerobe |
capable of of growing in absence of organic compounds; self-nourishing | autotrophic |
virus that attacks bacteria | bacteriophage |
method of asexual reproduction in which the cell divides into 2 parts | binary fission |
when a surface is competely free from all living microorganisms & spores | sterile |
minute living body not perceptible to the naked eye | microorganism |
science of structure & form | morphology |
study of fungi | mycology |
lives on everyone | normal flora |
infection acquired in a hospital | nosocomial infection |
organism that can only grow on living cells | parasite |
disease causing microorganism | pathogen |
organism living on decaying/dead organic matter | saprophyte |
relative power of a pathogen to cause disease | virulence |
class of microorganism | viruses |
class of microorganism | rickettsiae |
class of microorganism | fungi |
class of microorganism | protozoa |
class of microorganism | bacteria |
1 organism produces substances or causes condition which are lethal for other organisms | antibiosis |
derives benefits from others | mutualism |
rubella is also called | german measels |
sprial shaped bacteria | spirillum |
cling together in a long chain | streptococci |
inactive form of bacteria | spores |
increase virulence of bacteria | capsules |
byproduct after bacteria dies | endotoxins |
tetanus is an example of this | exotoxin |
most bacteria grow best under which condition | slightly on the alkaline side |
most post-operative wound infection | straphylococcus aureus |
gas gangrene | clostridium perfringens |
gastroenteritis | escherichia coli |
tetnus causes what | lock jaw |
whooping cough | bordetella pertussis |
scarlet fever | streptococcus pyogenes |
another name for helminths | worms |
interferon has what effect on the virus | blocks it |
type of dermotrophic viruses | small pox |
type of dermotrophic viruses | chicken pox |
type of pneumotrophic viruses | common cold |
type of pneumotrophic viruses | flu |
type of neurotrophic viruses | rabies |
type of neurotrophic viruses | polio myelitis |
type of viscerotrophic | mumps |
type of viscerotrophic | yellow fever |
obligate intracellular parasite | virus |