Question | Answer |
Bacilli(bacillus) | Bacteria that have a rod shape |
Cocci(Coccus) | Bacteria that have a round shape |
Colony | A mass of baceria growing on a solid culture medium that have arisen from the multiplication of a single bacterium |
Contagious | Capable of being transmitted directly or indirectly from one person to another |
Culture | The propagation of a mass of Mo's in labroratory culture medium |
Culture medium | A mixture of nutrients on which MO's are grown in the laboratory |
False neg. | A test result denoting that a condition is absent when it is actually present |
False positive | A tst result denoting that a condition is present when it is actually absent |
Fastidious | Extremely delicate, difficult to culture, and involving speciliazed growth requirements. |
Immunization | The process of becoming protected from a disease through vaccination |
Incubate | In microbiology, the act of placing a culture in a chamber (incubator) that provides optimal growth requirements for the multipication of the orgamisms, such as rhe proper temp, humidity and darkness |
Incubation period | The interval of time between the invasion by a pathogenic microorganisms and the appearance of first symptoms of the disease |
Infectious disease | A disease caused by a pathogen that produces harmful effects on its host |
Inoculate | To introduce MO's into a culture medium for growth and multiplication |
Microbiology | The scientific study of MO's and their activities |
Mucous membrane | A membrane lining body passages or cavities that open to the outside |
Normal flora | Harmless, nonpathogenic MO's that normally reside in many parts of the body but do not cause disease |
Resistance | The natural ability of an organism to remain unaffected by harmful substances in its environment |
Squela | A morbid secondary condition occuring as a result of a less serious primary infection |
Smear | Material spread on a slide for microscopic examination |
Specimen | A small sample or part taken form the Body to show the nature of the whole |
Spirilla | bacteria that have a spiral or curved shape |
Streaking | The process of inoculating a culturee to provide for the growth of colonies on the surface of a solid medium. accomplished by skimming a wire inoculating loop that contains the specimen across the surface of the medium, using a back and fourth motion |
Streptolysin | An extoxin produced beta-hemolytic strepococci, which completely hemolyzes red blood cells |
Susceptible | Easily effected, lacking resistance. |