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week 1 vocab for lab

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capable of living   viable  
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cotton on the end of a slender stick used for cleansing, applying remedies, or obtaining tissue or secretion for bacteriologic exam   swab  
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spreading of bacteria by drawing a wire containing the inoculum across surface of the medium   streak culture  
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evacuation of bowels   stool  
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substance expelled by coughing or clearing thee bronchi   sputum  
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holding or fastening a bacterial specimen to a slide: adhering a smear to glass slide by fixative or heat   smear fixation  
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bacteria spread on a surface, as a microscopic slide or a culture medium   smears  
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pertaining to the study of the serum component of the blood   serologic  
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culture of a single form of microorganism uncontaminateed by other organisms   pure culture  
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culture that reveals suspected organism   positive culture  
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disease producing microorganisms   pathogens  
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culture that fails to reveal suspecteed organisms   negative culture  
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visible only by using a microscope   microscopic  
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minute living organisms such as bacteria, virus, protozoa, and fungus that are not visible to the human eye without microscope   microorganisms  
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the scientific study of microorganisms   microbiology  
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small organisms including bacteria, protozoa, algae, fungus, and defined viruses   microbes  
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substance on which microorganisms may grow   media  
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to inject or transfer a microorganism, serum, or toxic material into the body, culture, medium or slide   inoculate  
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In bacteriology, period of culture development or time it takes from placing inoculatd agar plate in incubator or oven to when microorganisms start to grow   incubation  
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study of the microscopic structure of tissue   histology  
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the culture of bacteria on a gelatin medium, such as agar   gelatin culture  
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evacuation of bowels: also known as stools   feces  
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the science that deals with the formation, structure and function of cells   cytology  
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self contained culturing packet system   culturette  
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propagation of microorganisms or of living tissue cells in special media that are conductive to their growth process by which organisms are grown on media and identified   cultures  
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micoorganisms able to survive without oxygen   anaerobes  
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clumping   agglutination  
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microorganisms that are able to live only in the presence of oxygen   aerobes  
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