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vocab1mertz
week 1 vocab for lab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| capable of living | viable |
| cotton on the end of a slender stick used for cleansing, applying remedies, or obtaining tissue or secretion for bacteriologic exam | swab |
| spreading of bacteria by drawing a wire containing the inoculum across surface of the medium | streak culture |
| evacuation of bowels | stool |
| substance expelled by coughing or clearing thee bronchi | sputum |
| holding or fastening a bacterial specimen to a slide: adhering a smear to glass slide by fixative or heat | smear fixation |
| bacteria spread on a surface, as a microscopic slide or a culture medium | smears |
| pertaining to the study of the serum component of the blood | serologic |
| culture of a single form of microorganism uncontaminateed by other organisms | pure culture |
| culture that reveals suspected organism | positive culture |
| disease producing microorganisms | pathogens |
| culture that fails to reveal suspecteed organisms | negative culture |
| visible only by using a microscope | microscopic |
| minute living organisms such as bacteria, virus, protozoa, and fungus that are not visible to the human eye without microscope | microorganisms |
| the scientific study of microorganisms | microbiology |
| small organisms including bacteria, protozoa, algae, fungus, and defined viruses | microbes |
| substance on which microorganisms may grow | media |
| to inject or transfer a microorganism, serum, or toxic material into the body, culture, medium or slide | inoculate |
| 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 |
| study of the microscopic structure of tissue | histology |
| the culture of bacteria on a gelatin medium, such as agar | gelatin culture |
| evacuation of bowels: also known as stools | feces |
| the science that deals with the formation, structure and function of cells | cytology |
| self contained culturing packet system | culturette |
| 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 |
| micoorganisms able to survive without oxygen | anaerobes |
| clumping | agglutination |
| microorganisms that are able to live only in the presence of oxygen | aerobes |
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