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Micro Lab test2
ex 16-21
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Saproghyte (Saprobe) | a fungus that absorbs nutrients from dead organisms. |
| Arthropod vector | Biological vector such as Mosquitoes, ticks, felas, louse, mites or any blood sucking bug that transmit diseases from one host to another. |
| Plasmid vector | In recombinant DNA technology, a plasmid (nucleic acid molecule) is used as a means for delivering a gene into a cell. |
| Commensual | Symbiotic relationship in which the bacteria (microbe) benefits, & the host is not harmed. |
| Nosocomial Infection | An infection acquired in a health care facility. |
| Antimicrobial Agent | Chemotherapeutic agent used to treat microbial infection. |
| "-cidal" | destroys or permanently inactivates a particular type of microbe |
| "-static" |