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microbio test r
intro to microbiology test review
| 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 |