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chapter 20 bw
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bacilla | bacteria that have a rod shape |
| cocci | bacteria 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 microorganisms in a laboratory culture medium |
| culture medium | a mixture of nutrients on which microorganisms are grown in a laboratory |
| false negative | a test result denoting that a condition is absent when it is actually present |
| false positive | a test result denoting that a condition is present when it is actually absent |
| fastidious | extremely delicate difficult to culture and involving specialized 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 that provides optimal growth requirements for the multiplication of the organisms such as the proper temperature humidity and darkness |
| incubation period | the interval of time between the invasion by a pathogenic microorganism 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 microorganisms into a culture medium for growth and multiplication |
| microbiology | the scientific study of microorganisms and their activities |
| mucous membrane | a membrane lining body passages r cavities that open to the outside |
| normal flora | harmless non pathogenic microorganisms that normally reside in many parts if the body but do not cause disease |
| resistance | the natural ability of an organism to remain unaffected by harmful substances in its environment |
| sequela | a morbid condition occurring as a result of a less serious primary infection |
| smear | material spread on a slide for microscope examination |
| specimen | a small sample of part taken from the body to show the nature of the whole |
| spirilla | bacteria that have a spiral or curved shape |
| streaking | streaking is accomplished by skimming a wire inoculation loop that contains the specimen across the surface of the medium using back and forth motion |
| streptolysin | an ex toxin produced by beta- hemolytic streptococci, which completely hemolyzes red blood cells |
| susceptible | easily affected lacking resistance |
| colony | a mass of bacteria growing on a solid culture medium that have arisen from the multiplication of a single bacterium |
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Breanneharber
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