Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Term
Definition
Epidemiology   Study of patterns of disease infection and spread    
🗑
Endemic   Diseases are present in a population all the time at low levels.    
🗑
Epidemic   Affects many individuals in a population in a short amount of time.    
🗑
Pandemic   Worldwide epidemic    
🗑
Differential Stain   Use of 2 or more dyes to differentiate among bacterial species or distinguish structures of an organism. Ex) gram stain    
🗑
Endospores   Unique to bacteria; tough dormant structures that allow bacteria to survive harmful environmental conditions; produced by vegetative cell.    
🗑
Aseptic technique   Set of procedure to minimize chances that cultures will be contaminated by organisms from environment (prevents cross contamination)    
🗑
Sterile   Free from bacteria or other living microorganisms    
🗑
Standard Plate Count   Technique used to determine the number of bacteria in a sample    
🗑
Selective Media   Enhances or inhibits the growth of some bacteria    
🗑
Differential Media   Distinguishes between bacteria on same medium based on physical changes in medium; visible change to medium    
🗑
Obligate aerobe   Requires oxygen to grow.    
🗑
Microaerophiles   Grows best in presence of a small amount of oxygen    
🗑
Obligate anaerobes   Killed by oxygen    
🗑
Faculty anaerobes   Carries aerobic metabolism in presence of oxygen and shifts to anaerobic metabolism in the absence of oxygen    
🗑
Psychrophile   Cold loving organisms grow best at 15C to 20C    
🗑
Mesophile   Organisms grows best at 25C and 40C including most bacteria    
🗑
Thermophile   Heat loving organisms 50 to 60C    
🗑
Hypertonic Solution   Concentration of dissolved materials is greater than that in a cell; water moves out of cell and cell shrinks    
🗑
Hypotonic solution   Concentration of dissolved materials is less than that of the cell; water moves in, cell lyses    
🗑
Halophile   Salt loving organisms    
🗑
Disinfectant   Chemicals used on the surface of an inanimate objects to kill microbes    
🗑
Antiseptic      
🗑
Antibiotic   Chemicals that have ability to kill bacteria    
🗑
Photoreactivation      
🗑
  Repair of DNA divers by light activated enzyme    
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: Yepez2017
Popular Science sets