Chapter 18 Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
Bacteria that require oxygen to grow are called what	aerobes
bateria that grow in the absence of oxygen and are destroyed by oxygen are called what	anaerobes
Rod shaped bacteria that cause tuberculosis and other diseases	Bacilli
a yeast commonly found in the oral cavity, gastrointestinal tract, female genital tract, and sometimes the skin	Candida
A painless ulcerating sore which is the first sign of syphilis	Chancre
spherical bacterial cells that reproduce by dividing into two singular coccus	Cocci
Rare chronic brain disease with onset in middle to lte life	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
a resistant, dormant structure formed inside of some bacteria that can withstand adverse conditions	Endospore
organixms that can grow with or without oxygen	facultative aerobes
plants such as mushrooms, yeast and molds that lack chlorophyll	fungi
classification of bacteria that do not hold a dye stain under a microscope	gram negative
classification of bacteria that hold a dye stain and appear dark purple under a microscope	gram positive
four step staining process developed by Hans Christain Gram and used to separate bacteria into groups	Gram's stain
classification of bacteria that are not consistently stained	gram variable
What is H5N1	a form of avian influenza virus
a virus that causes infections in humans, such as cytomegalovirus, chickenpox, shingles,mononucleosis,measles,and kaposi's sarcoma	Herpesvirus
Another word for Dormant is	Latent
What is Microbiology	the study of microorganisms
microorganisms that do not produce disease	nonpathogenic
what is oral candidiasis	candida yeast infection of the oral mucosa
a condition that occurs throughout the people of a country or the world	pandemic
disease producing microorganisms	pathogens
through the skin such as a needle stick a cut or a human bite	percutaneous
a small flat dish made of thin glass or plastic that contains sterile solid medium for the culture of microorganism	petri plate
infectious particles of proteins that lack nucleic acids	prions
single celled microschpic animals without a rigid cell wall	protoza
virus that is hidden during the latency period	provirus
spiral shaped bacteria	spirochetes
cocci that form irregular groups or clusters	staphylococci
cocci that form chains as they divide	streptococci
intermittent or fractional sterilization	tyndallization
capable of causing serious disease	virulent
ultramicroscopic infectious agents that contain DNA or RNA	viruses
who said life was spontaneously generated from nonliving matter	aristotle
who used a primitive microscope to observe stagnant water and scrapings from the teeth	antony van leeuwenhoek
who explained the need for prolonged heating to destroy microbial life in broth	John Tyndall
who recognized the role of airborne microorganisms in post surgical infection	joseph lister
who disproved the theory of spontaneous generation of life, designed flasks shaped like a swan neck and prepared the first rabies vaccine?	lous pasteur
what are the five major groups of microorganisms	bacteria,algae,protoza,fungi, and viruses
what has often been described as the perfect parasite	viruses
pathogenic bateria usually grow est at what temperature	98.6 degrees F in a moist dark environment
what are the 3 shapes of bacteria	spherical, rod and spiral
what bacteria is the causative factor in dental caries	streptococcus mutans
what represents teh most resistant form of life known	spores
what are 3 prion diseases	mad cow disease, cruetzfeldt-jakob and possibly alzheimers disease
what do viruses need to live?	host cell
viral diseases are transmitted by ?	direct contact, insects, blood transfusions,contaminated food or water and inhalation of droplets expelled by coughing or sneezing
which hepatitis is the least serious form of viral hepatits	A
which hepatitis types are blood borne strains	B, C and D
what cells does HIV attack in the body	T cells
how is the west nile virus spread	by infected mosquitos
which bacterial disease is the leading cause of death from infectious diseases worldwide	tuberculosis
which disease is also known as lockjaw	tetanus

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