Key Microbiology Word Associations

Question 1

No cell wall, no nucleus, no ribosomes, DNA or RNA

Answer 1

virus

Question 2

Peptidoglycan wall, single chromosome, 70S ribosome

Answer 2

bacteria

Question 3

Chitin wall, ergosterol membrane, 80S ribosomes, nucleus.

Answer 3

Fungus

Question 4

Sterol membrane, no chitin wall, 80S ribosomes, nucleus

Answer 4

parasite

Question 5

Ability to cause disease

Answer 5

pathogenicity

Question 6

Ability to cause serious disease

Answer 6

virulence

Question 7

Hospital acquired infection

Answer 7

nosocomial

Question 8

Part of the normal flora

Answer 8

commensal

Question 9

Ability of two dissimilar living together

Answer 9

symbiosis

Question 10

Both organisms need each other to function.

Answer 10

syndergism

Question 11

Lag, Log, stationary and death

Answer 11

Bacterial growth phases

Question 12

Phase of exponential growth

Answer 12

Log phase

Question 13

Factors which affect bacterial growth

Answer 13

Heat, irradiation, antimicrobial chemicals, antibiotics

Question 14

Disease triangle

Answer 14

Host, agent, environment

Question 15

All viruses are RNA except HHHAPPPy ones which are?

Answer 15

DNA

Question 16

3 DNA viruses are enveloped

Answer 16

HepaDNA, Herpes, Pox

Question 17

3 DNA viruses are naked

Answer 17

Papilloma, Adeno, and Polyoma

Question 18

1 DNA virus is single stranded

Answer 18

Parvo B19

Question 19

All RNA single stranded virus are + EXCEPT 6

Answer 19

6 FABulous PROfessionals

Question 20

Negative sense RNA viruses

Answer 20

Paramyxo, Rhabdo, Orthomyxo, Filo, Arena, Bunya

Question 21

All hepatitis viruses are RNA EXCEPT:

Answer 21

Hepatitis B (HepaDNA group)

Question 22

All hepatitis viruses are speed by the orofecal route EXCEPT:

Answer 22

Hep B and C (sex and blood)

Question 23

Single stranded retro virus

Answer 23

Human immune deficiency virus

Question 24

All ARBO viruses are flavin viruses except:

Answer 24

California Encephalitis (Bunyan virus)

Question 25

Parotitis, pancreatitis, and painful orchitis

Answer 25

Paramyxovirus

Question 26

Common cold with runny nose and sore throat

Answer 26

Corona virus

Question 27

Hand, foot, and mouth lesions

Answer 27

coxsackie virus

Question 28

Bacteria without cell walls

Answer 28

mycoplasma

Question 29

Obligate intracellular parasites

Answer 29

Chlamydia, rickettsiae, coxiella

Question 30

Flexible bacteria

Answer 30

borrelia, leptospira, and treponema

Question 31

gram stain resistant bacillus - Zeihl Neelsen staining

Answer 31

mycobacteria

Question 32

Infection in bird keepers

Answer 32

Chlamydia psittaci

Question 33

MC preventable cause of blindness in Africa

Answer 33

Chlamydia trachomatis types A, B, and C

Question 34

Conjunctivitis, Urethritis and Arthritis

Answer 34

Chlamydia trachomatis types D-K

Question 35

Sign of the groove

Answer 35

Chlamydia trachomatis types L

Question 36

Q fever

Answer 36

Coxiella burnetti

Question 37

Lone star tick

Answer 37

Ehrlichia chafeensis

Question 38

Hemorrhage disease spread by urine from infected rats

Answer 38

Leptospira interogans

Question 39

Lung infection in wool sorters

Answer 39

Bacillus anthracis

Question 40

Rheumatic fever and glomerulonephritis

Answer 40

Streptococcus pyogenes

Question 41

Infects previously damaged heart valves

Answer 41

Staphylococcus aureus

Question 42

Lawjaw (trismus)

Answer 42

clostridium tetani

Question 43

Transmitted by contaminated honey and causes paralysis

Answer 43

Clostridium botulism

Question 44

Muscle necrosis with gas formation

Answer 44

Clostridium perfringens

Question 45

Grey pseudomembrane in the throat.

Answer 45

corynebacterium diphtheriae

Question 46

Paroxysmal bouts of coughing with a whoop in a child

Answer 46

bordetella pertussis

Question 47

Fever from handling infected rabbit skin

Answer 47

francisella tularensis

Question 48

Lung infection from infected air conditioners

Answer 48

legionella pneumophilia

Question 49

Gram negative coccus which ferments glucose

Answer 49

Neisseria gonorrhea

Question 50

Gram negative coccus which ferments maltose

Answer 50

Neisseria meningitis