Lab 5: Intro to Microbiology Flashcards by Jenna Bakker

What does Bacillus cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, or FUNGI?

Anthrax

BACTERIA

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What does CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, or FUNGI?

CHLAMYDIA

BACTERIA

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What does HIV cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, or FUNGI?

Weakened IMMUNE SYSTEM

VIRUS

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What does VARICELLA ZOSTER cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, or FUNGI?

Chicken Pox, Shingles

VIRUS

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What does PARAMYXOVIRUS cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, or FUNGI?

Measles, Mumps

VIRUS

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What does PLASMODIUM cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, or FUNGI?

Malaria

PROTOZOAN

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What does CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, or FUNGI?

Food poisoning, gas gangrene

BACTERIA

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What does SACCHAROMYCES cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

Used in bread and alcohol

FUNGI

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What does PENICILLIUM cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

Antibiotics, Camembert and brie cheese

FUNGI

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What does TOXOPLASMA GONDII cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

Harmful to fetus

PROTOZOAN

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What does RUBELLA cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

German measles

VIRUS

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What does ESCHERICHIA COLI cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

Part of normal FLORA, but can cause food poisoning

BACTERIA

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What does HERPES SIMPLEX cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

Cold sores, genital herpes

VIRUS

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What does RHINOVIRUS cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

Common cold

VIRUS

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What does CANDIDA ALBICANS cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

Oral or vaginal yeast infection

FUNGI

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What does TRICHOPHYTON cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

Athlete’s foot

FUNGI

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What does MYOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

BACTERIA

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What does INFLUENZA cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

The flu

VIRUS

What does EPSTEIN-BARR cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

Infectious mononucleosis

VIRUS

What does ENTAMOEBA cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

Amoebic dysentary

PROTOZOAN

What does HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

genital warts, cervical cancer, cancers of vulva, vagina, penis, anus, oropharynx
VIRUS

What does PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

Infect burns, wounds, lungs, GI tract, blood of immunocompromised people
BACTERIA

What does PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

Pneumonia in immunocrpromised people

FUNGI

What does CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

Fungal meningitis in AIDS patients

FUNGI

What does VARIOLA cause? | Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

Small pox | VIRUS

What does STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS cause? | Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

Skin infections, TSS, food poisoning, pneumonia | BACTERIA

What does STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES cause? | Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

TSS, necrotizing fasciitis, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever | BACTERIA

What does STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM cause? | Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

Upper resp tract symptoms like cough, wheeze, etc. | FUNGI

What does NOROVIRUS cause? | Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

Gastroenteritis or stomach flu | VIRUS

What does GIARDIA cause? | Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

Abdominal cramps, bloating diarrhea | PROTOZOAN

What is the purpose of preparing streak plates? Why is the loop flamed after streaking each quadrant?

It is flamed to kill off BACTERIA

Why should a petri plate not be opened except to inoculate or remove BACTERIA?

To min. possible contamination from the outside environment

Why are petri plate always incubated upside down?

To prevent condensation from forming on the agar

Define: ANTIBIOTIC

A med that inhibits the growth of, or destroys microorganisms

Define: ANTISEPTIC

Relating to substances that prevent the growth of disease-causing microorganisms

Define: ASEPTIC

Not contaminated by BACTERIA, VIRUSES, or other microorganisms

Define: BACTERICIDAL

Kills BACTERIA

Define: BACTERIOSTSTIC

Prevents growth of BACTERIA (keeps them in a stationary phase of growth)

Define: INCUBATION

The process of incubating eggs, CELLS, BACTERIA, etc.

Define: NORMAL FLORA

BACTERIA that lives inside, beneficial

Define: NOSOCOMIAL

A disease originating in a hospital

Define: H.A.I

Hospital acquired infection, it is exactly what it sounds like

Define: UBIQUITY of MICROORGANISMS

Microorganisms are present everywhere