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Microbiology Flashcards

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Asepsis

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Absence of germs

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Flemming

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Discovered penicillin

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Anti-septic

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Inhibit the growth and reproduction of microorganisms

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Acquired immunity

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Formation of antibodies

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Geralamo fracostorious

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Wrote 3 books

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Anthony Leeuwenhoek

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Animalcules - discovered

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Lazaro spallanzani

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Proposed theory about heat and air excluded from animalcules

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Edward Jenner

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Vaccine for small pox

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Louis Pasteur

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Father of modern microbiology

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1880-1890

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Golden age of microbiology

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Virology

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Study of viruses

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Mycology

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Study of fungi

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Rickettseallogy

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Study of rickettesea

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Immunology

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Study of immunity

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Protozoology

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Study of Protozoa

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Protozoans

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Single celled animals

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Helminths

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Infectious worms

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Portal of entry

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Nose throat mouth

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Active immunity

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Immunity produced by natural or artificial stimulation

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Adaption

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Adjustment of an organism

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Aerobic

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Organism lives and grows without oxygen

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Antobotic

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Chemical compound which is antagonistic to pathogen organisms

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Airborne transmission

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Droplet of nuclei or dust particles suspended in air

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Anaerobe

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Doesn’t require oxygen to live

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Antitoxin

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Antibody produced in response to a toxin

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Bacteria

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One celled plants. Three groups- cocci, bacilli, sprilli.

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Bactericide

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Destructive to Bactria

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Flora

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Microbes that live in specific environment

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Chain of infection

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Interactive process of transmission of microorganisms. Infectious agent, reservoir, exit route, transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host.

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Chemical agent

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Substances causing disease

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Colony

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Collection of bacteria in a culture

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Chemotherapy

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Use of any drug in the treatment of disease

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Fomite

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Objects contaminated with infectious agent

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Germicide

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Chemical that kills Germs

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Incubation

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Time between entry of infectious agent and symptoms

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Leukocyte

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White blood cell- five types. Leukocytosis is elevation of white blood cell count indicating presence of disease

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Microbiology

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Study of organisms that can only be seen by microscope

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Phagocyte

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Cell that destroys harmful cells

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Phagocytosis

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Uptake or ingestion of solid particles

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Physical agent

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Factors in environment capable of causing disease

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Reservoir

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Place where agent lives

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Sebum

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Substance produced by skin that kill bacteria

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Spore

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Protective coat of bacteria which is resistant to heat and drying. Very difficult to kill.

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Autoclave

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Sterilization through steam under pressure

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Antigen

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Foreign proteins that cause formation of an antibody-react specifically with that antibody

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Bactericide

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Destructive to bacteria

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Binary fission

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Halving of the nucleus and then cytoplasm of cell- how bacteria produce

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Biological agent

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Living organism that invades host

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Budding

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Asexual reproduction of microorganisms called yeast

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Capsule

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Gummy coverings used as protection by some bacteria

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Carrier

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Person that has organism but not the disease

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Chemical agent

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Substances causing disease such as pesticides, medications, food additives.

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Cleansing

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Removal of soil from instruments

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Colonization

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Multiplication of microbes on or in a host but not causing injury.

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Communicable agent

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Pathogen transmitted through vehicle or airborne route

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Compromised host

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Person with impaired defense mechanisms

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Endemic

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Disease in region (small degree)

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Pasteurizing

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Bacteria destroyed by raising temperature

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Microorganisms main classes

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Bacteria, virus, fungi, Protozoa, algae, rickettsia and chlamydia

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Coccus

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Round shape bacteria

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Bacillus

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Rod shaped

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Disease producing bacteria

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Streptococci, staphylococci, diplococci, bacilli, spirilla, escherichia, neisseria gonorrhea

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