Microbiology Compend- Matching Flashcards
(130 cards)
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Cause of plague
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Yersinia pestis
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Cause of puerperal fever
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Streptococcus pyogens
3
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Cause of syphilis
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Treponema pallidum
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Cause of Asiatic cholera
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Vibrio cholerae
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Cause of gas gangrene
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Clostridium perfringens
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Introduction of an antibody.
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Artificially Acquired Passive Immunity
7
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Inherited immunity.
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Innate Immunity
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Placental transmission of antibodies.
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Naturally Acquired Passive Immunity
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Case of diphtheria.
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Naturally Acquired Active Immunity
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Introduction of an antigen.
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Artificially Acquired Active Immunity
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Non-communicable infection.
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Tetanus
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Skin abscess.
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Furuncles
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Food infection.
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Salmonellosis
14
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Venereal infection.
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Gonorrhea
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Respiratory infection.
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Tuberculosis
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Slightly alkaline.
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Best pH for Pathogens
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Neutral.
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Best pH for Non-pathogens
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Prefer low temperatures
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Psychrophiles
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Prefer high temperatures.
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Thermophiles
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Prefer moderate temperatures.
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Mesophiles
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False fungi.
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Bacteria
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Smallest animals.
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Protozoa
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True fungi.
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Yeasts and Molds
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Intermediate in size between viruses and bacteria.
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Mycoplasmas
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Not visible using a light microscope.
Viruses
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A protective device found inside the cell.
Endospore
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That protoplasm found outside the nucleus.
Cytoplasm
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Material of inheritance.
Nuclear Material
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That material of which all living cells are composed.
Protoplasm
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Enhances virulence, found outside the cell.
Capsule
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Exists in packets of four.
Tetrads
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Exist in pairs.
Diplococci
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Exist in clusters.
Staphylococci
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Exists in packets of eight.
Sarcinae
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Reproduce in a single plane to form chains.
Streptococci
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Those bacteria that contain no organized nuclei.
Procaryotic
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The most resistant life form.
Bacterial Spore
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Those bacteria which do not form spores.
Vegetative
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The return to the vegetative state.
Germination
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Unfavorable living conditions.
Adverse
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Utilize inorganic material as food.
Autotrophic Bacteria
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Advantageous to both organisms.
Symbiosis
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Utilize organic material as food.
Heterotrophic Bacteria
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Advantageous to one without injury to the other.
Commensalism
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Prefer low temperatures.
Psychrotropic Bacteria
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pH of 7.
Neutral Conditions
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pH of 9.
Alkaline Conditions
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pH of 5.
Acidic Conditions
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Hypertonic solution.
Plasmolysis
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Hypotonic solution.
Plasmoptysis
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Require moderate temperature.
Mesophilic Bacteria
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Mutually advantageous association.
Symbiosis
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Both can survive independently.
Synergism
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Detrimental to one organism.
Antibiosis
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Require low temperature.
Psychrophilic Bacteria
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Prefers living in the absence of oxygen.
Facultative Aerobe
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Typical method of bacterial reproduction.
Simple Binary Fission
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Usually lives in the presence of oxygen.
Facultative Anaerobe
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Prefers dead organic matter as a food source.
Facultative Parasite
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Usually utilize living organic matter as a food source.
Facultative Saprophyte
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True bacterial movement.
Motility
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Toxin secreted by a living organism into the surrounding meidum.
Exotoxin
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Organisms which grow best in the absence of free oxygen.
Anaerobe
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Organisms that ordinarily live on dead organic material.
Saprophytes
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A unit of bacterial measurement.
Micrometer
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Insect vector.
Murine typhus
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Mumps
Epidemic parotitis
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Varicella
Chickenpox
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Fever blisters
Herpes Virus
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Rubeola
Measles
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Ringworm
Tinea
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Typhus fever
Rickettisa
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Parrot fever
Psittacosis
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Dysentery
Entameoba
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Yeast
Candida
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Epidemic parotitis
Mumps
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Contact with serum.
Hepatitis type B
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Hyphae and mycelium
Mold
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Infectious (Person-person)
Hepatitis type A
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Irregular undefined shape.
Amoeba
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Kills fungi.
Fungicide
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Kills pathogenic bacteria
Disinfection
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Kills all microorganisms.
Sterilization
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Kills viruses.
Viricide
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Retards bacteria growth and reproduction.
Bacteriostasis
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Primarily bacteriostatic
Cold Temperatures
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Burning
Incineration
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100 degrees Centigrade
Boiling
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Ultraviolet rays
Direct Sunlight
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121 degrees Centigrade
Steam Under Pressure
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Used as a gaseous disinfectant.
Ethylene oxide
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Phenol
Carbolic acid
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Halogen
Iodine
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Chlorinated lime
Calcium hypochlorite
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A quaternary ammonium compound.
Zephiran
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Invasion by macroparasites.
Infestation
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A measure of pathogenicity.
Virulence
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A decrease in virulence.
Attenuation
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Tissue affinity.
Elective Localization
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Organism upon which a pathogen lives.
Host
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Destroys white blood cells.
Leucocidin
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Dissolves fibrin.
Fibrinolysin
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Spreading factor.
Hyaluronidase
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Destroys red blood cells.
Hemolysin
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Causes blood to clot.
Coagulase
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Exhibits disease symptoms.
Active Case
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Harbors pathogens during the normal recovery period.
Convalescent Carrier
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Harbors pathogens for a long time following recovery.
Active Carrier
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Discharges pathogens in fecal matter.
Intestinal Carrier
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Harbors and disseminates pathogens without having had the disease.
Passive Carrier
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Biological vector
Mosquito
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Fomite
Inanimate object
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Placental transmission.
Congenital Transmission
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Sneezing
Droplet Spray
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Mechanical vector.
Housefly
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Systemic infection.
General Infection
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Caused by organisms from outside the body.
Exogenous Infection
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Confined to a particular area of the body.
Local Infection
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Spreads from a primary site to secondary sites.
Focal Infection
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Caused by organisms which normally reside in the body.
Endogenous Infection
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Slow onset and long duration.
Chronic Infection
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Caused by two different organisms.
Mixed Infection
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The only active infection present.
Primary Infection
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Infection occurring when another is already present.
Secondary Infection
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Rapid onset and short course.
Acute Infection
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Occurs only as an occasional case.
Sporadic
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Spreads to more than one country.
Pandemic
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Ability to cause disease.
Pathogenic
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Attacks a large number of people in a short time.
Epidemic
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Is usually present to a degree in a community.
Endemic
