microbiology - groups

Question 1

pathogen

Answer 1

causes disease

Question 2

capsid

Answer 2

the protine capsule holding the nucleic acid of a virus

Question 3

bacteriophage

Answer 3

a complex virus that infects bacteria

Question 4

spherical shaped virus

Answer 4

affects mostly humans

Question 5

rod shaped virus

Answer 5

affects mostly plants

Question 6

phage shape

Answer 6

affects mostly bacteria

Question 7

asexual reproduction

Answer 7

reproduction that doesn’t involve sex cells or fertilization, only 1 parent is needed

Question 8

bacilli

Answer 8

rod shaped bacterium

Question 9

cocci

Answer 9

round shaped bacterium

Question 10

spirilla

Answer 10

spiral shaped bacterium

Question 11

vibrio

Answer 11

comma/curved shaped bacterium

Question 12

hyphae

Answer 12

the branching filaments that make up a mycelium

Question 13

mycelium

Answer 13

the feeding part of a fungi that make up a network of mycelium

Question 14

stolons

Answer 14

horizontally growing hyphae or stems for spreading fugus or plant through the environment

Question 15

sporangiophores

Answer 15

specialized hyphae carrying sporangia

Question 16

sporangia

Answer 16

a structure holding spores

Question 17

amoeba

Answer 17

a single celled animal-like protozoan retracting- pulling back

Question 18

pseudopodia

Answer 18

temporary limb-like structures

Question 19

phagocytosis

Answer 19

when a cell used the cell membrane to engulf a large particle to take it into the call and digests it

Question 20

characteristics of a virus

Answer 20

not considered living
only be studied with electron microscope
obligate internal parasites(can’t x without infecting living cells)

Question 21

structure of a phage

Answer 21

capsid head
collar
sheath
tail fiber

Question 22

characteristics of bacteria

Answer 22

Unicellular
asexual reproduction - binary fission

Question 23

macroscopic fungi

Answer 23

mushrooms

Question 24

microscopic fungi

Answer 24

yeasts and mold

Question 25

characteristics of fungi

Answer 25

eukaryotes heterotrophs unicellular reproduce sexually and asexually through budding multicellular reproduce sexually or asexually by spores

Question 26

3 main groups of protists

Answer 26

plant like - kelp animal like - amoeba fugus like - slime molds

Question 27

characteristics of protists

Answer 27

Unicellular and multicellular eukaryotes plant like- chloroplasts and photosynthesis animal/fungi like are Heterotrophes

Question 28

name an infection caused by a virus

Answer 28

influenza

Question 29

name an infection caused by bacteria

Answer 29

TB or cholera

Question 30

name an infection caused by fungi

Answer 30

thrush

Question 31

name an infection caused by protista

Answer 31

maleria

Question 32

is bacteria a prokaryote or eukaryote

Answer 32

prokaryote

Question 33

why is a virus not a kingdom

Answer 33

it is not living