Microbiology Fundamentals - A Clinical
Approach - Chapter 1.
Polysaccharide - ANSWER-A carbohydrate
that can be hydrolyzed into a number of
monosaccharides; examples: cellulose,
starch, glycogen.
Abiogenesis - ANSWER-The belief in
spontaneous generation as a source of life.
Peptidoglycan - ANSWER-A network of
polysaccharide chains cross-linked by short
peptides that forms the rigid part of
bacterial cell walls. Gram-negative bacteria
have a smaller amount of this rigid structure
than do gram-positive bacteria.
Ubiquitous - ANSWER-Present everywhere
at the same time.
Evolution - ANSWER-Scientific principle
that states that living things change
, gradually through hundreds of millions of
years, and these changes are expressed in
structural and functional adaptations in
each organism. Evolution presumes that
those traits that favor survival are preserved
and passed on to following generations,
and those traits that do not favor survival
are lost.
Cellulose - ANSWER-A long, fibrous
polymer composed of β-glucose; one of the
most common substances on earth.
Pathogen - ANSWER-Any agent (usually a
virus, bacterium, fungus, protozoan, or
helminth) that causes disease.
Bioremediation - ANSWER-Decomposition
of harmful chemicals by microbes or
consortia of microbes.
Biotechnology - ANSWER-The intentional
use by humans of living organisms or their
Approach - Chapter 1.
Polysaccharide - ANSWER-A carbohydrate
that can be hydrolyzed into a number of
monosaccharides; examples: cellulose,
starch, glycogen.
Abiogenesis - ANSWER-The belief in
spontaneous generation as a source of life.
Peptidoglycan - ANSWER-A network of
polysaccharide chains cross-linked by short
peptides that forms the rigid part of
bacterial cell walls. Gram-negative bacteria
have a smaller amount of this rigid structure
than do gram-positive bacteria.
Ubiquitous - ANSWER-Present everywhere
at the same time.
Evolution - ANSWER-Scientific principle
that states that living things change
, gradually through hundreds of millions of
years, and these changes are expressed in
structural and functional adaptations in
each organism. Evolution presumes that
those traits that favor survival are preserved
and passed on to following generations,
and those traits that do not favor survival
are lost.
Cellulose - ANSWER-A long, fibrous
polymer composed of β-glucose; one of the
most common substances on earth.
Pathogen - ANSWER-Any agent (usually a
virus, bacterium, fungus, protozoan, or
helminth) that causes disease.
Bioremediation - ANSWER-Decomposition
of harmful chemicals by microbes or
consortia of microbes.
Biotechnology - ANSWER-The intentional
use by humans of living organisms or their
