Microorganisms that do not have a nucleus in their cells
Prokaryotes
Disease causing microorganisms
Pathogens
Microorganisms composed only of heredity material wrapped in a protein covering Viruses
Orderly arrangement of organisms into a hierarchy of taxonomic categories
,Classification
When assigning a scientific name to an organism, both the genus and species names are ______ or __
Italicized or underlined
The five I's of studying microorganisms are?
Inoculation, incubation, inspection, isolation, and identification
Contains only one species of microorganisms
Pure culture
An important component of media because it provides a solid surface for bacterial growth
Agar
Magnifies the specimen to produce the real image of the specimen
Objective lens
How is total magnification determined?
, The power of the ocular lens is multiplied by the power of the objective lens
Two functions of bacterial appendages
Attachment and motility
The presence of flagella all over the cell surface
Peritrichous
Prokaryotic flagella has three parts in the order from cytoplasm to external environment is?
Basal body, hook and filament
Often the site of pathogenic genes
Plasmids
A unique macromolecule found in bacterial cell walls
Peptidoglycan
-DNA not encased in a membrane