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microbiology correct answers study of microbes


microbe correct answers any living organism that is too small to be seen with the naked eye


microscopic organisms correct answers too smll to be seen without the aid of a microscope


macroscopic organisms correct answers can be seen without the aid of a microscope


bacteriology correct answers study of bacteria


Virology correct answers study of viruses


Viruses correct answers -smallest of all microbes
-not considered to be dead or alive
-referred to as active or inactive


active correct answers ___ viruses can cause disease


inactive correct answers ___ viruses cannot cause disease


Mycology correct answers study of fungi


fungi correct answers yeast, mold & mushrooms are forms of ___


microscopic correct answers yeast and mold are ___ fungi

,macroscopic correct answers mushrooms are ___ fungi


Phycology correct answers Study of Algae Ex: Seaweed


protozoology correct answers study of protozoa


Parasitology correct answers study of parasites (worms)


helminthes correct answers worms = _____


immunology correct answers study of the immune chemicals and cells that are produced in
response to infection. Also inclues the study of hypersensitivity and autoimmunity


Hypersensitivity correct answers allergic reactions = _____


Autoimmunity correct answers Immune system attacks itself


Public Health Microbiology and Epidemiology correct answers monitor and control the spread of
diseases in communities


CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) correct answers The main agency of public
health microbiology and epidemiology in the US is ____


WHO (World Health Organization) correct answers The main agency of public health
microbiology and epidemiology for United Nations


Biotechnology correct answers includes any process in which humans use the metabolism of
living things (microbes) to arrive at a desire product

,Genetic engineering correct answers techniques that alter the genetic makeup of organisms to
mass produce chemicals such as human hormans, drugs etc.


Taxonomy correct answers study of classification


5 correct answers There are ___ classifications, in the kingdom classification system


viruses; alive correct answers ___ are not included in the 5 kingdom classification system,
because they are not ____


1. Animalia: animals (Helminths/worms)
2. Plantate: plants (Algae)
3. Protista: protozoa
4. Fungi: yeast, mold, and mushrooms
5. Monera: bacteria correct answers What are the 5 kingdoms of the classification system?


Binomial System of Nomenclature correct answers -2 word naming system used for scientifically
naming an organism.
-each organism is given a 2-word scientific name


genus correct answers The first word of the 2 word naming system is called the ____


species correct answers the second word of the 2 word naming system is called the ___


strain correct answers when letters/numbers are written after the species name they refer to the
___ type of bacterium

, genus correct answers The first letter of the ___ is capitalize; all others letters are lower case


italicized;underlined correct answers both words of the 2 word naming system are ____ or ____


strains correct answers ___ are known as variations within a species


strain correct answers E.coli 015:H7
015:H7 is a ___ of E.coli


Pathogen (pathogenic) correct answers disease causing organism


Nonpathogen (nonpathogenic) correct answers Organism that normally does not cause disease


opportunistic organism correct answers A non pathogen that will take advantage of an
opportunity to cause disease


reversion correct answers When a nonpathogenic (Avirulent) organism is turned into a
pathogenic (virulent) organism


virulence correct answers -degree of pathogenicity (how bad is it)
-usually refers to the abiligy of individual strains or isolates from clinical samples to produce
disease


virulent correct answers can cause disease; a ___ organism is pathogenic
(more resistant to antibiotics)


Avirulent correct answers does not cause disease; an __ organism is nonpathogenic

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