Openstax-Microbiology EXAM BUNDLE 2023

Formites - any non-living object that can be contaminated by microbes. Autoclave - use moist heat, high pressure steam to serialize. Sterilization - removal of ALL microbes. - lab uses autoclaves to sterilize tubes and plates. Asepsis - treatments that decrease microbe numbers on LIVING TISSUES....

hich genus includes the causative agent for malaria - Plasmodium Which protist is a concern because of its ability to contaminate water supplies and cause diarrheal illness - Giardia lamblia A fluke is classified within - Platyhelminths A nonsegmented worm is found during a routine colonoscopy o...

Where are prokaryotes found? - Everywhere, air, ground, water, human body carbon fixation - Prokaryotes concert CO2 into organic carbon products nitrogen fixation - Conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia for survival of plants Prokaryotes clean up - Degrade toxic chemicals How many are ...

binary fission - ("division in half") is a kind of asexual reproduction. It is the most common form of reproduction in prokaryotes and occurs in some single-celled eukaryotes. The fully grown parent cell splits into two halves, producing two new cells. Generation time - is the time it takes for...

Antibodies are produced by - plasma cells Cellular adaptive immunity is carried out by __________. - T cells A single antigen molecule may be compose of many individual __________. - epitopes Which class of molecules is the most antigenic? - proteins MHC I molecules present - processed foreign a...

Which of the following types of medical items require sterilization? - Needles Which of the following is suitable for use on tissues for microbial control to prevent infection? - Antiseptic Which biosafety level is appropriate for research with microbes or infectious agents that pose moderate ri...

Tobacco mosaic virus - first virus discovered, plants that are infected by this are discolored virus - A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell. Bacteriophage - A virus that infects bacteria Atadenovirus - uses spikes made of glycoproteins from its capsid t...

Wavelength - the distance from the peak of one light or sound wave to the peak of the next. Amplitude - the height of a wave's crest Frequency - The number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time Reflection - The bouncing back of a wave when it hits a surface throug...

pontaneous generation - Hypothesis stating that life could arise from nonliving matter. Endosymbiotic theory - theory that eukaryotic cells formed from a symbiosis among several different prokaryotic organisms Germ Theory of disease - the principle that microorganisms cause disease Ribosomes - o...