Chapter 18: Microbiology

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  1. 3. bacteria that require oxygen to grow
  2. 5. a painless ulcerating sore
  3. 7. Anaerobes, organisms that can grow with or without oxygen
  4. 9. single-celled microscopic animals without a rigid cell wall
  5. 13. plate, small, flat dish made of thin glass or plastic that contains sterile solid medium for the culture of microorganisms
  6. 15. virus that is hidden during the latency period
  7. 16. Negative classification of bacteria that do not hold a dye stain under a microscope
  8. 17. plants such as mushrooms, yeasts, and molds that lack chlorophyll
  9. 18. capable of causing serious disease viruses ultramicroscopic infectious agents that contain DNA or
  10. 21. study of microorganisms
  11. 25. Disease rare chronic brain disease with onset in middle to late life
  12. 26. virus, that causes infections in humans, such as herpes, cytomegalovirus, chickenpox, shingles, mononudes, measles, and Kaposi's sarcoma
  13. 30. intermittent, or fractional, sterilization
  14. 31. pertaining to microorganisms that do not produce disease
  15. 32. abnormal smallness of the head, a congenital condition associated with incomplete brain development
  16. 33. through the skin, such as a needle stick, a cut, or a human bite
  17. 34. spiral-shaped bacteria
  18. 35. a yeast found in the oral cavity, gastrointestinal tract, female genital tract, and sometimes the skin
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  1. 1. rod-shaped bacteria that cause tuberculosis
  2. 2. disease-producing microorganisms
  3. 4. virus that is spread to people primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito
  4. 6. dormant
  5. 8. resistant, dormant structure formed inside of some bacteria that can withstand adverse conditons
  6. 10. infectious particles of proteins that lack nucleic acids
  7. 11. Staphylococcus aureus, type of staph infection that is resistant to several common antibiotics
  8. 12. Positive, classification of bacteria that hold a dye stain and appear dark purple under a microscope
  9. 14. cocci that form chains as they divide
  10. 15. condition that occurs throughout the people of a country or the world
  11. 19. variable, classification of bacteria that are not consistently stained
  12. 20. Candidiasis, Candida yeast infection of the oral mucosa
  13. 22. stain, four-step staining process developed by Hans Christian Gram and used to separate bacteria into groups
  14. 23. rare but deadly virus that causes internal and external bleeding
  15. 24. cocci that form irregular groups or clusters
  16. 27. form of swine influenza virus
  17. 28. spherical bacterial cells that reproduce by dividing into two
  18. 29. bacteria that grow in the absence of oxygen