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