Embalming Microbiology

Epidemic

Ebola is a ___________disease?

Rabbit fever

Francisella tularensis causes tularemia, which is also called:

dermatomycosis

Fungal infections of the skin are called:

chlorophyll

Fungi lack ________________, so they are not photosynthetic.

over 200

How many viruses can cause the common cold?

ringworm

In what fungal disease does a circular rash clear up In the middle as it spreads outward?

salivary glands

In what part of the insect vector's body does the protozoan that causes malaria reside?

Encephalitis

Inflammation of the brain is called:

the fungus Tinea capitis

Jock itch is caused by:

Covid-19

Loss of smell and taste is an odd symptom of what disease?

Borrelia burgdorferi

Lyme disease is caused by what bacterium?

parotid glands

Mumps is the infection of the:

Tubercle

Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes tuberculosis. When the bacteria invades attacking macrophages, a nodule in the lungs called a/an_____________ forms.

Epidemic typhus

Picking at bedclothes is an odd symptom of what disease?

Malaria

Plasmodium causes:

Toxoplasmosis

Pregnant women shouldn't clean up litter boxes to avoid the disease:

Malaria

Quinine is the treatment for:

dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord

The chickenpox virus can remain dormant in what part of the body?

Syphillis

The disease___________ is caused by Treponema palladium and has three stages to it.

epidemic typhus

The tongue is covered with a white or black fur and is rolled up in the disease_________________?

Aspergillus flavus

The toxin aflatoxin is produced by:

a fungal infection where there is white growth on the tongue

Thrush is_____________?

Sabin, Salk

What are the names of the polio vaccines?

Clostridium perfringens

What bacterium causes gangrene?

a flavivirus

What causes West Nile?

Candida albicans

What causes yeast infections in women?

Helper T cells

What cells of the body does HIV attack?

Memory B cells

What cells of the body does the nononucleosis virus attack?

Botulism

What disease in infants results from ingesting honey contaminated with C. botulinum spores?

giardiasis

What disease is caused by a protozoan that has two nuclei and can be found in all types of water, even chlorinated water?

carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas

What gases make up tissue gas?

Chlamydia trachomatis

What is the most frequently reported sexually transmitted bacterial pathogen in the US?

smallpox

What is the only viral disease that has been eradicated from the world?

tsetse fly

What is the vector for African sleeping sickness?

Ticks

What is the vector for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?

Tiger mosquito

What is the vector for West Nile virus?

Anopheles mosquito

What is the vector for malaria?

Coronavirus

What kind of virus causes COVID-19?

CNS

What part of the body does rabies attack?

deer ticks and field mice ticks

What transmits Lyme disease?

Measles

What virus Isi dangerous for a mother to contract in the first trimester and will result in birth defects?

HIV

What virus causes AIDS?

Varicella Zoster

What virus causes chickenpox?

Streptococcus pyogenes

Which bacterium causes childbirth fever?

Clostridium diphtheriae

Which bacterium causes diphtheria?

Clostridium perfringens

Which bacterium causes tissue gas?

Streptococcus agalactiae

Which bacterium is common in raw milk and causes bacterial sepsis and meningitis in newborns, and uterine infections in postpartum women?

jaw muscles

Which muscles are first affected by tetanus?

fungi

Yeasts are:

chickenpox

infection with ____________ can lead to shingles later in life:

A combustion chamber

A retort is:

Hypertonic

A bacterium in a ________ would shrivel

hypotonic

A bacterium in a __________ solution would swell and might burst

8-14

A base would be numbers ___ to ____ on the ph scale

Alcohol

A chemical method of controlling microbes that denatures proteins and dissolves lipids in the cell membrane is:

Phenol

A chemical method of controlling microbes that has a sickening sweet and tarry odor is:

Iodophore

A compound of Iodine and surfactant is:

Iodine

A disinfectant that is a tincture is:

Iodine

A disinfectant that oxidizes certain molecules within the microbial cell is:

Glycocalyx

A sticky, gelatinous coating on bacteria that surrounds the cell wall is the?

Endospore

A thick walled cell produced by bacteria to survive unfavorable conditions is the?

Bacteriophage

A virus that infects bacteria is?

Antigen

An _____________ causes the body's immune system to respond.

0-6

An acid would be numbers ____ to ____ on the ph scale

Larvicide

An agent that kills mosquito larvae is:

are not normally present in the body

An exogenous infection is caused by microbes that:

Fomite

An inanimate object to which infectious material adheres and can be transmitted is a:

Vector

An organism that spreads disease is called a/n?

slime layer

An unorganized coating on bacteria that is closely attached to the cell wall is the?

integument

Another word for skin?

Fimbriae

Appendages on a bacterium that allows it to attach to surfaces is?

Binary Fission

Bacteria reproduce by a process called?

Facultative

Bacteria that can adapt to different sources of nutrition are __________ bacteria?

obligate anaerobes

Bacteria that must NOT be in the presence of oxygen are?

Mesophiles

Bacteria that prefer human body temperatures are?

Pandemic

COVID-19 is a _________disease?

Sterilization

Completely removing or destroying all life-forms, endospores and their products are:

Disinfection

Destroying pathogenic agents by disinfecting inanimate objects is:

Zoonoses

Diseases that are communicable from animal or animal products are:

Virus

Genetic material in a protein coat would describe a ?

Nosocomial

Healthcare associated infections are called ___________ infections?

It usually increases effectiveneess

How does higher temperatures affect the effectiveness of chemical agents?

20%

How much of the Earth's oxygen do autotrophic bacteria produce?

commensalism

In a microbial association, when one bacterium benefits and the other is unaffected, that is known as:

Antisepsis

Inhibiting microbial growth on living tissue is:

gangrene

Necrosis of tissue is called:

heterotrophs

Organisms that cannot make their own food and require food from a carbon source are?

Autotrophs

Organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis are?

saprophytes

Organisms that utilize decomposing matter as nutrients are?

Antibodies

Proteins that are Y shaped and either neutralize or destroy antigens are:

Interferons

Proteins that respond to viruses, bind to receptors on uninfected cells, and causes uninfected cells to produce antiviral enzymes are:

Attenuation

Reducing a microbe's virulence by diluting or weakening it is:

Poultry

Salmonella food poisoning comes from:

Fibrinolysin

Some bacteria use an enzyme that digests fibrin threads to better utilize blood as a nutrient. That enzyme is _______:

lockjaw

Tetanus is also known as:

Virulence

The ability of a microbe to survive and produce disease is:

Yershinia perstis

The bacterium that causes bubonic plague is:

Incineration

The best method to treat hazardous waste is:

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

The correct way to write the name of the bacterium that causes gonorrhea is?

Reservoir

The natural habitat of a pathogen is:

Smallpox

The only disease that was eradicated and is no longer in the human population is:

UV light

The physical method of controlling microbes that damages the cell's DNA is:

Dry heat

The physical method of controlling microbes that denatures proteins is:

Cluster

The prefix staphyl- means:

Chain

The prefix strepto- means:

Sporulation

The process bacteria use to produce the endospore is?

Septicemia

The proper term for "blood poisoning" is:

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

The pus from _______________ is blue:

mycology

The study of fungi is called?

pairs, chains, clusters

The three arrangements of bacteria are?

coccus, bacillus, spirilla

The three basic shapes of bacteria are?

15 psi @ 121 F for 10 minutes

Under what conditions must an autoclave work to sterilize?

Surfactants

What alters the surface tension of the cell membrane, causing the cell contents to leak out and kill the cell?

Sterilization

What can kill endospores?

cowpox

What disease gave milkmaids immunity to smallpox?

Pseudomonas

What genus of bacteria is commonly associated with secondary infections in burn patients?

serious hair follicle infection called a boil

What is a Furuncle?

UV

What kind of light controls microbial growth?

Amphitrichous

When bacteria have flagella on each end of the cell, that is known as?

Peritrichous

When bacteria have flagella over the entire cell, that is known as?

Mutualism

When both species of bacteria benefit inn association, that is known as:

antogonism

When one bacterium inhibits the growth of another; that is known as:

staphylococcus aureus

Which bacterium causes a furuncle?

streptococcus pyogenes

Which bacterium causes scarlet fever?

Acquired

__________________ immunity is a result of being sick once or getting a vaccination.

Toxemia

____________________ is when poisonous products of bacteria are distributed throughout the body:

viricide

an agent that kills viruses

Psychrophiles

bacteria that might prefer the temperature of remains in a refrigeration unit are?

Plasmids

small circles of DNA separate from the main chromosome in bacteria

obligate aerobes

Bacteria that MUST have oxygen are?

Scarlet fever

In what disease is the tongue spotted with a strawberry- like appearance?

Cresols

What chemical is used to produce lysol?

impetigo

What is a local skin infection caused by Streptococcus progenies that mostly infects children who scratch insect bites?

Chlorine

What is used to treat municipal drinking water and swimming pools?

Hyaluronidase

The enzyme that Staphylococcus aureus uses to penetrate the body's connective tissue is:

obligate saprophyte

Bacteria that would be utilizing tissue of human remains as a nutrition source would be ______ bacteria?

Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia

The four kingdoms are:

Thermal death point

The lowest temperature which all microbes are killed in 10 minutes is:

Cytomegalovirus

The microbe of great concern that can cross the placenta is:

Anopheles mosquito

The mosquito that causes malaria is:

Botulinum Toxin

The most poisonous substance on Earth is:

streptococcus Pyogenes

Which bacterium causes strep throat?

staphylococcus aureus

Which bacterium causes toxic shock syndrome?

Alexander Flemming

Who discovered penicillin?

eschar

An area of dead tissue is cutaneous anthrax is__________?

Focal

An infection where microbes enter blood or lymph vessels and spread to other parts of the body is called a _____________ infection?

Virus

An intracellular that is genetic material in a protein coat is a:

Gonorrhea

Antimicrobial eye drops or sliver nitrate placed in a baby eyes on delivery because of the possibility of what disease?

dried fruit

Aspergillus glacus infects_________?

herpes simplex 1

Cold sores are caused by _____________ virus?

Traveler's diarrhea

Cryptosporidium parvum often causes:

African sleeping sickness

African trypanosomiasis is commonly called?

ringworm

A fungal infection of the scalp is_____________?

prion

A small, protein, infectious particle is a:

Endotoxin

A/n ____________________ is toxin confined within the body of a bacterium and is released only when the bacterium is broken down.