Embalming Microbiology

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?

Binary Fission

Bacteria reproduce by a process called?

obligate aerobes

Bacteria that MUST have oxygen are?

Zoonoses

Diseases that are communicable from animal or animal products are:

Autotrophs

Organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis are?

Poultry

Salmonella food poisoning comes from:

Virulence

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

Anopheles mosquito

The mosquito that causes malaria 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:

Focal

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

Disinfection

Destroying pathogenic agents by disinfecting inanimate objects is:

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?

Sterilization

What can kill endospores?

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:

Alexander Flemming

Who discovered penicillin?

Iodophore

A compound of Iodine and surfactant is:

Iodine

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

Pandemic

COVID-19 is a _________disease?

20%

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

Attenuation

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

Iodine

A disinfectant that is a tincture is:

A combustion chamber

A retort is:

integument

Another word for skin?

heterotrophs

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

Cytomegalovirus

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

Botulinum Toxin

The most poisonous substance on Earth 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:

commensalism

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

saprophytes

Organisms that utilize decomposing matter as nutrients are?

Thermal death point

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

Pseudomonas

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

Endotoxin

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

Fimbriae

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

Virus

Genetic material in a protein coat would describe a ?

Antisepsis

Inhibiting microbial growth on living tissue is:

viricide

an agent that kills viruses

Psychrophiles

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

Sterilization

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

Epidemic

Ebola is a ___________disease?

It usually increases effectiveneess

How does higher temperatures affect the effectiveness of chemical agents?

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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

Hyaluronidase

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

Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia

The four kingdoms are:

Phenol

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

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?

obligate saprophyte

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

Vector

An organism that spreads disease is called a/n?

hypotonic

A bacterium in a __________ solution would swell and might burst

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:

Toxemia

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

Plasmids

small circles of DNA separate from the main chromosome in bacteria

Hypertonic

A bacterium in a ________ would shrivel

8-14

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

Bacteriophage

A virus that infects bacteria is?

Mesophiles

Bacteria that prefer human body temperatures are?

Amphitrichous

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

Fibrinolysin

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

Yershinia perstis

The bacterium that causes bubonic plague is:

coccus, bacillus, spirilla

The three basic shapes of bacteria are?

15 psi @ 121 F for 10 minutes

Under what conditions must an autoclave for to sterilize?

Cresols

What chemical is used to produce lysol?

slime layer

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

Incineration

The best method to treat hazardous waste is:

Surfactants

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

cowpox

What disease gave milkmaids immunity to smallpox?

Chlorine

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

UV

What kind of light controls microbial growth?

Acquired

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

Alcohol

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