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.
