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What is the study of small living organisms called microbes, such as bacteria, referred to as? |
Microbiology |
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What are small living organisms referred to as? |
Microbes |
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What is an example of microbes? |
Bacteria |
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What is bacteria sometimes called? 2 |
Germs or microbes |
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Bacteria are: |
One-celled micro-organisms |
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What are the two types of bacteria? |
Non-pathogenic and pathogenic |
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What is the study of bacteria referred to as? |
Bacteriology |
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What is non-disease producing bacteria referred to as? |
Non-pathogenic |
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What type of bacteria are harmless and can be very beneficial? |
Non-pathogenic |
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What are non-pathogenic bacteria that live on dead matter and do not produce disease referred to as? |
Saprophytes |
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Approximately what percentage of all bacteria are nonpathogenic? |
70% |
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Many bacteria live on what? |
The surface of the skin |
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What type of bacteria lives everywhere in your environment and even exists inside your body? |
Pathogenic |
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What type of bacteria causes infection and disease, and some produce toxins? |
Pathogenic |
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What is disease-producing bacteria referred to as? |
Pathogenic |
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What type of bacterial cells can cause septicemia, strep throat, rheumatic fever and other serious infections? |
Streptococci |
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What are spherical (round)-shaped bacterial cells referred to as? |
Cocci |
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What type of bacterial cells are present in abscesses, pustules and boils? |
Staphylococci |
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What are pus-forming bacterial cells that form in long chains referred to as? |
Streptococci |
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What is septisemia? |
Blood poisoning |
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What are the most common form of bacterial cells? |
Bacilli |
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What bacterial cells grow in pairs and are the cause of certain infections, including pneumonia? |
Diplococci |
Diplo means double |
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What are bar or rod-shaped bacterial cells that can produce a variety of diseases referred to as? |
Bacilli |
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What are pus-forming bacterial cells that form grape-like bunches or clusters and are present in abscesses, pustules and boils referred to as? |
Staphylococci |
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What type of bacterial cells produce tetanus, bacterial influenza, typhoid fever, tuberculosis and diphtheria? |
Bacilli |
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What type of bacterial cells cause highly contagious diseases such as syphilis, cholera and Lyme disease? |
Spirilla |
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What are spiraled, coiled, corkscrew-shaped bacterial cells referred to as? |
Spirilla |
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Bacteria can cause infections by invading the body through what? |
A break in the skin or through any of the body's natural openings |
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What goes through a growth cycle that consists of two stages (active and inactive)? |
Bacteria |
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