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Three Domains
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Eukarya- most everything
Prokarya- Bacteria Archaea- Nonpeptidoglycin in cells walls, live in extreme. |
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Genus-
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always first, noun part, always capitalized.
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Species-
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Adj, never capitalized.
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Classification of Organisms
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They have certain characteristics to be put into a particular group.
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Names of Organism Classifications
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Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species.
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Most bacteria is Gram Positive or Gram Negative. True or False.
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True, Gram + or Gram -
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Elisa Test
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Take known antibodies, add bacteria to well or petri dish where there are different antibodies. Bacteria is identified when antibodies react.
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Rickettsias
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Bacteria, gram-neg, rod shaped, bug bite or tick. Known as spotted fever or typhus.
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Anterbacterialis
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Bacteria, inside of gut, facultative anaerobes, ferment of glucose, produce protiens called bacteriosin and maintain flora bowl in gut.
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E. coli
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Bacteria, natural flora in our bowl, if it shows up in food it came from fecal contamination.
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Salmonella
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Bacteria, found in restaurants, 2400 different types, found in chicken and cattle. Natural in chicken and cattle gut.
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Shigella
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Bacteria, montezuma's revenge, found in water, causes diarrhea.
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Helico-bacter-phlori
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Bacteria, most common cause of peptic ulcers, may cause stomach cancer.
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Clostridium
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Bacteria, obligate anaerobe, contains endospores that distend cell, tetanus and botulism.
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Tetanus
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Bacteria, is a natural bowel flora to cows and horses.
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Staphareus
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Bacteria, facultative anaerobe, in nose, on skin, problem in hospital with surgical wounds, causes vomiting and toxic shock.
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Lactobacillus
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Bacteria, natural bowel flora, found in mouth, vagina, sour kraut, pickles and yogurt. Helps with birthing process from birth canal.
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Streptococcus
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Bacteria, causes greatest number of diseases.
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Piogenes
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Bacteria, type of strep, responsible for infentigo, rheumatic fever.
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Chlamidia
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Bacteria, most common STD, can be airborn, causes respiratory infection, blindness, pneumonia and urethritis.
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Spiraketes
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Bacteria, 2 most common diseases from spiraketes is syphilis and lymes disease (ticks).
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Amount of microorganisms in feces.
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1/3 of feces or 1 billion per gram.
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Methanobacterium
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Bacteria, found in gut, produces methane, uses in water treatment and plants.
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Mycology
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The study of fungus.
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Fungus Effects who?
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Affects people with compromised immune systems?
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Tenia Pedis is?
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Athletes foot, which is a fungus.
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Tenia Capitus is?
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Fungal infection of the scalp. Also known as Cradle cap fungus.
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Tenia Groines is?
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Jock Itch also known a Tinea Cruris.
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Ringworm is?
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A fungus not a worm. Type of name for fungal skin infection. May get ringworm from pets.
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Mycorrhizae can?
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Help roots and plants absorb minerals that are to big.
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How many types of fungi are there?
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Over 100000 species of mushrooms, 200 of these are pathogenic.
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Yeast is characitarized as a?
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Fungus, unicellular fungi.
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Saccharomyces is?
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Yeast for bread.
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Charactieristic of yeast is?
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It has pseudohypha, an outgrowth poking holes in things.
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Candida is known as?
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A yeast infection with a ph of 5.
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Sytemic mycosis is?
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Body infection from fungus.
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Valley Fever is?
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Coccidio mycosis/histo-plasmosys. It creates spores that live in the soil caused by fungus.
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Subcutaneuos mycosis is?
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Skin infection under the skin, usually from a cut or puncture. Caused by fungus.
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Dermatophytes is?
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Infection of the skin, hair and nails. It is found in humans and animals. Degrads keratin and secrete keratinace.
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Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP).
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Is a form of pneumonia caused by the yeast-like fungal. Rare in people with normal immune systems but common among people with weakened immune systems such as AIDS pt's.
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Stachybotrys is?
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A genus of mold that grows on water damaged materials such in houses. May lead to pulmonary hemorrage in infantes.
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Some types of yeast infection are?
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Vaginal yeast infection.
Thrush, which is a throat and mouth infection. |
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Lichens is?
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Slow growing, contain yellow-green algae or a brown alga fungus.
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Diatomes is?
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A major group of eukaryotic algae, and are one of the most common types of phytoplankton
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Archaezoa is?
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A Protazoa, lives in extreme condition and GI tracts of animals.
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Trichomonas Vaginalis is?
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A Protazoa, STD, and most common pathogenic protozoan infection of humans.
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Giardia is?
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A Protazoa, Found in streams or lakes.
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Platte Helminthes is?
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Flat worm.
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Helminths are?
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Worm like parasites.
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Flukes (Trematodes).
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Flukes are leaf-shaped flatworms,
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Tapeworms (Cestodes)
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Adult tapeworms (flatworms) inhabit the intestinal lumen. Found in poorly cooked pork and beef.
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Roundworms (Nematodes).
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They inhabit intestinal and extraintestinal sites.
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Five types of Roundworms (Nematodes) are?
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Pinworms, Whipworm, Ascaris, Hookworm and Strangyloides.
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Pinworms
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Live in large intestinal tract, females migrate to anal area and leave eggs.
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Whipworms
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Live in large intestinal tract and female migrates to anal area and leaves eggs.
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Ascaris Lumbricoides
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Affects 15% of people in the world, have respiratory problems.
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Hookworms
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Enter through the skin by foot or hands.
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Trichinosis is?
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Is a parasitic disease caused by eating raw or undercooked pork and wild game products infected with the larvae of a species of roundworm.
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A Virus is?
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A microorganism smaller than a bacteria, which cannot grow or reproduce apart from a living cell. A virus invades living cells and uses their chemical machinery to keep itself alive and to replicate itself.
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Bacteriopahge?
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Is any one of a number of viruses that infect bacteria.
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Leukemia is?
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Is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow and is characterized by an abnormal of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes). Transferred through Chickens.
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Sarcoma is?
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is a cancer of the connective or supportive tissue (bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels) and soft tissue.
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Adenocarinoma is?
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Is a form of carcinoma that originates in glandular tissue.
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Onco Genes may?
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Develop into cancer.
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Oncognic Virus's are?
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Capable of producing a tumer.
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Some Virus that depend on cancer cells are?
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Herpes, Chicken Pox, Epstein Bar, Hep B.
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Lantent is?
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A virus that is not doing anything at the moment, may or may not manifest itself.
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Persistant
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Happens over a period of years.
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A Prion is?
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Not a virus, pure protien that can cause a disease. Proteace is used to absorb protien. Ex. Mad cow disease.
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Some viruses that depend on cancer growth are?
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Herpes, Chicken Pox, Epstein Bar and Hep B.
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A lot of Leukemias are?
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Retroviruses caused as well as Lymphomas.
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10% of Tumurs are?
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Related to Viruses
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Viruses are covered by?
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An envelope with spikes used for attachment making them very viurlent.
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Virus's may cause Cancer, True or False?
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True.
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Fungus use?
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Sexual or Asexual reproduction.
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