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Lysozyme
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enzyme that hydrolyzes bond between NAG & NAM in peptidoglycan of the bacterial cell wall; found most abundantly in the white of an egg
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What worked best as a source of lysozyme on Micrococcus luteus?
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egg
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Properties of coliform bacteria
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catalase +
oxidase - lactose fermentation + (w/ GAS) |
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Fomite
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an inanimate object that may act as a transmitter of microbes
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Epidemiology
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study of distinction and transmission of disease
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Lactobacillus acidophilus
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bacterium thought responsible for dental decay
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Snyder Test Medium
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detects the presence of Lactobacillus in saliva
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Giardia
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protozoan that causes giardiasis
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Entamoeba
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protozoan that causes amebiasis
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Trypanosoma
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protozoan that causes:
African Trypanosomiasis/ sleeping sickness (Tsetse fly) Chagas' disease/ American Trypanosomiasis (Kissing bug) |
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Plasmodium
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protozoan that causes malaria (anopheles mosquito)
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Necator
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nematode (roundworm) that causes necatoriasis
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Trichinella
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nematode that causes trichinellosis
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Taenia
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cestode (tapeworm) that causes Taeniasis, Cysticercosis, & Neuorocysticercosis (NCC)
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Clonorchis
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trematode (fluke) that causes inflammation of bile ducts
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Fasciola
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trematode (fluke) that causes liver problems
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Schistosoma
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trematode (fluke) that causes schistosomiasis
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