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32 Cards in this Set
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Who were involved in improving public health in the 19th Century? |
Joseph Lister, Florence Nightingale, & John Snow |
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What did Robert Koch research? |
techniques for isolating microbes,development of a method to determine the cause of infection, the cause of tuberculosis, the cause of anthrax |
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John Snow's research during the cholera outbreak laid the foundation for which branch of Micro? |
Infection control and Epidemiology |
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The work of Lister, Nightingale, & Semmelewis all contributed to controlling infectious diseases by |
developing methods for reducing nosocomial infections |
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Inserting a gene from the hepatitis B virus into yeast so that the yeast produces a viral protein is an example of... |
genetic engineering |
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Do all cell membranes contain phospholipids and a wide variety of proteins? |
No |
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Paul Ehrlich used chemotherapy to treat... |
Syphilis |
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What is the correct order for the application of Koch's postulates? |
Find suspect agent is every case of disease of interest but not in healthy hosts, Isolate & culture suspect agent in lab, Inoculate suspect agent into test subject & observe that subject develops disease of interest, Recover & isolate suspect agent from test subject |
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The 1st true vaccine protected against disease caused by a _______ pathogen. |
viral |
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Describe basic biochemical reactions |
basic biochemical reactions shared by all living things primarily involve transfer of electrons & hydrogen ions. |
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Pasteur's experiments on fermentation laid the foundation for... |
industrial microbiology |
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Semmmelweis advocated handwashing as a method of preventing which disease? |
Puerperal Fever |
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What was the first disease shown to be bacterial in origin? |
Anthrax |
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Who's work laid the foundations of the field of environmental microbiology? |
Beijerinck and Winogradsky |
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Identification of bacteria in the laboratory usually begins with the _______ for placement in 1 or 2 large groups of bacterial. |
Gram stain |
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Who pioneered the use of chemicals to reduce the incidence of infections during surgery? |
Joseph Lister |
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Person who put forth the theory of spontaneous generation |
Aristotle |
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What organism was produced during Pasteur's experiment about wine? |
Bacteria |
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What turned the grape juice into alcohol during Pasteur's experiment? |
Yeast |
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Name 3 particles found in an atom & their charge |
Proton (+), Electron (-), Neutron (neutral) |
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What is DNA to RNA to Protein called? |
Central Dogma of Molecular Biology |
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Father of bacteriology |
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek |
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Term for the attraction of an atom for electrons |
Electronegativity |
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Define Organic Compound |
Hydrogen and Carbon compound |
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What type of bonds form within the atoms of water molecule & what type holds water together? |
Hydrogen bond, Polar covalent bond |
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What type of techniques did Koch use? |
Simple staining, 1st photomicrograph of bacteria,1st photomicrograph of bacteria in diseased tissue, Use of steam to sterilize media, Use of petri dishes, Aseptic techniques, Bacteria as distinct species |
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3 types of chemical bonds |
Covalent bonds (nonpolar & polar), Hydrogen Bonds, Ionic Bonds |
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define covalent bond |
sharing of a pair of electrons by 2 atoms |
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define hydrogen bond |
weak forces that combine with polar covalent bonds |
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define nonpolar covalent bond |
shared electrons spend equal time around each nucleus |
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define polar covalent bond |
unequal sharing of electrons due to significantly different electronegativity |
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define ionic bond |
occur when 2 atoms with vastly different electronegativities come together |
