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28 Cards in this Set
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What are the 5 kingdoms in microbiology
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animalia
plantae fungi protista procaryotae |
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Examples of the animal kingdom
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Human cell membrane organelles
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Members of the plant a group
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Rigid cell wall cellulose
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Fungi characteristics
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Triggers asthma few cause disease
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Protista characteristics
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Single celled living organisms protozoa cause more diseases than bacteria
amoebas are brain eating |
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Prokaryote characteristics
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Do not have well defined nucleus or organelles
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How are bacteria grouped
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Spatial and shape
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What are the three types of spacing
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Chain cluster and pairs
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What type of bacteria are in Chains
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Streptococci
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What type of bacteria are in clusters
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Staphylococci
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What type of bacteria come in pairs
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Diplococci
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Cocci are what shape
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Round
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A rod shaped bacteria
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Bacilli
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Spiral shaped bacteria
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Spirochete
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How many types of Gram stain are there
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2
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What color is a gram positive bacteria
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Purple by use of crystal violet dye
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The second stain in a Gram stain is the counterstain what is used
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Safranin
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Why do gram negative bacteria take up the safranin
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Because of their double membrane that lose the crystal violet with the alcohol wash
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What is in the membrane of gram-negative bacteria
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LPS a lipo polysaccharide
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Another staining other than Gram stain
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Acid fast
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Acid fast staining is what color
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Red
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Why are some bacteria acid fast
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Because of a high lipid content in the cell membrane
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Microbacterium are acid fast name one
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Tuberculosis
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Sterilization remove all forms of bacteria. Name two ways this is done
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Through autoclave and use of alcohol
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How does the autoclave work
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By use of pressure and steam
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For alcohol sterilization to be effective what must it be mixed with
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Inert gas
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What type of cleaning rids most bacteria
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Disinfection
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True or false sanitation is an effective way of cleaning most bacteria
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False sanitation only kills some
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