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Aerobic |
Requiring oxygen for growth |
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Aerosols |
Fine particles suspended in air |
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Agar |
Gelatinous substance obtained from seaweed that is liquid when heated and becomes solid when cooled; used in culture media |
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Anaerobic |
Able to grow and function in absence of oxygen |
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Anaerobic |
Able to grow and function in absence of oxygen |
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Gram positive |
Retaining the purple color of the stain |
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Gram stain |
Method of staining microorganisms that served as a primary means of identifying and classifying bacteria |
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Hyphae |
Tubelike filaments |
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Infection |
Disease that occurs when pathogenic microorganisms invade the body and overcome its natural defense mechanisms |
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Inoculation |
Process of transferring microorganisms into or on a culture medium for growth |
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Malaise |
Feeling weakness distress or discomfort |
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Binary fission |
Asexual reproduction in which the cell splits in half |
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Capnophilic |
Requiring some carbon dioxide to grow |
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Colony |
Visible mass of bacteria formed on a culture medium by one bacterium growing and replicating |
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Culture |
The reproduction of microorganisms in a lab culture medium |
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Eukaryotic |
Pertaining to organisms that possess a true nucleus with a nuclear membrane and organelles |
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Expectoration |
Coughing up of sputum and mucus from trachea and lungs |
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Facultative anerobe |
Organism that grows with or without oxygen |
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Fastidious |
Requiring special nutrients or conditions for growth |
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Gram negative |
Having pink/red color of the counter stain |
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Media |
Liquid, semisolid, or solid substance containing nutrients needed to grow microorganisms |
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Microaerophilic |
Requiring reduced oxygen for growth |
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Microbiology |
Study of microorganisms |
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Microorganisms |
Any tiny usually microscopic entity capable of carrying on living processes |
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Morbidity |
The rate at which an illness occurs |
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Mortality |
The rate of deaths |
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Myalgia |
diffuse of muscle pain |
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Mycelium |
Mass of hyphae that some fungi produce |
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Peptidoglycon |
Component made of polysaccharides and peptides that gives rigidity to the bacterial cell wall |
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Prokaryotic |
Pertaining to unicellular organisms that do not have a true nucleus with a nuclear membrane |
