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51 Cards in this Set
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What is the sequence of Gram stain?
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Safranin counterstain
(test 1 material) |
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What color do you see under the microscope of the Gram(-) bacteria after the Gram stain?
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Pink
(test 1 Material) |
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Influenza is caused by what?
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Influenza virus
(test 2 material) |
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Yellow fever is what?
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A viral disease
(test 2 material) |
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What do microbiologists add to liquid media to make it solid?
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Agar
(test 2 material) |
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What does trace elements refer to?
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Small amounts of mineral requirements.
(test 2 material) |
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Rickettsiae and Chlamydiae are unusual because...?
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They must live inside other living cells.
(test 3 material) |
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When the F plasmid is incorporated into the chromosome of F+ bacteria, these cells are called what?
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High-frequency recombination
(test 3) |
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Bacteriostatic agent
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An agent that in hibits the growth of bacteria.
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virxocide
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an agent that inactivates viruses.
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Germicide
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An agent killing microorganism and inhibit growth of other.
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Plate count method
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not used to measure antimicrobial agent.
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Bacterialcidal
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kill bacteria
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Halogen's
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Doesn't effect viruses
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Alcohols
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Dissolve lipids and deanature proteins.
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Methane Oxide
p.351-352 |
This is not an example of alkylating, which disrupts proteins and nucleic acids?
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Alkylating agents consist of what?
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Formaldehydes, glutaraldehyde, and Beta-propiolactone used in aqueous solutions (F,M, and B)
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Fromaldehydes
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inactivates viruses and toxins without destorying antegeneous properties.
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The method used to evaluate the effect of chemicals F
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Filter paper test- a clear area around the disk.
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Deanaturation of proteins by antimicrobial agents
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Disrupts hydrogen and desulfide bonds
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Phenols
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disrupts cell membranes
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Dry heat is damaged by
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Oxidizing Molecules
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Not used when autoclaving
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Autoheat endospores such as bacillasstreaother mophilus
(BM) |
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autoclaving is involved in what?
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sterilization
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Pasturezation
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Not used to sterilize
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Lyophilization
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freeze drying
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Microwave radiation
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Water releases energy as heat
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ultra violet radiation
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Kills microorganisms by damaging DNA and proteins
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Ionizing
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(dislodging electrons from atoms creating ions)
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Sonic or ultrasonic
p. 359 |
range that can destroy bacteria if the waves are intense
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Plasmids
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sugar or salt high concentration with high osmotic pressure
(cell shrinkage which leads to cell death) |
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Moist heat
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deanatures proteins
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Ultrasonic waves
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it does not properly kill organisms
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filtering water through paper
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reduces contamination
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Good method for sanitizing food
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drying
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Method used for sanitizing bandages and glassware
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autoclaving
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Cheap and easiest way to prevent spread of disease
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vigorous hand washing
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Paul Erhlich
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Found the cure for syphilis. As well as discovering the drug (Salvarsan) And he coined disc
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Pencillin
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Alexander Fleming disovered.
Ernest Chain and Howard Florey isolated the antibiotic |
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Chemical subsance used in medical practice
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Chemotheraputic agent
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Special group of chemicals subject to treat disease by micobes
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antimicrobial agent
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Selective toxicity
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harms the microbes without harming the host.
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Mode of action of an antimicrobial agent refers
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how it exerts its effect upon microorganisms
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If it is not an antimicrobial agent then
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it will not disrupt of select toxicity
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Disruption of an antimicrobial agent is due to
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enzyme development
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microorganisms that use ready made folic acid
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alter metabolic pathway
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tetracyclines are effective against a large variety of different organisms is considered
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broad spectrum drug
(Pencillin) |
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antibiotic containing beta-lacta ring
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binds to crossline pepticoglycans
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resistance of microorganisms to antibiotics
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acquired by generation or non- generation change
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Devlope in second and third line antimicrobial agents
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increasing different treatment tests for bacteria
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Determining microbial sensitvity to an antimicrobial agent used in filter paper
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disc diffusion method
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