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Established the postulates for proving the causation of disease by a specific microorganism.
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Robert Koch
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Established the principles of modern chemotherapy
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Paul Ehrlich
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First to use phenol as a disinfectant
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Joseph Lister
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The smallest free-living organism known, being intermediate in size between virus & bacteria
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Mycoplasmas
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An intracellular, infectious parasite capable of replicating only in living cells
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Virus
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Discovered penicillin
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Alexander Fleming
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Theory that microorganism cause disease
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Germ Theory
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One- celled organisms of the kingdom Protista; most are unicellular, although some are colonial
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Protozoa
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His observation of cells through a microscope formed the basis of cell theory
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Robert Hooke
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No life form can spontaneously appear. Living cells can only arise from preexisting living cells.
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Theory of Biogenesis
Rudolph Virchow pg 261 |
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Science that deals with the study of Protozoa
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Protozoology
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The study of viruses & viral diseases
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Virology
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Vaccination against smallpox
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Edward Jenner 1798
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Science that studies bacteria
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Bacteriology
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A large group of no motile, gram negative intracellular parasites
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Chlamydia
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Area of science that studies Rickettsia
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Rickettsiology
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Small proteinaceous, infectious particles that are resistant to most procedures that modify nucleic acids.
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Prions
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recognized that phenol killed microorganisms
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Joseph Lister
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used cowpox as a vaccination for smallpox
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Edward Jenner
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helped save the European silk industry by identifying the protozoan that cased a silkworm disease
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Luis Pasteur
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reported microorganisms in rainwater, lake water, on the surface of human teeth, in the gut of horseflies, & in the feces of human diarrhea
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Anton van Leewenhoek
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established the causation of disease by microorganisms
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Robert Koch
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The belief that life-forms can spontaneously appear from nonliving matter is known as?
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Spontaneous Generation
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When first seen by scientists through a microscope, microorganisms & cells were referred to as?
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Little boxes
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Refers to the theory that the growth of microorganisms can be controlled because living cells can only arise from preexisting living cells
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Theory of Biogenesis
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theory that microorganisms cause disease?
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Germ Theory
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theory that all living beings are composed of individual cells?
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Cell Theory
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3 categories of fungi
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Yeasts
Molds Dimorphic fungi |
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a group of often filamentous unicellular & multicellular organisms lacking chlorophyll & usually bearing spores
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Fungi
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Grow on decomposing matter & are called saprophytes
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Fungi
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Who disproved the theory of spontaneous generation in 1859?
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Louis Pasteur
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Theory that living cells can only arise from pre existing living cells
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Virchow's 1858 theory of biogenesis.
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Steps to determine the specific microorganisms that cause a specific disease
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Koch's postulates
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chemical could be used to destroy a disease causing microorganism in the body, without harming the infected person
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magic bullet
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Paul Ehrlich tested 914 drugs before finding an effective treatment for
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Syphilis.
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In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered
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penicillin
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The word "coccus' means
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sphere or ball
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The word "staphyl" means
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clustered together (like grapes)
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The word "aureus" means
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golden yellow color
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Eukaryotes are distinguished by
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nuclei & cytoskeleton
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"Eukaryote" means
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true nucleus
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"Prokaryote" means
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before nucleus
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Five Kingdoms of biological forms
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Monera (Porkaryotae)
Protista Fungi Plantae Animalia |
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Order of classification is
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Kingdom
division phylum class order family genus species |
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the first name of a microbe refers to its
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genus
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the last name of a microbe refers to its
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species
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Microorganisms that cause disease in humans are known as
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Pathogens
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extremely small and spread by arthropod vectors such as lice, fleas, ticks, or mites
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Rickettsia
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There are more _____ in the world than any other microorganism
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Protozoa
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Four classifications of protozoa
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flagellates
amoebae sporozoans ciliates |
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smallest category of disease causing microorganism
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Virus
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Bacteria with only one flagellum
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monotrichous
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long, whip-like, filament-containing appendages that propel bacteria in liquid
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flagella
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A sticky, gelatinous coating that surrounds the cell wall
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glycocalyx
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repeating units of fats and clusters of phosphorus
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phospholipids
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a visible group of bacteria growing on a solid medium, presumably arising from a single microorganism
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bacterial colony
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Any of various spherical bacteria
appearing in pairs |
dipplococci
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a thick-walled cell produced by a bacterium to enable it to survive unfavorable environmental conditions
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endospores
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a genus of gram-positive, nonmotile bacteria that tend to aggregate in irregular, grape-like clusters
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staphylococci
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a genus of bacteria containing gram negative rods which form a chain-like colony
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streptobacilli
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the study of the size, shape, and arrangements of microorganisms
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morphology
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bacterium with two or more flagella on either end
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lophotrichous
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bacterium with one flagellum at either end
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amphitrichous
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a method of asexual reproduction in bacteria in which cells split into two parts, each of which develops into a complete individual
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binary fission
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smallest known bacteria that can grow & reproduce outside the living host cell
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microplasm
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the process of forming an endospore
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sporulation
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A type of bacteria that is spherical or ovoid in form
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coccus
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gram-positive spherically shaped bacteria that occur in chains
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streptococci
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a double bacillus, two being linked end to end to each other
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diplocacilli
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First antibiotic was discovered?
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1928, Alexander Fleming
penicillin |
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how many divisions in microbiology?
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Bacteriology
Rickettsiology virology protozoology mycology |
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Are bacteria prokaryotic or eukaryotic?
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prokaryotic
Monera |
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What shape is Rickettsia?
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rod shaped
gram negative intracellular |
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mycoplasmas are intermediate in size between____?
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viruses & bacteria
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Are protozoa eukaryotes or prokaryotes?
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eukaryotes
Protista |
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3 basic shapes of bacteria?
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Sphere
rod spiral |
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3 basic arrangements of bacteria?
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pairs
chains clusters |
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Bacteria shaped like a sphere?
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coccus
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Bacteria shaped like a rod?
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Bacillus
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Bacteria shaped like a spiral?
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spirilla
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Cytoplasm is 80 percent____?
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water
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In a bacteria cell, the sticky, gelatinous coating that (well organized) surrounds the cell wall is ?
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glycocalyx
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What gives a cell motility?
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Flagella
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What are the 4 types of flagella?
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Monotrichous
amphitricous lophotrichous peritrichous |
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Bacterium with one flagellum
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monotrichous
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bacterium with one flagellum at either end of its cell
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amphitrichous
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has two or more flagella on either end of its cell
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lophotrichous
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flagella distributed over its entire cell
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peritrichous
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when the endospore germinates, changes back into the fully developed bacterium from which it came...
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Vegetative Bacterium
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Gram positive bacteria are killed easily by sulfonamide drugs & ____?
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penicillin
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gram negative bacteria are more susceptible to?
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streptomycin &
tetracycline |
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self-nourishing bacteria capable of growing in the absence of organic compounds
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Autotrophic
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Autotrophic organisms are capable of obtaining nutritional value from?
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The carbon in carbon dioxide
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require complex organic food from a carbon source to grow & develop.
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Heterotrophic
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Only survive on dead or decaying matter.
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Saprophytes
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require little oxygen (2-10 percent)
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Microaerophilic microorganism
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How much oxygen does a microaerophilic microorgamism require?
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2-10 PERCENT
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which bacteria is capable of adjusting to changes in oxygen levels in their environment?
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facultative bacteria
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How many classifications of bacteria based on their oxygen requirements?
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five
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