Bacteriology

Question 1

What is the study of bacteria called?

Answer 1

Bacteriology

Question 2

Bacteria are:

Answer 2

One-felled microorganisms

Question 3

Harmless and possible beneficial bacteria are called:

Answer 3

Nonpathogenic bacteria

Question 4

Synonym for germ/bacteria:

Answer 4

Microbe

Question 5

The most common form of bacteria is:

Answer 5

Bacilli

Question 6

What are external parasites?

Answer 6

Organisms that live on or obtain nutrients from another organism

Question 7

Describe pathogenic bacteria

Answer 7

Disease-producing bacteria, produce toxins, easily spread, live everywhere (environment and in body)

Question 8

What are the three types of bacteria?

Answer 8

Cocci, bacilli, spirilla

Question 9

Describe cocci bacteria

Answer 9

Round shaped and appear on their own or in groups > can cause pustules/boils, pus forming, strep throat, and pneumonia

Question 10

Describe bacilli bacteria

Answer 10

Most common type of bacteria, bar or rod shaped, can produce diseases such as tetanus, bacterial influenza, typhoid fever, and tuberculosis

Question 11

Describe spirilla bacteria

Answer 11

Spiral shaped, cause highly contagious diseases such as syphilis, cholera, and Lyme disease

Question 12

Describe the growth of bacteria in its active stage

Answer 12

The bacteria reproduce and grow rapidly, takes place in dark, damp, and dirty places where a food source is available

Question 13

Describe the growth of bacteria in its inactive stage

Answer 13

When bacteria struggle to survive, it enters an inactive stage by creating spherical spores that cannot be harmed by disinfectants, cold, or heat, and goes back to active when conditions are favourable

Question 14

What are the three body types bacteria move with?

Answer 14

Flagella (spermy one), cilia (grabby one), and pseudopod (rolly one)

Question 15

Describe viruses

Answer 15

Submicroscopic particles (smaller than bacteria) and they can cause diseases like the common cold, chicken pox, measles, rabies, HIV/AIDS, hepatitus, and polio

Question 16

What are parasitic mites?

Answer 16

Insects that cause contagious diseases such as itch mites (scabies) and head lice (pediculosis)

Question 17

How does someone get head lice?

Answer 17

Head lice can be directly transmitted from person to person or by contact with articles that have come in contact with an infested person.

Question 18

Describe nits

Answer 18

They are head lice eggs, whitish in colour, oval specks attached to the hair about 1/4 of an inch from the skin

Question 19

How do you kill lice?

Answer 19

Lice-killing shampoo, subjecting them to extreme cold or heat, isolating them with no food source for a long period of time

Question 20

What are the common means of spreading infection in a salon?

Answer 20

Open sores, unclean hands and implements, coughing, sneezing, common use of drinking cups and towels, use of same implements on infected and noninfected areas, unsanitary salon conditions

Question 21

What is a local infection + example

Answer 21

An infection that is located in a small, confined area such as a hang nail infection or a boil

Question 22

Describe a general or systemic infection

Answer 22

An infection that the circulatory system carries throughout the entire body

Question 23

What does sterilization do?

Answer 23

DESTROYS AND KILLS ALL MICROBES

Question 24

What does disinfection do?

Answer 24

Destroys/kills bacteria and a broad spectrum of viruses on nonporous surfaces, such as implements

Question 25

What does sanitation do?

Answer 25

Removes dirt and debris to prevent the growth of microbes. Sanitation cleans and reduces microbes on the surface, but does not kill microbes

Question 26

What does an antiseptic do?

Answer 26

Prevents the growth of micro-organisms on the skin