Chapter 12

Question 1

Binary Fission

Answer 1

How bacteria multiply. Is exponential

Question 2

Osmosis

Answer 2

The movement of water across a membrane

Question 3

Endospores

Answer 3

The most sturdy and resilient part of a bacterial cell. Formed in times of nutrient inavailability or stress

Question 4

plasmids

Answer 4

Circular pieced of DNA that do not house important DNA but do contain the DNA involved in antibacterial resistance

Question 5

pleomorphic

Answer 5

having multiple shapes or forms

Question 6

peritrichous

Answer 6

flagella arraigned randomly all over the bacterial cell

Question 7

monotrichous

Answer 7

flagella located at one end of the bacterial cell

Question 8

peptidoglycan

Answer 8

A protein found in the cell wall of bacteria only

Question 9

Dear King Philip Came Over For Good Soup

Answer 9

Domain, Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

Question 10

Ergersetrol and chitin

Answer 10

Chitin is found in the cell walls of fungi, and insects
Ergosterol : a protein found in the cell membrane of fungi that is the target for antifungal medication

Question 11

mycoses

Answer 11

Fungi that cause diseases

Question 12

Dimorphic fungi

Answer 12

Fungi that have 2 different forms. yeast and mold

Question 13

Characteristics of Fungi

Answer 13

Mycolic acid in cell wall
have hyphae
can reproduce sexually or asexually

Question 14

Ascomycetes

Answer 14

This group includes most of the medically important fungi
Reproduce sexually and asexually
AKA Sac fungi

Question 15

Superficial Fungi
Subcutaneous Fungi
Systemic Fungi

Answer 15

Superficial bacteria infect the surface of the skin
Subcutaneous Fungi infect beneath the skin
Systemic Fungi get into the blood and infect the entire body

Question 16

Dermatophytes (ex)

Answer 16

A type of fungi that infect only the skin, hair, and nails.

Question 17

Opportunistic Fungi (ex)

Answer 17

Fungi that take advantage of a weakened host to cause infection

Question 18

How are some yeast beneficial to humans?

Answer 18

Some are used to make bread, others are used to create insulin, and others can be used make cheese

Question 19

What are lichens?

Answer 19

mycobacterium and algae that live together and photosynthesize the photosynthesize

Question 20

What are the characteristics of Protozoa and how are the categorized?

Answer 20

Animal like organisms:
Unicellular
Grouped based on their ability to move: Pseudopodia,cillia, flagella
Have no cell wall

Question 21

Trophozoite v Cyst

Answer 21

Trophozoite is the feeding stage of protozoans
Cyst is the infection stage. Very hardy and environmentally resistant

Question 22

Helminths

Answer 22

Worms, some of which are parasitic to humans.

Question 23

Intermediate host v Definitive host

Answer 23

Intermediate Host: Harbors larvae and Eggs
Definitive Host: Harbors adults

Question 24

Trematodes v Cestodes v Nematodes

Answer 24

Flukes: Flat w/ leaf like w/ two suckers
Tapeworms: Flat ribbonlike bodies
Roundworms: Short cylindrical bodies

Question 25

mycolic acid

Answer 25

An acid that is found in the cell walls of fungi

Question 26

Hyphae

Answer 26

Thin thread like filaments that can have septae

Question 27

mycelium

Answer 27

a group of hyphae that are visible to the naked eye