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Lab 5: Intro to Microbiology Flashcards

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What does Bacillus cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, or FUNGI?

A

Anthrax

BACTERIA

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What does CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, or FUNGI?

A

CHLAMYDIA

BACTERIA

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What does HIV cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, or FUNGI?

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Weakened IMMUNE SYSTEM

VIRUS

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What does VARICELLA ZOSTER cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, or FUNGI?

A

Chicken Pox, Shingles

VIRUS

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What does PARAMYXOVIRUS cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, or FUNGI?

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Measles, Mumps

VIRUS

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What does PLASMODIUM cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, or FUNGI?

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Malaria

PROTOZOAN

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What does CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, or FUNGI?

A

Food poisoning, gas gangrene

BACTERIA

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What does SACCHAROMYCES cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

A

Used in bread and alcohol

FUNGI

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What does PENICILLIUM cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

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Antibiotics, Camembert and brie cheese

FUNGI

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What does TOXOPLASMA GONDII cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

A

Harmful to fetus

PROTOZOAN

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What does RUBELLA cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

A

German measles

VIRUS

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What does ESCHERICHIA COLI cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

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Part of normal FLORA, but can cause food poisoning

BACTERIA

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What does HERPES SIMPLEX cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

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Cold sores, genital herpes

VIRUS

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What does RHINOVIRUS cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

A

Common cold

VIRUS

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What does CANDIDA ALBICANS cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

A

Oral or vaginal yeast infection

FUNGI

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What does TRICHOPHYTON cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

A

Athlete’s foot

FUNGI

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What does MYOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

A

Tb

BACTERIA

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What does INFLUENZA cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

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The flu

VIRUS

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What does EPSTEIN-BARR cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

A

Infectious mononucleosis

VIRUS

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What does ENTAMOEBA cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

A

Amoebic dysentary

PROTOZOAN

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What does HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

A

genital warts, cervical cancer, cancers of vulva, vagina, penis, anus, oropharynx
VIRUS

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What does PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

A

Infect burns, wounds, lungs, GI tract, blood of immunocompromised people
BACTERIA

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What does PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

A

Pneumonia in immunocrpromised people

FUNGI

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What does CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

A

Fungal meningitis in AIDS patients

FUNGI

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What does VARIOLA cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

A

Small pox

VIRUS

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What does STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

A

Skin infections, TSS, food poisoning, pneumonia

BACTERIA

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What does STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

A

TSS, necrotizing fasciitis, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever

BACTERIA

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What does STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

A

Upper resp tract symptoms like cough, wheeze, etc.

FUNGI

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What does NOROVIRUS cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

A

Gastroenteritis or stomach flu

VIRUS

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What does GIARDIA cause?

Is it BACTERIA, VIRUS, PROTOZOAN or FUNGI?

A

Abdominal cramps, bloating diarrhea

PROTOZOAN

31
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What is the purpose of preparing streak plates? Why is the loop flamed after streaking each quadrant?

A

It is flamed to kill off BACTERIA

32
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Why should a petri plate not be opened except to inoculate or remove BACTERIA?

A

To min. possible contamination from the outside environment

33
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Why are petri plate always incubated upside down?

A

To prevent condensation from forming on the agar

34
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Define: ANTIBIOTIC

A

A med that inhibits the growth of, or destroys microorganisms

35
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Define: ANTISEPTIC

A

Relating to substances that prevent the growth of disease-causing microorganisms

36
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Define: ASEPTIC

A

Not contaminated by BACTERIA, VIRUSES, or other microorganisms

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Define: BACTERICIDAL

A

Kills BACTERIA

38
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Define: BACTERIOSTSTIC

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Prevents growth of BACTERIA (keeps them in a stationary phase of growth)

39
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Define: INCUBATION

A

The process of incubating eggs, CELLS, BACTERIA, etc.

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Define: NORMAL FLORA

A

BACTERIA that lives inside, beneficial

41
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Define: NOSOCOMIAL

A

A disease originating in a hospital

42
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Define: H.A.I

A

Hospital acquired infection, it is exactly what it sounds like

43
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Define: UBIQUITY of MICROORGANISMS

A

Microorganisms are present everywhere

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