Microbe Classification WK4 L1 Flashcards
WHAT IS THE CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISIMS CALLED?
TAXONOMY
WHAT ARE GROUPS OF TAXONOMY CALLED?
TAXA
WHAT DOES NOMENCLATURE MEAN?
THE ASSIGNMENT OF NAMES TO VARIOUS TAXA
WHAT ISTHE BINOMIAL SYSTEM?
THE SYSTEM USED TO LABEL ALL SPECIES
WHAT PART OF THE BINOMIAL SYSTEM IS THE GENUS?
THE FIRST PART
WHAT PART OF THE BINOMIAL SYSTEM IS THE SPECIES?
THE SECOND PART
WHAT PART OF THE BINOMIAL SYSTEM IS CAPITALISED?
THE FIRST PART
WHAT PART OF THE BINOMIAL SYSTEM IS LOWER CASE?
THE SECOND PART
HOW MANY BASIC SHAPES OF BACTERIA ARE THERE?
3
WHAT ARE THE BASIC SHAPES OF BACTERIA?
SPHERICAL - ROD - SPIRAL
WHAT IS THE SPHERICAL SHAPED BACTERIA CALLED?
COCCI
WHAT IS ROD SHAPED BACTRIAL CALLED?
BACILLI
WHAT IS THE SPIRL SHAPED BACTERIA CALLED?
SPIRILLA
WHAT IS MYOBACTERIUM?
BACTERIA THAT HAVE CELL WALLS THAT CONTAIN WAXES
HOW DO YOU GRAM STAIN MYCOBACTERIUM?
BY USING ACID FAST STAIN
WHAT DOES ACID FAST STAIN DO?
USES HEAT TO SOFTEN THE WAXES IN THE MYOBACTERIUM CELL WALLS
WHAT COLOUR DOES ACID FAST STAIN GO MYOBACTERIUM?
RED
WHAT DOES MORPHOLOGY MEAN?
SHAPE
WHAT IS COLONY MORPHOLOGY?
A VISUAL CULTURE OF BACTERIA ON AN AGAR PLATE
WHAT IS MOTILE?
MOBILE
WHAT IS NON MOTILE?
NON MOBILE
WHAT IS OBLIGATE?
NEEDS TO HAPPEN
WHAT IS AEROBE?
WITHIN AIR
WHAT ARE OBLIGATE AEROBES?
NEED TO AHVE AN OXYGENTAED ENVIRONMENT TO SURVIVE - 20%
WHAT ARE OBLIGATE ANAEROBES
NEED TO HAVE AN UN OXYGENTAED ENVIRONMENT TO SURVIVE - 0%
WHAT ARE MICOAEROPHILES?
LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF OXYGEN IN THE ENVIRONMENT TO SURVIE - 5%
WHAT ARE AEROTOLLERANT AEROPHOBES?
CAN SURVIVE IN AN OXYGENTAED ENVIRONMENT BUT WOULD THRIVE WHEN DEOXYGENTAED
WHAT ARE FACULTATIVE ANAEROBES?
CAN LIVE IN BOTH OXYGENTATED AND DEOXYGENATED ENIVRONMENTS - 0 - 20%
WHAT IS MYCOPLASMS?
SMALLEST OF CELLULAR MICROBES
DO MYCOPLASAMS HAVE CELL WALLS?
NO
DO ANTIBIOTICS WORK WELL ON BACTERIA THAT HAVE NO CELL WALLS?
NO
WHAT IS SYMBOSIS?
WHERE TWO ORGANISMS CO-EXIST IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EACH GIVES AND TAKES
WHAT IS PARASYTISIM?
WHERE A PARASITIC ORGANISM CO EXISTS WITH OTHERS HOWEVER ONLY TAKES AND NEVER GIVES
WHAT IS A BIOFILM?
WHEN BACTERIA FORM A COMMUNITY AND ATTACH TO A SURFACE WITH A SLIME LAYER
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF INFECTIONS ARE FROM BIOFILMS?
60%
DO BIOFILMS KEEP WOUNDS AT AN INFLAMITRY STATE?
YES
WHY DO BIOFILMS MAKE WOUNDS AHRD TO HEAL?
IT KEEPS THE WOUND AT AN INFLAMITRY STATE
