Microbiology Flashcards
What bacteria is shaped like a comma?
Vibrio.
What bacteria is shaped like a rod?
Bacillus
What bacteria is shaped like a spiral?
Spirillium
What bacteria is round?
Coccus
What component of a body’s cell provides energy the cell needs to perform its specific functions?
Mitochondrion
What organelle divides the chromosomes equally into the cells that result from the reproduction process and play a role in cell division?
Centriole.
What organelle destroys and cleans out all cellular waste?
Lysosome
What hair-like projections create movement in a wavelike motion across the cell’s surface?
Cilia
What is the material inside the cell that contains organelles, such as mitochondria, that perform the functions of the cell?
Cytoplasm.
What organelle in the cell sorts and combines carbohydrates and proteins to form glycoproteins?
Golgi Apparatus.
What provides networks of passageways for moving substances within the cytoplasm?
Endoplasmic reticulum.
What virus causes mono (mononucleosis)?
The Epstein-Barr virus causes mononucleosis. The virus spreads via contact with saliva from an infected person.
What micro-organism fungus causes vaginal yeast infections and also thrush, a yeast infection in the mouth.
Candida albicans
Function of a ribosome
Contributes to protein synthesis. Support the protein chains as RNA builds them.
Function of endoplasmic reticulum
Provides networks of passageways for moving various substances within the cytoplasm
