Microbiology

Question 0

Antibiotics

Answer 0

An agent that either kill or inhabits the growth of a micro organism

Example: Tylenol

Question 1

antibiotic treatment

Answer 1

Limit/stop the growth of bacteria, treatment for bacterial infection

Example: Take Tylenol

Question 2

Anti-microbial

Answer 2

Substance that is designed to kill microbes before they enter the body

Example: hand sanitizer

Question 3

Bacteria

Answer 3

Unicellular organism that like membrane-bound structures prokaryotes, can be shaped like a sphere, Rod, or spiral

Example: strep throat

Question 4

Biotechnology

Answer 4

Industrial use of living organisms or part of living organisms to produce foods, drugs, other products

Example: pasteurization

Question 5

Carrier

Answer 5

A person with a disease that they can pass on to other organisms

Example: mosquito

Question 6

Comparative studies

Answer 6

Research that involves comparing two topics

Example: one treatment option versus another

Question 7

Contagion

Answer 7

An infectious disease that can be transmitted or spread from one organism to another

Example: HIV

Question 8

Contamination

Answer 8

Presence of the substance in another chemical or mixture that is not supposed to be there

Example: salmonella in peanut butter

Question 9

Diagnosing disease

Answer 9

Testing to determine what disease/micro an organism has

Example: blood test