Prelim Quiz Flashcards
Microorganism also known as____________
Microbes
Father of taxonomy
Carolus Linnaeus
Refers to the spread and distribution of microorganism as dicipline.
Epidemiology
Single-celled eukaryotic organism with long , extended structure.
Flagellated organism
The time required for a complete fission cycle or microbial division.
Generation/ doubling time
To introduce microbe into the medium (broth or solid)
Inoculum
Refers to the act of cultivating microorganism for growth.
Culture
Added nutrient to encourage growth of microorganisms.
Enriched media
No microbial growth in any form.
Sterile
Suppresses unwanted microbes to grow and allows desired microbe to grow.
Selective media
Contains only one species or strain.
Pure culture
“flat period” of newly inoculated microbes to adjust and grow.
Lag phase
Microbes stop from growing or grow slowly
Stationary phase
Gram positive stain
Purple/violet
Gram negative stain result.
Red/pink
Cell walls composed of polymers other than peptidoglycan
Archae
Discovered vaccine on the field of immunology
Edward Jenner
Lack peptidoglycan cell wall, extremophiles
Archaebacteria
Theory of biogenesis (life comes from life)
Francesco Redi
Depend on other nutrients for existence
Saprophytic
Deals with bacteria and archae
Bacteriology
Time to complete fission cycle
Generation/ doubling time
Some do not cause disease and some are beneficial.
Bacteria
Uses organic carbon as source of food.
Heterotroph
The degree of relatedness between group of living things
Phylogeny
Used “swan-necked flasks” no microbial growth appeared.
Louise Pasteur
Organized cells and compartmentalize structures (nucleus and organelles)
Eukarya
Inserting desired gene into host cells for repair.
Gene therapy
Development of the “Cell theory of life”
Robert hooke
Aseptic technique
Robert koch
