SAS#1 Flashcards
microbiology includes the study of certain non living entities as well as certain living organisms collectively this non living entities and living organisms are called
MICROBES
Means of very small
MICRO
Anything so small that it must be viewed with a microscope
MICRO
An optimal instrument used to observe very small objects
MICROSCOPE
Can be defined as the study of microbes
MICROBIOLOGY
Microbes are said to be______, meaning they are virtually everywhere
UBIQUITOUS
Two major categories of microbes are
ACELLULAR MICROBES
CELLULAR MICROBES
Acellular microbes also called
Cellular microbes also called
INFECTIOUS PARTICLES
MICROORGANISMS
Acellular microbes include
VIRUSES AND PRIONS
Cellular microbes include
ALL BACTERIA, ALL ARCHAEA, SOME ALGAE, ALL PROTOZOA AND SOME FUNGI
Disease causing microorganisms are technical known as_____, also referred to as
PATHOGENS
INFECTIOUS AGENTS
Only about____often known microbes are capable of causing disease
3%
The vast majority of no microbes are ______ - microbes that do not cause disease
NON-PATHOGENS
Microbes that help us____
Microbes that harm us______
MICROBIAL ALLIES
MICROBIAL ENEMIES
It has been estimated that perhaps as many as 500 to 1,000 different species of microbes live on and in us. Collectively these microbes are known as our
INDIGENOUS MICROFLORA or indigenous microbiota
Microbes that colonized or inhabit in our body are known as
OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGENS