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AAMI INTRO TO MICROBIOLOGY EXAM TERMS EXPLAINED #2Bacteriology - correct answer Study of bacteria
Bacteria - correct answer Minute unicellular organisms that resembles plants but dont
contain chlorophyll.
Mycology - correct answer Study of Fungi.
Fungi - correct answer Unicellular and Multi cellular organisms
Virology - correct answer Study of viruses
Virus - correct answer the smallest known organisms
Protozoology - correct answer Study of protoza
Protozoa - correct answer Unicellular animal organisms
Rickettsiology - correct answer Study of rickettsia
Rickettsia - correct answer Obligate intracellular organisms
Parasitology - correct answer Study of organisms that are dependent on living things for
their substances.
Eukaryotic - correct answer Includes fungi, plants, and animals. The nucleus is well
defined.
Prokaryotic - correct answer Includes bacteria. Primitive, not defined nucleus.
Most organisms are... - correct answer prokaryotes
The first word in an organisms name is called a____ and its usually____ - correct
answer Genus, usually capitalized, italicized, or underlined.
The second word in an organisms name is called ____ - correct answer Species
Bacterium/Bacteria - correct answer May exist as free living organisms or parasites,
multiply by binary or simple division.
Mycoplasma - correct answer A genus of bacteria; Found in humans and have no cell
wall.
Most often transmitted to man by insects... - correct answer Rickettsia
, Chlamydia - correct answer Divide by binary fission. Obligate intracellular parasites.
Viruses - correct answer Smallest infectious agent; only reproduces by replicating in the
host.
Considered slow acting virus as it has a long growth period before symptoms appear -
correct answer Prion.
Lacks chlorophyll and cannot produce its own food... - correct answer Fungi
Saprophyte - correct answer Obtains nourishment from dead, decaying material.
Yeast and mold are examples of... - correct answer Saprophytes
Can cause infections such as malaria, giardiasis, amebic dysentery, and toxoplasmosis.
- correct answer Protozoa
Morphology - correct answer the study of shapes
Coccus (cocci) - correct answer Spherical bacteria
Bacillus (bacilli) - correct answer Rod shaped bacteria
Vibria (vibrios) - correct answer Comma shaped bacteria
Spirillum (spirilla) - correct answer Has a rigid axis when in motion
Spirochete (spriochetes) - correct answer Has a flexible axis when it moves
Has three forms of bacteria - correct answer Spiral shaped bacteria
Cocci that divide and form pairs... - correct answer Diplococci
Cocci that divide and form end to end chains... - correct answer Streptococci
Cocci that divide and form irregular grape like clusters... - correct answer Staphylococci
If cocci cling in fours... - correct answer they are Tetrods
If Cocci clings in packs of eight... - correct answer Sarcinae
Bacilli that divide and form pairs are... - correct answer Diplobacilli
Bacilli that divide and form chairs... - correct answer Streptobacilli
The shape of a bacterial cell is maintained by... - correct answer Cell Wall
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