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MICROBIOLOGY FOR EMBALMERS MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS -19
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MICROBIOLOGY FOR EMBALMERS MIDTERM QUESTIONSAND ANSWERS #19
Chlamydia - correct answer a group of non-motile, gram negative intracellular parasites
Bacteria - correct answer a prokaryotic one celled microorganism of the Kingdom
Monera, existing as a free living organisms or as parasites
Pathogens - correct answer microorganisms that cause disease in humans
Joseph Lister - correct answer recognized that phenol killed microorganisms
Sarcinae - correct answer Cocci in groups of eight
Bacillus - correct answer rod shaped bacteria
Pili - correct answer short, hair like projections composed of protein emanating from the
surface of some bacteria
Five - correct answer Portals of entry and exit by which pathogens may enter or exit the
body
0.2-2.0 - correct answer The diameter of bacteria in micrometers
Endemic - correct answer Disease that occurs continually in a particular region but has
low mortality
Mycology - correct answer The study of fungi
Mesophiles - correct answer Grow best at moderate temperatures between 25 and 40
degrees celsius
Heterotroph - correct answer organisms that live on organic material
Genus - correct answer the species name for the bacteria that causes the disease
anthrax is Bacillus anthracis. Bacillus is the
Microaerophilic - correct answer Microorganisms that require little free oxygen (about
2%-10%)
Synergism - correct answer When both populations of organisms benefit from a non-
obligatory relationship
5 - correct answer Cardinal signs of inflammation
Placental transfer - correct answer Natural passive immunity is the result of
, Aerotolerant Organisms - correct answer Bacteria that can grow in the absence or
presence of free oxygen
Fomites - correct answer the mere presence of microorganisms on an inanimate object
Pathological changes and disease - correct answer the term pathogenicity refers to the
ability of microorganisms
Opportunistic infection - correct answer Infections caused by microbes that are usually
harmless but that may cause disease when a person's resistance is low
Attenuation - correct answer Refers to the weakening or diluting the degree of
pathogenicity of a microorganism by chemical or physical means
Coming in contact with respiratory secretions - correct answer Not a form of direct
contact
Biological vector - correct answer Arthropod that is infected with a pathogen
Fomite - correct answer an inanimate object
Droplet infections - correct answer how respiratory infections are easily spread
Septicemia - correct answer a condition characterized by the multiplication of bacteria in
the blood
Naturally acquired passive immunity - correct answer Colostrum provides which type of
immunity
Artificially acquired passive immunity - correct answer Immune serums provide which
type of immunity
Asexual process (binary fission) - correct answer How bacteria reproduce
Hydrophobic portion - correct answer The lipid part of the phospholipids
Anabolism - correct answer Synthesis of compounds
0-14 - correct answer the ph scale
Halophiles - correct answer Organisms that prefer an abnormally high level of salt in
their environment
Heterotrophic bacteria - correct answer utilize a source of carbon for growth
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