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Microbiology Test 2024Outbreak - answer A sudden rise in the incidence of a disease
Antibiotics - answer Drugs that block the growth and reproduction of bacteria
Microbiology - answerThe study of microscopic organisms
Bioremediation - answerThe use of living organisms to detoxify and restore polluted and
degraded ecosystems
Cloning - answer Making a genetically identical copy of DNA or of an organism.
Noncommunicable disease - answer a disease that is not transmitted from one host to
another
Communicable disease - answer disease that is transmitted from one individual to
another
Ethical Issues - answer Points of concern about what is morally right
Genes - answer the biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes
Genetic Modification - answer changing of the DNA sequence to alter genetic material
Vaccine - answer A preparation of weakened or killed pathogens
Virus - answer A piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically corrupting
the system
Bacteria - answer single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes
Fungi - answer Kingdom composed of heterotrophs; consumes nutrients from dead
organic matter
Parasite - answer An organism that depends a host and creates a harmful relationship
Pathogens - answer Microbes that cause disease
Pandemic - answer Worldwide epidemic
Epidemic - answer A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease.
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