Actinomycete - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

This document includes information on clinically significant bacterial genera: Actinomycetes, Yersinia, Francisella, and Pasteurella. General information include history, origins, discovery, general description, pathogenicity, epidemiology, diagnosis, disease caused, and treatment and prevention.

actinomycete - correct answer -Group of soil bacteria resembling fungi. Play a role in the decomposition of organic matter and the release of mineral elements. aggregate - correct answer -close cluster or mix of small particles of soil and/or organic matter of varying sizes that are bonded together. Or, a cluster of flowers of fruits that appear as a single unit. Or, individual tree crowns that form a canopy. anion - correct answer -an ion with a negative charge buffering capacity - cor...

What are compounds produced by one microbe that adversely affect other microbes? Correct Ans:- antibiotics What is the term for an antibiotic that is effective against many species, such as both gram - and +? Correct Ans:- broad spectrum - can attack structures common to all bacterial cells What is the term for an antibiotic that is only effective against a certain species, such as out the outer membrane of gram - cells? Correct Ans:- narrow spectrum What is the term for antibiot...