Microbiology pvcc Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Microbiology- PVCC Exam 4 Questions and Answers HIV causative agent - Answer-human immunodeficiency virus retrovirus- Genus Lentivirus HIV pathogenesis - Answer-Viral life cycle -HIV enters a mucous membrane or the skin -travels to dendritic cells beneath the epithelium -Virus grows inside the dendritic cell and is shed without killing the cell -virus is amplified by macrophages in the skin, lymph organs, bone marrow, and blood -virus infects and destroys helper T4 and CD4 lymphocyte...

Microbiology Lab Exam 2 PVCC Questions with Answers Inoculation method? - Answer-broth to broth with loop Methyl Red Test Cellular process or capability? - Answer-fermentation Methyl Red Test Color of positive test? - Answer-red Methyl Red Test What is the end product that is produced when there is a positive test? - Answer-strong acids --> they are able to overcome the buffer and lower the pH Methyl Red Test What is the pH of the media after a positive test? - An...

PVCC BIO150 Microbiology Chapter 3 Prokaryotic Structure Questions and Answers capsule - Answer-A thick, dense glycocalyx mainly used for protection. Primarily protects bacteria from immune system (phagocytosis) Biofilm - Answer-highly adherent, colonizing glycocalyx that loosely adheres to bacteria and spreads out into the environment/surfaces. Endospore - Answer-A thick-walled protective spore that forms inside a bacterial cell to aid with survival by resisting harsh conditions. hea...

Microbiology PVCC Exam Questions with Correct Answers Schleiden and Schwann - Answer-cell theory- smallest unit of life is a cell ..everything living is made up of at least one cell What is cell theory? - Answer-a. All organisms are composed of one or more cells b. Cells are the smallest living things, the basic units of organization of all organisms. c. Cells arise only by division of a previously existing cells samuelweiss - Answer-hand washing! -correlated infections with physican...

Glucose Phenol Red Test Inoculation method? - broth to broth with loop Glucose Phenol Red Test Cellular process or capability? - fermentation Glucose Phenol Red Test Carbon source used? - glucose Glucose Phenol Red Test

Glucose Phenol Red Test Inoculation method? - broth to broth with loop Glucose Phenol Red Test Cellular process or capability? - fermentation Glucose Phenol Red Test Carbon source used? - glucose Glucose Phenol Red Test Possible end product(s) produced? - acids --> turns it from red to yellow Glucose Phenol Red Test Color of positive test? - yellow