TERMS CHAP 1-4

WHERE ADULTHOOD AND MATING OCCUR

MICROORGANISMS ABILITY TO EXIST IN TWO FORMS IE: CYST AND TROPHOZOITE

SEPARATE SEXES IN SEPARATE BODIES IE: MALE AND FEMALE

PROCESS OF SOLID AND LIQUID MATERIALS TAKEN INTO THE CELL VIA THE CELL MEMBRANE

RELATIONSHIP WHERE A MICROORGANISM RESIDES IN A HOST CELL AND PROVIDES A BENEFIT TO THE HOST CELL

THE PROCESS OF RELEASING SOLID MATERIAL FROM THE HOST CELL THROUGH THE MEMBRANE

ORGANISM THAT RELIES ON ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FOR ITS CARBON AND ENERGY NEED    MEANS: HETERO- DIFFERENT  TROPH: FEEDER

WHERE LARVA AND EGG DEVELOP

BOTH SEXES IN SAME ENTITY IE: HERMAPHRODITE

THE FILAMENTOUS MASS THAT MAKES UP A MOLD. COMPOSED OF HYPHAE

ANY DISEASE CAUSED BY A FUNGUS

NOT SEGMENTED HYPHAE

PATHOGENS THAT CAN ONLY BE EFFECTIVE IF HOSTS IMMUNE SYSTEM IS ALREADY STRAINED OR LOWERED

AN ORGANISM THAT LIVES ON OR IN A HOST WHERE IT FEEDS FROM AND IS PROTECTED BY WHICH IN TURN CAUSES HARM TO THE HOST

THE ENGULFING OF LARGE PARTICLES BY A CELL IN ORDER TO ABSORB OR DESTROY THE PARTICLE  IE: WHITE BLOOD CELL

PATHOGEN THAT CAN ATTACK AND CAUSE HARM TO A HOST REGARDLESS OF THE STATUS OF THE HOSTS IMMUNE SYSTEM

A CHAIN OF EASILY SEPARATED YEAST CELLS PARTITIONED BY CONSTRICTIONS RATHER THAN BY SEPTA

ORGANISM THAT GETS ITS NUTRITION NEEDS FROM DEAD OR DECAYING MATTER

HYPHAE SEPARATED BY WALLS CALLED SEPTA

UNICELLELAR SPECIALIZED CELLS THAT ARE USED FOR REPODRUCTION, DISSEMIINATION, AND SURVIVAL DURING TIMES OF ADVERSE CONDITIONS CAN DEVELOP INTO GAMETES OR VEGETATIVE ORGAMISMS

MEMBRANE-BOUNDED SACS CONTAINING FLUIDS OR PARTICLES TO BE DIGESTED, EXCRETED OR STORED

A POLYSACCHARIDE USED IN PREPARING SOLID CULTURE MEDIA FOR MICROBES

BUILDING BLOCKS OF PROTEIN

• COMPLEX GLYCOPROTEINS WITH SPECIFIC ATTACHMENT REGIONS FOR
• BACTERIA
• VIRUSES
• OTHER MICROORGANIMS

DECOMPOSITION OF HARMFUL CHEMICALS BY MICROBES OR CONSORTIA OF MICROBES

FOUND IN PLANTS AND ALGAE ONE OF THE MOST COMMON SUBSTANCES ON EARTH

THE MOLECULAR BREAKDOWN OF NORMAL CHARACTERISTICS DUE TO THE ACTION OF HEAT OR CHEMICALS.  IE: DENATURED PROTEINS - EGG WHITES TURN WHITE WHEN COOKED

 NEW IDENTIFIED DISEASES THAT ARE BECOMING MORE PROMINENT

A PROTEIN BIOCATALYST THAT FACILITATES METABOLIC REACTIONS

• CELL WITH:
• WELL DEFINED NUCLEUS
• MEMBRANE BOUND ORGANELLES
• DIVIDES THROUGH MITOSIS
• FOUND IN
• ANIMALS
• PLANTS
• FUNGI
• PROTOZOA
• SOME ARE MICROSCOPIC MANY ARE MACROSCOPIC
• 10 TIMES BIGGER THAN PROKARYOTES

THE ACCUMULATION OF CHANGES THAT OCCUR IN ORGANISMS AS THEY ADAPT TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT

DELIBERATE ALTERATION OF THE GENES OF MICROBES, PLANTS AND ANIMALS THROUGH TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMOs)

OUTER SURFACE OF MANY CELLS  FUNCTIONS IN ATTACHMENT OR AS A RECEPTOR THAT RECEIVES EXTERNAL STIMULI

THE PROPERTY OF ATTRACTING WATER

THE PROPERTY OF REPELLING WATER

COMPLEX OF LIPID AND POLYSACCHARIDE RESPONSIBLE FOR SYMPTOMS OF FEVER AND SHOCK

VERY LARGE MOLECULES

A LIVING THING ORDINARILY TOO SMALL TO BE SEEN WITHOUT MAGNIFICATION, MICROSCOPIC SIZE

SUBUNITS OF MACROMOLECULES

AN AGENT THAT CAUSES DISEASE. USUALLY A VIRUS, BACTERIUM, FUNGUS, PROTOZOAN, OR HELMINTH

MOLECULE COMPOSED OF SHORT AMINO ACID CHAINS SUCH AS A DIPEPTIDE, TRIPEPTIDE, AND TETRAPEPTIDE.

• POLYSACCHARIDES LINKED TO PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS
• FOUND IN BACTERIAL CELL WALLS

CHAINS OF VARIOUS LENGTHS MADE UP OF MONOMERS

LARGE CHAIN OF AMINO ACIDS LINKED TOGETHER BY PEPTIDE BONDS

• MICROORGANISMS LACKING SPECIAL STRUCTURES SUCH AS:
• NUCLEUS
• MEMBRANE BOUND ORGANELLES
• ONLY MICROSCOPIC
• 10 TIMES SMALLER THAN EUKARYOTES
• MAY CAN FUNCTION IN WAYS THAT EUKARYOTE CAN'T

THE TRANSFER OF GENETIC MATERIAL FROM ONE ORGANISM TO ANOTHER TO DELIBERATELY ALTER THE DNA AND PRODUCE A SPECIFIC PRODUCT

ENGINEERING, APPLIED SCIENCE, AND PURE SCIENCE CREATES TECHNICAL MEANS AND PROCEDURES BY WHICH WE INTERACT WITH LIFE, SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT

LARGE GROUP OF FAT SOLUBLE ORGANIC COMPOUND

PRESENT EVERYWHERE AT THE SAME TIME

A MACROSCOPIC CLUSTER OF CELLS APPEARING ON A SOLID MEDIUM, EACH ARISING FROM THE MULTIPLICATION OF A SINGLE CELL

THE SECOND OF TWO STAINS USED IN THE DIFFERENTIAL STAINING PROCESS

THE PROPAGATION OF MICROORGANISMS WITH VARIOUS MEDIA

THE IMPLANTATION OF MICROORGANISMS INTO OR UPON CULTURE MEDIA

THE ACT OF MAKING MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

PLURAL FOR NUTRIENTS USED TO GROW MICROORGANISMS OUTSIDE OF THE NATURAL HABITAT

CHEMICAL THAT BINDS A DYE IN OR ON CELLS BY FORMING AN INSOLUBLE COMPOUND AND THEREBY PROMOTING RETENTION OF THE DYE IE: GRAMS IODINE IN THE GRAMS STAIN

THE 1ST OF TWO STAINS USED IN THE DIFFERENTIAL STAINING PROCESS

THE ACCURATE DISTINCTION BETWEEN 2 SEPARATE ENTITIES THAT LIE CLOSE TO EACH OTHER IN THE FIELD OF VIEW

HOW MANY DEGREES LIGHT BENDS AS IT PASSES FROM ONE MEDIUM TO ANOTHER

HAVING A SINGLE FLAGELLUM OR TUFT OF FLAGELLATION AT OPPOSITE POLES OF MICROBIAL CELL

A COMPLEX ASSOCIATION THAT ARISES FROM A MIXTURE OF MICROORGANISMS GROWING TOGETHER ON THE SURFACE OF A HABITAT

• THE TENDENCY OF ORGANISMS TO MOVE IN RESPONSE TO A CHEMICAL GRADIENT. TOWARD OR AWAY FORM STIMULI
• RUNS- SMOOTH LINEAR MOVEMENT
• TUMBLES-FLAGELLAR ROTATION REVERSES CAUSING CELL TO STOP AND CHANGE ITS COURSE

A BACTERIAL TOXIN THAT IS NOT CORDIALLY RELEASED.  COMPOSED OF PHOSPHOROUS-POLYSACCHARIDE COMPLEX INTEGRAL PART OF GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL WALLS.  CAUSES SEVERE SHOCK AND FEVER

CATEGORY OF BACTERIAL CELLS THAT DESCRIBES BACTERIA WITH AN OUTER MEMBRANE, CYTOPLASMIC MEMBRANE AND A THIN CELL WALL APPEAR PINK AFTER STAINING

CATEGORY OF BACTERIAL CELLS THAT DESCRIBES BACTERIA WITH A THICK CELL WALL AND NO OUTER MEMBRANE  APPEAR PURPLE AFTER STAINING

DESCRIBING BACTERIA HAVING  A TUFT OF FLAGELLA AT ONE OR BOTH POLES

DESCRIBING A MICROORGANISM THAT BEARS A SINGLE FLAGELLUM

LONG FATTY ACIDS FOUND IN THE CELL WALLS OF THE MYCOLATA TAXON, A GROUP OF BACTERIA THAT INCLUDES Mycobacterium tuberculosis

HAVING FLAGELLA DISTRIBUTED OVER THE ENTIRE CELL

CELLS WITH THE ABILITY TO ALTER ITS SHAPE AND SIZE IN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

A BACTERIAL CELL WHOSE CELL WALL IS COMPLETELY LACKING AND THAT IS VULNERABLE TO OSMOTIC LYSIS

THE IMMUNOLOGIC TYPE BASED BASED ON ANTI-GENIC CHARACTERISTICS

GRAM-NEGATIVE CELL WHOSE PEPTIDOGLYCAN WHEN DIGESTED BY LYSOZYME, REMAINS INTACT BUT IS OSMOTICALLY VULNERABLE

SET IF DESCENDANTS CLONED FROM A COMMON ANCESTOR THAT RETAIN THE ORIGINAL CHARACTERISTICS FROM THE COMMON ANCESTOR. ANY DEVIATION FROM THE ORIGINAL IS A DIFFERENT STRAIN