ORGANISM THAT RELIES ON ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FOR ITS CARBON AND ENERGY NEEDS
HERTERO: DIFFERENT, TROPH: FEEDER
HYPAHE
THREADS THAT MAKE UP FILAMENTOUS FUNGI CAN BE SEPTATE OR NON-SEPTATE
MYCELIUM
THE FILAMENTOUS MASS THAT MAKES UP A MOLD. MACROSCOPIC MADE OF HYPHAE
MYCOSES
ANY DISEASE CAUSED BY A FUNGUS
NON-SEPTATE HYPHAE
NON SEGMENTED HYPHAE
PSEUDOHYPHA
A CHAIN OF EASILY SEPARATED YEAST CELLS PARTITIONED BY CONSTRICTIONS RATHER THAN BY SEPTA
SAPROBIC
ORGANISM THAT GETS ITS NUTRITIONAL NEEDS FROM DEAD OR DECAYING MATTER
SEPTATE HYPHAE
HYPHAE SEPARATED BY WALLS CALLED SEPTA
SPORES
UNICELLELAR SPECIALIZED CELLS THAT ARE USED FOR REPODRUCTION, DISSEMIINATION, AND SURVIVAL DURING TIMES OF ADVERSE CONDITIONS CAN DEVELOP INTO GAMETES OR VEGETATIVE ORGAMISMS
BROAD SPECTRUM
EFFECTIVE AGAINST MORE THAN ONE GROUP OF BACTERIA
CHEMOTHERAPY
THE USE OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE OR DRUG TO TREAT OR PREVENT DISEASE
HEMOTOXIC
TOXIC TO THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM AND BLOOD
HEPATOTOXIC
TOXIC TO THE LIVER
IN-VITRO
ANY PROCESS OR REACTION THAT TAKES PLACE IN AN ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT IE: TEST TUBE OR PETRI DISH
IN-VIVO
ANY PROCESS OR REACTION THAT TAKES PLACE IN A LIVING THING
SUPERINFECTION
MICROBES THAT WERE ONCE SMALL IN NUMBER OVERGROW WHEN NORMAL RESIDENT BIOTA ARE DESTROYED BY BROAD-SPECTRUM ANTIMICROBIALS
NARROW SPECTRUM
TARGET A SPECIFIC BACTERIAL GROUP
MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION (MIC)
THE SMALLEST CONCENTRATION (HIGHEST DILUTION) OF A DRUG THAT VISIBLY INHIBITS GROWTH
USEFUL IN DETERMINING THE EFFECTIVE DOSAGE OF DRUG
NEPHROTOXIC
TOXIC TO THE KIDNEYS
NEUROTOXIC
TOXIC TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
SELECTIVE TOXICITY
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT THAT MUST ACT AGAINST PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS WITHOUT HARMING HOST CELLS
ACELLULAR
WITHOUT A CELL
CAPSID
PROTEIN SHELL THAT SURROUNDS NUCLEIC ACID
COMPOSED OF IDENTICAL PROTEIN SUBUNITS CALLED CAPSOMERES
ENVELOPE
EXTERNAL COVERING OF NUCLEOCAPSID, USUALLY A MODIFIED PIECE OF A THE HOST'S CELL MEMBRANE
PROTEIN SPIKES
CAN BE FOUND ON NAKED OR ENVELOPED VIRUSES
PROJECT FORM THE NUCLEOCAPSID OR THE ENVELOPE
ALLOW VIRUSES TO DOCK WITH HOST CELLS
VIRION
FULLY FORMED VIRUS CAPABLE OF CAUSING AN INFECTION
PLE0MORPHIC
HAVING A VARIABLE SHAPE
RANGE FROM SPHERICAL TO FILAMENTOUS
NUCLEOCAPSID
MADE UP OF CAPSID AND THE NUCLEIC ACID TOGETHER
NAKED VIRUSES CONSIST OF ONLY NUCLEOCAPSID
CYTOPATHIC EFFECTS (CPEs)
VIRUS-INDUCED DAMAGE TO THE CELL THAT ALTERS ITS MICROSCOPIC APPEARANCE
VIRAL INDUCTION
VIRUS IN A LYSOGENIC CELL BECOMES ACTIVATED AND PROGRESSES DIRECTLY INTO VIRAL REPLICATION
LYSOGENIC CONVERSION
VIRAL DNA IS INSERTED INTO BACTERIAL CHROMOSOMES
COPIED DURING NORMAL BACTERIAL CELL DIVISION
DOES NOT UNDERGO REPLICATION OR RELEASE IMMEDIATELY