Microbiology

A disease causing infectious agent

A complex community of microbes that being attachedto a surface act differently than as individuals

The scientific study of fungi

The use of microorganisms to help remove or decontaminate toxic weaste and other products in the environment

The doctrine that organisms can arise from nonliving matter, such as though putrefaction and decay

The process by whichsome bacterial species convert nitrogen gas into ammonia

A visible mass of bacteria cells growing on a culture plate

The concept stating that some microorganisms are responsible for infectious diseases

A liquid nutrient solution for growing microbes

The tiny, living "animals" seen by Leeuwenhoek

The use of chemicals as disinfection agent on the skin surface

Bacterial or fungal species that recycle materials from dead organisms

An accumulation or colony of microorganisms of one type

Referring to a microorganism composed of single cells having a single chromosome but no cell nucleus or nuclear membrane envelope

A particle of nucleic acid (either DNA or RNA) surrounded by a protein coat; neither prokaryotic nor eukaryotic

The complete set of genes in a virus or organism

An antimicrobial substance produced by some fungal and bacterial species that inhabits toher microorganisms

The group of microorganisms that includes the molds and yeasts

A common name for a microorganism that causes disease

An organism in the protista group that carries out photosynthesis

The group of microorganisms composed of the protozoa and algae

A microscopic form of life including bacteria fungi algae and protozoa

A set of procedures by which a specific disease

A controlled heating process that distroys pathogens in a fluid such as milk

The use of antimicrobial chemicals to kill microorganisms

A immunological defensive process in which bacteria or viruses can be taken into white blood cells

An antibody preparation produced in an immunized animal

An ill-defined entity generally referring to an altered chemical quality of the atmosphere that was incorrectly thought to cause disease

The scientific study of bacterial organisms

Referring to a cell or organism containing a cell nucleus with chromosomes and a nuclear membrane envelope