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A disease causing infectious agent
Pathogen
A complex community of microbes that being attachedto a surface act differently than as individuals
Biofilm
The scientific study of fungi
Mycology
The use of microorganisms to help remove or decontaminate toxic weaste and other products in the environment
Bioremediation
The doctrine that organisms can arise from nonliving matter, such as though putrefaction and decay
Spontaneous generation
The process by whichsome bacterial species convert nitrogen gas into ammonia
Nitrogen Fixation
A visible mass of bacteria cells growing on a culture plate
Colony
The concept stating that some microorganisms are responsible for infectious diseases
Germ theory
A liquid nutrient solution for growing microbes
Broth
The tiny, living "animals" seen by Leeuwenhoek
Animalcules
The use of chemicals as disinfection agent on the skin surface
Antisepsis
Bacterial or fungal species that recycle materials from dead organisms
Decomposers
An accumulation or colony of microorganisms of one type
Pure culture
Referring to a microorganism composed of single cells having a single chromosome but no cell nucleus or nuclear membrane envelope
Prokaryotic
A particle of nucleic acid (either DNA or RNA) surrounded by a protein coat; neither prokaryotic nor eukaryotic
Virus
The complete set of genes in a virus or organism
Genome
An antimicrobial substance produced by some fungal and bacterial species that inhabits toher microorganisms
Antibiotic
The group of microorganisms that includes the molds and yeasts
Fungi
A common name for a microorganism that causes disease
Germ
An organism in the protista group that carries out photosynthesis
Alga
The group of microorganisms composed of the protozoa and algae
Protisita
A microscopic form of life including bacteria fungi algae and protozoa
Microorganism
A set of procedures by which a specific disease
Koch's postulates
A controlled heating process that distroys pathogens in a fluid such as milk
Pasteurization
The use of antimicrobial chemicals to kill microorganisms
Chemotheorapy
A immunological defensive process in which bacteria or viruses can be taken into white blood cells
Phagocytosis
An antibody preparation produced in an immunized animal
Antitoxin
An ill-defined entity generally referring to an altered chemical quality of the atmosphere that was incorrectly thought to cause disease
Miasma
The scientific study of bacterial organisms
Bacteriology
Referring to a cell or organism containing a cell nucleus with chromosomes and a nuclear membrane envelope
Eukaryotic
Author
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Microbiology
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Chapter 1 Microbiology Then & Now
Updated
2010-08-30T20:44:16Z
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