Microbiology
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Contained in the cell wall of gram positive bacteria
Teichoic acids
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The engulfment of one cell type by another cell type and the subsequent and stable association of the two cells
endosymbiosis
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The name of the cycle in viruses where the virus doesn't kill the host cell
Lysogenic
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Fungi which produce motile zoospores
Chytridiomycota
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A filamentous mass that hyphae can grow into
Mycelium
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Hyphae containing cross walls
septate
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Hyphae without cross walls
coenocytic
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sexual spores produced by zygomycota
zygosporangium
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asexual spores produced by zygomycota
sporangium
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Sexual spores produced by ascomycota
ascospores
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Asexual spores produced by ascomycota
condiophores
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Fungal infection in humans via inhalation of fungal spores
systemic mycoses
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Fungus which grows in a mutualistic relationship with a plant root
mycorrhizae
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finely branched lichen
fruticose
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A widespread, usually global epidemic
Pandemic
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Vector transmission that is active, through an insect bite
biological
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Microbes which can't use oxygen for growth but are unaffected by it
aerotolerant
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microbes that require a specific small amount of oxygen
microaerophilic
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Organisms that acquire carbon via amino acids, sugars, fatty acids etc.
Heterotrophs
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Energy consumption
anabolism
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Organisms which synthesise complex macromolecules and acquire carbon via CO2
autotrophs
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The proportion of each species in the ecosystem is called species...
abundance
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Microorganisms with an optimum temperature of between -10 and 20 degrees.
psychrophiles
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Microorganisms with an optimum temperature of between 10 and 50 degrees.
mesophiles
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Microorganisms with an optimum temperature of between 40 and 70 degrees.
thermophiles
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Microorganisms with an optimum temperature of between 67 and 110 degrees.
hyperthermophiles
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The type of proteins which microbes contain to tolerate high temperatures to prevent them denaturing
heat-shock
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Name of the enzyme which some microorganisms produce to neutralise superoxide free radicals produced during aerobic respiration
superoxide dismutase
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What is the maintenance of water homeostasis called?
osmoregulation
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Type of toxin which vibrio cholerae produces
enterotoxin
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Type of flagella which salmonella typhi have, that enables them to induce apoptosis
peritrichous
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Gastric waterborne disease that increases when rainfall increases
cryptosporidiosis
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Larvae produced by water snails infected with schistosoma, which can infect humans
cercaria
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The symptom of bacillus cereus caused by production of the heat labile enterotoxin
diarrhoea
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Name of the chemical which natural killer cells use to punch holes in infected cell's membranes
perforin
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The type of stem cell which all immune cells come from
hematopoietic
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Short lived immune cells which are abundant in the blood and very aggressive
neutrophils
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When a phagocyte binds to bacteria, this increases oxygen uptake which is called respiratory....
burst
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Which enzyme can catalyse the halogenation of phagocytosed microbes?
myeloperoxidase
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Type of adaptive immunity which is associated with antibodies
humoral
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Protein protruding from the lipoprotein envelope in the influenza virus (H)
Haemagglutinin
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Protein protruding from the lipoprotein envelope in the influenza virus (N)
Neuraminidase
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Non-fatal form of the plague
Sylvatic
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Fatal form of the plague
urban
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When yersinia pestis (cause of the plague) infects lungs it is known as the ... plague
pneumonic
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In the life cycle of plasmodium (malaria), waht does the schizont divide into?
merozoites
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What is the name of the thing in the malaria life cycle which releases sporozoites?
oocyst
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An STI caused by a protozoa
trichomoniasis
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An STI caused by fungi
candidiasis
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Drug used to treat syphilis
penicillin
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Degree of pathogenicity produced by a pathogen
virulence
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Type of toxin which is diffusible polypeptides secreted by many bacteria and can spread throughout the body
exotoxin
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Disease caused by a toxin which blocks the release of glycine from interneuron and so the muscles are in a permanent state of excitation (rigid paralysis)
tetanus
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Disease caused by a toxin which blocks acetylcholine release and so the muscles are permanently relaxed, leading to flaccid paralysis
botulism
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Bacterium which is used to produce industrial solvents
clostridium
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Yeast which is used to produce industrial solvents
saccharomyces
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Which bacterium can be used to avoid end-feedback inhibition by inducing leaky cell membranes?
arthrobacter
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Type of morphology used in the production of organic acids such as citric acid
pelleted
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World's only biodegradable plastic
polyhydroxybutyrate
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Bacterium which synthesises polyhydroxybutyrate (biodegradable plastic)
alcaligenes
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Enzyme produced by the fungus aspergillus which catalyses the conversion of starch to mono/di and tri saccharides
alpha amylase
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Enzyme produced by the fungus aspergillus which catalyses the conversion of mono/di/tri saccharides into glucose
amyloglucosidase
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Enzyme produced by the bacterium bacillus which catalyses the conversion of glucose into high fructose syrup
glucose isomerase
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The name of the bacterium which produces vitamin B12
propionibacterium
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Type of drugs used to prevent rejection in transplant operations, which is made from mating factor produced by microorganisms
immunosuppresive
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Extracellular polymeric material produced by some bacteria which is firmly attached and highly organised
capsule
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Extracellular polymeric material produced by some bacteria which is loosely attached and unorganised
slime layer
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Protein component in flagella
flagellin
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The engulfment of one cell type by another cell type and the subsequent and stable association of the two cells
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endosymbiosis
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The name of the cycle in viruses where the virus doesn't kill the host cell
Back
Card 4
Front
Fungi which produce motile zoospores
Back
Card 5
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A filamentous mass that hyphae can grow into
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