part 1
Cards (128)
- Microbiology is the study of organisms
- Reasons for studying microbiology
- Historical background of microbiology
- Importance of microbes
- Careers in microbiology
- Classification of bacteria based on Dr. Bergey
- Bergey's Manual of determining Bacteriology has 19 categories
- The Cell
- Structural components of a cell
- Bacterial reproduction
- Biologic attributes of bacteria
- Nutritional requirements of bacteria
- Kinds of organisms according to where nourishment is obtained
- Oxygen requirements of bacteria
- Light requirements of bacteria
- Bacterial interrelations
- Major metabolic activities of bacteria
- Medically related activities of bacteria
- Harmful metabolic products and its types
- Other effects of bacteria
- Role in Diseases
- Infectious diseases caused by microbes
- Portals of entry for infections
- Factors influencing the occurrence of infection
- How microbes cause disease
- Local effects of microbial infections
- General effects of microbial infections
- Signs of toxicity in microbial infections
- Patterns of infection
- Types of infection
- Spread of infection
- Viruses
- Viruses are acellular particles
- Acellular particles can hang around forever without causing harm
- Characteristics of viruses:
- Viruses lack the means for self-reproduction outside a host cell
- Enclosed in a protective envelope
- Have spikes to attach to host cells
- Non-cellular
- Do not respire, metabolize, or grow outside a host cell