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Study of microorganisms and their interactions.
Includes taxonomic and functional approaches.
Includes methanogens, halophiles, and thermophiles.
Fungi are multicellular and cannot photosynthesize.
They can have beneficial or harmful effects on food.
Use of microbes to remove environmental toxins.
It organizes organisms and provides evolutionary insights.
Two-name system for naming organisms, genus and species.
Protects against desiccation and aids in nutrient storage.
Composed of flagellin and facilitates bacterial movement.
Gram-positive have thick peptidoglycan layers; gram-negative have outer membranes.
Provides rigidity and maintains osmotic pressure.
Dormant structures that resist destruction and survive harsh conditions.
Describes the dynamic nature of the cytoplasmic membrane.
Carry genes for virulence and antibiotic resistance.
Site of protein synthesis and target for antibiotics.
Ribosomes in bacterial cells.
They synthesize complex substances from simpler ones.
They break down complex substances into simpler ones.
Iodine.
They serve as energy reserves.
Inorganic phosphate.
They act as energy reserves for sulfur bacteria.
They facilitate carbon fixation.
Buoyancy to position themselves for light and oxygen.
Iron oxide.
Interrelationships between microorganisms and their environment.
Both symbionts benefit from the relationship.
Normal flora protects the host from pathogens.
Bioterrorism and high-risk pathogens.
To minimize the spread of aerosols.
Carries pathogens without symptoms.
Sites where pathogens thrive in living hosts.
Contact, airborne, droplet, vehicular, or vector-borne.
Persistent survival on a host surface.
Factors determining infectious diseases.
Contagious diseases are easily transmitted.
It measures new cases in a defined population.
Constantly present diseases in a specific area.
Infections acquired in healthcare settings.
They carry extrachromosomal DNA.
A method of asexual reproduction in bacteria.
Uptake of free DNA from the environment.
Direct transfer of DNA between two bacterial cells.
DNA transfer via bacteriophages.
Infection through contamination.
Sterilization destroys all organisms; disinfection does not eliminate spores.
To reduce the transmission of pathogens.
Involves killing microorganisms.
Lowest temperature to kill a cell in 10 minutes.