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| Beneficial organisms to the human body |
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| Organisms detrimental to the body |
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| Organisms with no effect at all on the body |
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living organism (and its viral parasites) that are too small to be seen except through the lens of a microscope
(Bacteria, protozoa and fungi) |
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Very small single celled organisms which lack intracellular membrane-bound organelles, including a nucleus
EX: Bacteria |
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Large single cell or multicellular organisms with a nucleus and other organelles.
EX: fungi, protozoa and parasytic worms |
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| Infection that causes noticeable impairment of body functions |
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| Microorganism on a body surface without producing disease |
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| Bacteria sporadically inhabiting the body |
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| Bacteria Producing infectious diseases |
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-Technically a viral particle and not organisms since they are not cellular
-20-300nm in diameter |
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| Protein coat of a virus made from subunits called capsomeres. |
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| Organic layer that encloses helical or polyhedral shaped viruses originated from the host cell's membrane |
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| Bacteria that stains dark purple in the Gram Stain Test |
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| Bacteria that stains light pink in the Gram Stain Test |
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| Multicellular fillaments which may grow into mats called mycelia |
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| Slimy, cottony or filamentus fungal growth on surface of organic material. |
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| Eukaryotes that obtain nutrients through absorption. |
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| Unicellular organisms without a cell wall. |
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| Protozoa moves by a flowing amoeboid movement |
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| Protozoa that are propelled by numerous cilia |
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| Protozoa that move by using one or more whip-like flagella |
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| Protozoa with no known means of locomotion |
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Parasitic roundworms.
-Eggs hatch in small intestine and larvae get into tissues
-Larvae get to lungs, get coughed up, then swallowed
-Live in small intestine and eggs are passed in feces. |
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Also called Trematodes, are platyhelminths or parasitic flat worms.
-Eggs hatch in water and ciliated larvae infect snails
-Free-swimming larvae bore into human flesh and mature in blood vessels of the intestine
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Also called cestodes, are platyhelminths, or parasytic flatworms.
-Larvae get into intestinal walls and get to muscles via the blood.
-Mature to 'bladder worm (cysticercus)' in muscle
-Adult attaches to wall of intestine of host when eaten in not fully cooked meat. |
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| Destruction of all types of life forms |
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| Destruction of pathogenic microorganisms |
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Disinfectants which kill pathogens
EX: Bactericidal or fungicidal |
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Disinfectants which inhibit the growth of pathogens
EX: Bacteriostatic, fungistatic |
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| Antisepsis (degermination) |
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| Chemical disinfectant of the skin |
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| A circle of mass bacteria that grew from a single bacterium |
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| Bacteria that require oxygen to grow |
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| Bacteria that require an absence of oxygen to grow |
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| Bacteria that can grow in an environment with or without oxygen |
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| Substances that have inhibitory or destructive action on other microorganisms. |
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The first antibiotic extracted in 1929 from the mold Penicillium Notatum
-Mainly effective against Gram Positive bacteria |
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| Inhibitory antibiotic on Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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(Tetracyclin, oxytetracyclin, chlortetracycline & dimethyltetracycline)
Effective against gram positive and negative bacteria as well as spirochetes, rickettsiae, and certain viruses. |
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| Broad Spectrum Antibiotics |
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| Antibiotics that inhibit the growth of so many different microorganisms. |
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| Entamoeba histolytica (Protozoa) |
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Locomotion: Pseudopodia
Phylum: Sarcodina
Disease: Amoebic disease |
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| Balantidium coli (Protozoa) |
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Locomotion: Cilia
Phylum: Ciliata
Disease: Severe dysentery |
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| Trypanisoma gambiense (Protozoa) |
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Locomotion:Flagella
Phylum: Mastigophora
Disease: African Sleeping Sickness |
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| Leishmania donovani (Protozoa) |
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Locomotion:Flagella
Phylum: Mastigophora
Disease:Leishmaniasis, Chagas disease |
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| Giardia lamlia (Protozoa) |
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Locomotion:Flagella
Phylum: Mastigophora
Disease: Giardiasis, beaver fever |
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| Trichmonas vaginalis (Protozoa) |
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Locomotion:Flagella
Phylum: Mastigophora
Disease: Vaginitus |
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| Plasmodium vivax (Protozoa) |
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Locomotion: None
Phylum: Sporozoa
Disease: Malaria |
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| Aspergilis (mold - fungi) |
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Locomotion: None
Phylum: Deutermycetes
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