CSRT- chapter 4

Nucleus

Control center of the cell that governs activity and heredity

Pseudomonas

the water bug because it is frequently found in water

Mesophile bacteria

often pathogenic to humans because they grow best at body temperature

Herpes Simplex Virus

viral disease

Bacteria that requires oxygen?

aerobic

bacteria is divided into

coccus (round), bacillus (rods), spiralla (spirals)

tetanus and botulism do not need oxygen to grow so they are classified as what?

anaerobic bacteria

staphylococcus, enterococcus and streptococcus are examples of what?

gram-positive bacteria

binary fission

A form of asexual reproduction in single-celled organisms by which one cell divides into two cells of the same size

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

caused by prions which are believed to be a abnormal form of proteins

contamination

the state of being soiled or infected by contact with infectious organisms or other material

Bacteria

approximately one to two microns in size

what is lethal to vegetative state of pathogens

sunlight