✅✅
One-celled microorganism with both plant and animal characteristics -
-Bacteria
✅✅
An optical instrument used for viewing very small objects, such as bacteria or other
germs - -Microscope
A bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease - ✅✅-Pathogen
Infection transmitted from one person to another - ✅✅-Communicable
Pus forming bacteria in the shape of a string of beads - ✅✅-Streptococci
Sphere-shaped pathogenic bacteria that appear singly or in groups - ✅✅-Cocci
✅✅
Spherical bacteria that grow in pairs and can cause diseases such as pneumonia -
-Diplococci
Fluid contained within outer cell wall of bacteria - ✅✅-Protoplasm
, ✅✅
Rod-shaped bacteria which caused an outbreak at a pedicure salon because of
improper disinfection of a whirlpool foot bath - -Mycobacterium fortuitum
furunculosis
What are the two stages of a bacteria's life cycle? - ✅✅-Active and spore-forming
(inactive) stage
Process by which bacteria divide into two new cells - ✅✅-Mitosis
The invasion and growth of germs in the body - ✅✅-Infection
This fluid is a sign of a bacterial infection in the body: - ✅✅-Pus
✅✅
A common human bacteria that can transfer through skin to skin contact or unclean
implements - -Staphylococci
What is the term for harmless (non-disease forming) germs? - ✅✅-Non-pathogenic
✅✅
A disease spread from person to person by contact is called what? -
-Contagion
✅✅
A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell -
-Virus
, Virus that causes AIDS - ✅✅-HIV
✅✅
Organism that lives in or on another living organism and draws nutrients but do
nothing beneficial for the host - -Parasite
✅✅
Disease-causing bacteria or viruses which are carried through blood -
-Bloodborne pathogens
✅✅
A contagious skin disease marked by itching and small raised red spots, caused by
the itch mite - -Scabies
✅✅
Immunity achieved by infection, vaccination, or the transfer of antibodies from an
immune donor - -Acquired immunity
Three steps of decontamination - ✅✅-Sanitation, disinfection, sterilization
✅✅
A process that eliminates many or all microorganisms, with the exception of bacteria
spores, from inanimate objects - -Disinfection
What does MSDS stand for? - ✅✅-Material Safety Data Sheet
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