Pharmacolgy chapter 29
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aerobic | organisms that need oxygen to survive |
| Anaerobic | Organisms that live in the absence of oxygen |
| Binary fission | Method of reproduction by which a single cell divides into two separate cells |
| Biology | The study of life |
| Enzyme | A protein that speeds up a reaction; reducing the amount of energy needed to make that action; a biological catalyst. |
| Facultative anaerobe | an organism that can live with or without oxygen |
| Heterotrophic | The ability to reproduce asexually |
| Microbial | MIcroorganisms, not visible without a microscope. |
| Microbiology | The study of microscopic organisms |
| Morphology | Appearance and Grain stain characteristics of an organism; studying organism without studying the function of them |
| Peptidoglycan | The substance that comprises bacterial cell walls, specifically of gram-negative or gram-positive microbes |
| Species | Latin meaning "kind" |
| Taxonomy | The science of classification and nomenclature of organisms |
| Vector | An entity by which infections are transferred, but the entity of transference does not have the disease and does not need to be living |
| Virology | Study of viruses |
| Virus | An organism that replicates by using the host's cell parts, including DNA, ribosomes and proteins |
| Spontaneous generation | The idea that some organisms were generated from other organisms or their by products |
| Robert Hooke | Invented the first microscope |
| Antoni van Leewenhoek | Created a more sophisticated microscope in 1674 |
| The Five Kingdoms | Pnatae, Animalia, Fungi, Protista, Monera |
| Robert Whittaker | Conceived the idea of the Five Kingdoms |
| Entameoba histolytica | A parisitic organism that feeds on red blood cells. |
| Trichomonas vaginalis | A protazoan that causes infection in the urinary tract of males and females. |
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