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Introduction to Microbiology

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Decks in this class (18)

Microscopy, Culturing, and Counting (Lab)
What is resolution,
How do you improve resolution,
Are smaller or larger resolutions...
33  cards
Staining Techniques (Lab)
Why do we need to stain bacterial...,
What are the 4 types of stains we...,
What are simple stains
30  cards
Microbiology and Properties of Cellular Life
What is microbiology,
What are 5 study areas in microbi...,
What are microorganisms
35  cards
Cell Morphology
What are the two most common shap...,
Why is cell shape not a good indi...,
How can a cell be cube shaped
12  cards
History
When did the study of microbiolog...,
Who was the first to examine cell...,
What is robert hooke do
12  cards
Bacteria and archaea cell membrane structure
What 2 structures make up the cel...,
What does the cell membrane do in...,
What are bacterial cell membranes...
21  cards
Cell membrane function and transport systems
What is the function of the cell ...,
What things cant cross the membra...,
What is the proton motive force
38  cards
Bacterial cell walls
What is the function of the cell ...,
What are bacterial cell walls mad...,
What is the monomer of peptidoglycan
78  cards
Metabolism basics
What are 3 ways for cells to stor...,
How is the energy from metabolism...,
How is the energy from metabolism...
34  cards
Aerobic respiration
Whats the first step of aerobic r...,
What happens in the first half of...,
What happens in the second half o...
14  cards
Fermentation
Do most bacteria rely on fermenta...,
How do lactobacillus species surv...,
Why is fermentation the worst opt...
39  cards
Nitrate reduction
Does anaerobic respiration use el...,
Does anaerobic respiration genera...,
What is the terminal electron acc...
18  cards
Sulfate reduction
What is the terminal electron acc...,
What is the end product in sulfat...,
How good is sulfate reduction for...
19  cards
Oxygen tolerance and toxicity
What is an oxic aerobic environment,
What is an anoxic anaerobic envir...,
What is an aerobe
36  cards
Adhesion structures
What is adhesion,
Why would cells want to attach to...,
What is an adhesin
29  cards
Biofilms
What is a biofilm,
How do biofilms adhere to a surface,
What is the structure of a biofilm
15  cards
Metabolic assays (Lab)
What is a starch hydrolysis test ...,
What is an oxidative fermentation...,
What is a carbohydrate fermentati...
32  cards
Interpretation of the results from metabolic assays (Lab)
What does it mean when halos form...,
What does it mean when no halos f...,
What does it mean when the tube i...
42  cards

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