MicroBiology-Draft/Sample

HPV Scare Michelle, a 21-year-old nursing student, came to the university clinic worried that she might have been exposed to a s ...

Figure 6.23 Similar to rapid, over-the-counter pregnancy tests, EIAs for viral antigens require a few drops of diluted patient s ...

What typically indicates a positive EIA test? Part 3 Along with the RT/PCR analysis, David’s saliva was also collected for vir ...

Figure 6.24 These potatoes have been infected by the potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTV), which is typically spread when infected ...

What is the main difference between a viroid and a virusoid? Prions At one time, scientists believed that any infectious parti ...

Figure 6.26 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a fatal disease that causes degeneration of neural tissue. (a) These brain scans ...

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) in Humans Disease Mechanism(s) of Transmission Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) Mu ...

Summary 6.1 Viruses Viruses are generally ultramicroscopic, typically from 20 nm to 900 nm in length. Some large viruses have b ...

Multiple Choice The component(s) of a virus that is/are extended from the envelope for attachment is/are the: a. capsomeres b. ...

True/False True or False: Scientists have identified viruses that are able to infect fungal cells. Fill in the Blank A virus ...

Label the five stages of a bacteriophage infection in the figure: Bacteriophages have lytic and lysogenic cycles. Discuss the a ...

270 Chapter 6 | Acellular Pathogens This OpenStax book is available for free at http://cnx.org/content/col12063/1.2 ...

Answer Key Chapter 1 1 .D 2 .D 3 .A 4 .B 5 .C 6 .C 7 .D 8 .A 9 .B 10 .D 11 .C 12 .A 13 .D 14 .B 15 .scientific history 16 .Lyme ...

microbes in the flask media after sterilization, despite the presence of the swan necks. 40 .So many of the genes originally con ...

by the terrestrial archaea. 47 .Helicobacter pylori 48 .Staphylococcus 49 .The marsh gas associated with methane bogs is produce ...

274 Answer Key This OpenStax book is available for free at http://cnx.org/content/col12063/1.2 ...

Index Symbols (RT-PCR) analysis, 239 +ssRNA, 247 70S ribosome, 97 , 0 70S ribosomes, 125 80s ribosome, 0 80S ribosomes, 118 A Ab ...

brown algae, 219 Brucella, 149 budding yeasts, 208 , 0 Burkholderia, 150 Burkholderiales, 150 burst, 248 , 0 burst size, 248 , 0 ...

cytoplasmic membrane, 102 , 0 cytoproct, 186 , 194 , 0 cytoskeleton, 113 , 121 , 0 cytosome, 194 cytostome, 186 , 0 cytotoxicity ...

Fornicata, 197 Fox, 17 Fracastoro, 40 , 88 Frankia, 165 free ribosome, 0 free ribosomes, 118 frequency, 34 , 0 fruiting bodies, ...