Microbiology Demystified

T

T cells, 219–220

Tapeworms, 179–180

Tetanus, 104

Tetracyclines, 236, 240

Thermal denaturation, 92

Thylakoids, 83, 99

Thymine (T), 122

Thymine dimers, 127

Tinea pedis, 67

Togaviruses, 191

Tolnaftate, 243

Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), 178

Transcription process, 123–124

Transfer RNA (tRNA), 123–124

Transferases, 90

Translation process, 124–125

Transmembrane protein, 74

Transmission electron microscope (TEM), 58–60

Transmission, disease

Triazoles, 243

Trichomonas vaginalis, 176

Trichophytonfungus, 67

Triglycerides, 41

Trypanosoma, 177

Tuberculosis, 2

Tyndall, John, 12, 18

U

Uracil, 123

V

Vaccines, 135

developing, 15, 225–226

introduction, 223–224

types of, 224–225

Vacoule, 175

Valence shell, 29

Van Leeuwenhoek, Antoni, 10, 17, 54

Vancomycin, 239

Varicella-zostervirus, 4

Variola, 15

Variolation process, 224

Vector control, 206

Vector transmission, 202–203

Vehicle transmission, 201–202

Veillonella, 158

Vibrios, 157, 201, 205

Virchow, Rudolf, 9, 18

Virions, 187–188

Viroids, 192–193

Virology, 4

Viruses

definition of, 4, 186

DNA viruses, 188–190

in animals, 188–189

in plants, 192

infectious disease and, 189–192

introduction, 185–186

oncogenic viruses, 192

replication, 187–188

RNA viruses, 189–192

shapes, 187

structure, 186

Von Behring, Emil, 213

W

Watson, James, 120

Wet mounts, 60–61

Whitteker, Robert H., 141

Woese, Carl, 6, 141

Wolfe, Ralph S., 141, 143

Y

Yersinia pestis,3, 157

Z

Ziehl, Franz, 64

Ziehl-Nielsen acid-fast stain, 61–63

Zoonosis, 200

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