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The study of organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye.
Organism or agents too small to be visible with the naked eye.
Microorganisms relatively simple in their construction.
Microorganism that become nutrients to other organisms.
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Purple
Orange
Black
Pink
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Perish quickly at high temperatures
Slow their growth rate as temperatures approach the minimum
Thrive without any evident damage to the cell
None of the above
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Alkalophiles
Neutrophiles
Acidophiles
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Chemotaxis
Pseudopodia
Cilia
None of the above
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Bacteria
Yeast
Prokaryotes
Archaea
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The Golgi complex
The Smooth ER
The Rough ER
The Nucleus
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Presents a mixture of microbial organisms
Can only be obtained by isolating the progeny of single cell
Was first created by the efforts of microbiologist Luis Pasteur
Can be obtained by growing bacteria in differential media
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Cells adapt to a new medium
In some cases it may be very short
Cells replenish spent materials
All of the above
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The Log phase
The Lag phase
Prolonged decline growth
The stationary phase
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The Lag phase
The Log phase
The Stationary phase
The Death phase
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Gram stain
Negative staining
Simple stain
Acid fast staining
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Bacteria that have lost all crystal violet staining after gram's alcohol washing
Bacteria that have retained crystal violet during staining
Bacteria that maintain their peptidoglycan layer
Bacteria that failed to counterstain with safranin
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The Lag Phase
The Log Phase
The Stationary Phase
The Death Phase
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The cytoplasmic membrane
The Envelop
The Capsule
The Cell Wall
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Alkalophiles
Neutrophiles
Acidophiles
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Nutrient limitation
Limited oxygen availability
Unlimited sources of nutrients
Reaching a critical population density
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Broun's lipoproteins
Porins
Teichoic acids
LPS
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Gram +
Gram -
Archaea
Acids Fast
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Yeast
Lichens
Cyanobacteria
Archaea
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Facultative anaerobe
Strict anaerobe
Obligate aerobe
None of the above
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The O antigen
The Lipid A region
The core polysaccharide
The thecoid acid
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-5 and 20C
40 and 80C
-5 and 35C
65 and 105C
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The Golgi complex
The Smooth ER
The rough ER
The nucleus
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The cellular plasma membrane
The cell wall
The cell's capsule
Lysosomes
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Cytokinesis
Growth of a septum that separates the mother cell into two separate chambers
Growth of the cell dividing it's chromosome and enlarging it's cell volume
None of the above
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Obligated aerobes
Aerotolerant anaerobes
Microaerophiles
Facultative anaerobes
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Endospores
The Nuclear region
The Lysosomes
Inclusion bodies
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Nutrient broth
Nutrient agar
Defined media
Complex media
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Anionic
Cationic
Neutral
Differential
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Microscopes use long wavelengths to resolve images better
The smaller the wavelength used the better the resolution
Resolution is the ability to see two objects as separate discrete units
If resolution is poor magnification is useless
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Obligate aerobes
Facultative anaerobes
Aerotolerant anaerobes
Microaerophiles
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Transmission
Absorption
Diffraction
Refraction
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Population growth is uniform
Growth rate is constant
Cells exhibit balanced growth
It varies in length
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Slime Layer
Endospores
Glycocalyx
S-layer
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Cell death at a logarithmic rate
A decrease in cellular size and nucleoid condensation
Synthesis of starvation proteins
Endospore formation
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